Harry Litman: ‘Donald Trump’s Main Defense REJECTED by Court, OPEN THE FLOODGATES’

Posted on December 1, 2023 by FredSchneiderUS

Trump’s main defense REJECTED by court, OPEN THE FLOODGATESSource:Harry Litman talking about no Jan 6. 2021 immunity for then President Donald J. Trump.

Source:The New Democrat

“Breaking news this morning: a D.C. court unanimously ruled that Trump cannot use presidential immunity as a defense to his involvement in January 6th. The court said the former president can be held civilly liable for the actions that occurred during the insurrection. This provides some insight on how the court may view Trump’s presidential immunity argument with regards to the criminal charge.”

From Harry Litman

“At a rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, former President Trump repeated his unsubstantiated claims of fraud in both the November election and the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff, saying “We will never give up. We will never concede.”

From the Wall Street Journal

“Rep. Mo Brooks has denied that the speech he gave at the Ellipse on January 6 helped incite the attack on the Capitol, and that his “kicking ass” remarks were taken out of context.

Speaking to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on the eve of the January 6 Committee’s first televised hearings about the events which led up to riot, the Alabama congressman dismissed suggestions that his remarks in Washington, D.C. that day were calling for actual violence.

Brooks, who has been subpoenaed by the January 6 panel but is refusing to cooperate, along with four other GOP lawmakers, gave a speech in front of the crowd of Donald Trump supporters on the morning of January 6 wearing a bulletproof vest.”

From Newsweek

“Former President Donald Trump’s remarks on the Ellipse on Jan. 6, urging his supporters to march on the Capitol as Congress was certifying the results of November’s presidential election, are a key part of the case against Trump being made by House impeachment managers and are also being used by the lawyers who are defending him.

The House managers in Trump’s Senate impeachment trial have already shown clips from the speech, in which Trump outlined a long list of grievances against the news media and against Republicans he deemed were insufficiently supportive, as well as a litany of false claims about how the election had been stolen from him.”

From NPR News

“The Jan. 6 select committee has heard testimony indicating that then-President Donald Trump — after rioters who swarmed the Capitol began chanting “hang Mike Pence” — expressed support for hanging his vice president, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The White House chief of staff at the time, Mark Meadows, was in the dining room off the Oval Office with Trump at one point during last year’s Capitol attack, the committee has been told. Meadows then left the dining room and informed other people nearby that Trump had signaled a positive view of the prospect of hanging the vice president, the panel heard.”

From Politico

If you were to look at the January 6, 2021 case like it was a murder cases involving multiple defendants, with the person or people who actually physically committed the murder or murders, and the person who organized the murder or murders, the person who hired the people to murder the person or people that they wanted killed and told them when to do it, perhaps even provided the plan, the access, the financing for the murder or murders:

Of course Donald Trump didn’t actually walk down to Capitol Hill on that horrible day in January, 2021, with a team of thugs to physically take over the Congress, to stop the House and Senate from certifying the 2020 presidential election. But he knew who was in his crowd as far as the type of people that he was dealing with, which were his hardcore, militant supporters, some of those folks who are now in Federal prison for the role in this attempted insurrection. And he probably knew what they were willing to do for him as well.

As Harry Litman said himself, what U.S. President’s do on the job, on the clock (so to speak) and what they do as politicians, as political candidates, are two different things. (That’s a paraphrase) Donald Trump is not being personally sued for his policy on China or Russia, his stance on the Affordable Care Act, etc. He’s being sued for his role in the January 6, 2021, attempted insurrection, of the U.S. Government and attempt to violently throw out the 2020 presidential election results. And the decision by the Federal Court in Washington was correct.

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C-SPAN: Representative George Santos: ‘If I Leave, They Win, This is Bullying’

Posted on November 30, 2023 by kireschneider

C-SPAN_ Representative George Santos (R-NY)_ _If I leave, they win, This is bullying__Source:C-SPAN covering soon to be ex-U.S. Representative George Santos (Republican, New York)

Source:The New Democrat

“Rep. George Santos (R-NY) holds a news conference on Capitol Hill the morning of an expected U.S. House debate on a resolution to expel him from Congress. He says he plans to file a privileged motion to expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), who plead guilty for pulling a fire alarm to delay a vote in September. Full video here:C-SPAN.”

From C-SPAN

“The House of Representatives—in the same manner as the United States Senate—is expressly authorized within the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, clause 2) to discipline or “punish” its own Members. This authority of the House to discipline a Member for “disorderly Behaviour” is in addition to any criminal or civil liability that a Member of the House may incur for particular misconduct, and is used not merely to punish an individual Member, but to protect the institutional integrity of the House of Representatives, its proceedings, and its reputation.

The House may discipline its Members without the necessity of Senate concurrence. The most common forms of discipline in the House are now “expulsion,” “censure,” or “reprimand,” although the House may also discipline its Members in other ways, including fine or monetary restitution, loss of seniority, and suspension or loss of certain privileges. In addition to such sanctions imposed by the full House of Representatives, the standing committee in the House which deals with ethics and official conduct matters, the House Committee on Ethics—formerly called the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct—is authorized by House Rules to issue a formal “Letter of Reproval” for misconduct which does not rise to the level of consideration or sanction by the entire House of Representatives. Additionally, the Committee on Ethics has also expressed its disapproval of certain conduct in informal letters and communications to Members.

The House may generally discipline its Members for violations of statutory law, including crimes; for violations of internal congressional rules; or for any conduct which the House of Representatives finds has reflected discredit upon the institution. Each house of Congress has disciplined its own Members for conduct which has not necessarily violated any specific rule or law, but which was found to breach its privileges, demonstrate contempt for the institution, or reflect discredit on the House or Senate.

When the most severe sanction of expulsion has been employed in the House, the underlying conduct deemed to have merited removal from office has historically involved either disloyalty to the United States, or the violation of a criminal law involving the abuse of one’s official position, such as bribery. The House of Representatives has actually expelled only five Members in its history, but a number of Members, facing likely congressional discipline for misconduct, have resigned from Congress or have been defeated in an election prior to any formal House action…

From the Congressional Research Service

I posted the quote and link from the CRS because in Representative George Santos’s statement, he said this process is illegal and only the voters get to decide who represents them in Congress. (That’s a very close paraphrase) But the fact is, any competent, honest, and responsible, U.S. Representative, would know that George Santos is wrong here.

If the House didn’t do an ethics investigation and give a final report on Representative George Santos, then maybe Santos would have an argument here. But everything that he did to further his personal life, including paying his own personal rent, while running for the House last year, where he used his campaign funds to pay for all of his personal expenses, is in the House Ethics Committee final report. A committee that’s led and chaired by a Republican.

“Pursuant to House Rule XI Clause 3(q)(1), today the Chairman of the Committee on Ethics, Representative Michael Guest, and the Ranking Member, Representative Susan Wild, submitted a report to the House of Representatives in the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative George Santos. The full Committee report includes the report of the Investigative Subcommittee (ISC) in this matter.

At the completion of its investigation, the ISC unanimously concluded that there was substantial evidence that Representative George Santos: knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission; used campaign funds for personal purposes; engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with RedStone Strategies LLC; and engaged in knowing and willful violations of the Ethics in Government Act as it relates to his Financial Disclosure (FD) Statements filed with the House. In light of the ongoing criminal investigation into Representative Santos, and the ISC’s findings of additional uncharged and unlawful conduct by Representative Santos, the ISC recommended that the Committee immediately refer these allegations to the Department of Justice.

The Committee has unanimously voted to adopt the ISC’s report, and with it, refer the substantial evidence of potential violations of federal criminal law to the Department of Justice for such further action as it deems appropriate. The Committee concurs with the ISC’s determination that Representative Santos’ conduct warrants public condemnation, is beneath the dignity of the office, and has brought severe discredit upon the House.

The Committee thanks the Committee staff and the Members of the Investigative Subcommittee for their hard work, dedication, and service to the Committee and to the House. Representative David P. Joyce served as Chair of the Investigative Subcommittee. Representative Susan Wild served as Ranking Democratic Member. Representative John H. Rutherford and Representative Glenn F. Ivey also served on the Subcommittee.”

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Amanpour & Company: ‘Tom Nichols On Donald Trump’s Recent Rhetoric: ‘An Actual Fascist Has Shown Up’

Posted on November 30, 2023 by FredSchneiderUS

Amanpour & Company_ Tom Nichols On Donald Trump’s Recent Rhetoric_ “An Actual Fascist Has Shown Up”Source:Amanpour & Company talking to the editor of The Atlantic Magazine editor Tom Nichols.

Source:The New Democrat

“In a new article for The Atlantic, staff writer Tom Nichols sounds the alarm on former President Trump’s fascist rhetoric. In his article “Trump Crosses a Crucial Line,” Nichols lays out his increasing concern about the language showing up in Trump’s speeches — language which Nichols argues is aligning more and more with the history and methods of fascism. He joins Michel Martin to discuss the threat this poses to American democracy.”

From Amanpour & Company

“Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.”

From Wikipedia

The guess the only thing I would add the Wikipedia definition of fascism, is that Communists, or at least Communists leaders at least practice fascism as well. They go by the policy that you either agree with the Communist State on everything, or they’ll lock you up, or perhaps just murder you before they lock you up. The People’s Republic of China, the Communist Republic of Korea, are excellent examples of that. The Communist Republic of Cuba, still has a lot of political prisoners as well.

I disagree with Tom Nichols, at least a little bit on this. I agree with him that political labels like liberal, which is now used by the mainstream media, at least, to describe every radical movement on the Left, when actual Liberals believe in liberal democracy, which is a center-right form of government, fascist gets thrown around too much as well. Tom Nichols, who was a longtime Republican, is basically a Liberal or Classical Liberal Republican, at least ideologically.

But I’m not sure there’s any real political ideology that defines Mr. Trump individually. He governed as a right-wing, alt-right, Northern European, Nationalist in America, who wanted to return America to the people that this movement believes are the real Americans, which are Northern European-Americans, especially Anglo-Saxons and other Northern-European Protestants. But that’s how he got elected in 2016 and the philosophy that he stuck with as President.

But Donald Trump is so narcissistic, that he only cares about himself and sees himself as a king or some other type of dictator, who shouldn’t be held accountable to anyone but himself. Which is the only reason why he’s running for President again, which is to stay out of prison and keep his allies out of prison. So with his background as both a businesses (and soon to be bankrupt businessman) and now political activist/politician, I think again if there’s any real political philosophy that could be used to define Donald Trump’s political philosophy, Oligarch might be the best:

“Oligarchy (from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía) ‘rule by few’; from ὀλίγος (olígos) ‘few’, and ἄρχω (árkhō) ‘to rule, command’)[1][2][3] is a conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may or may not be distinguished by one or several characteristics, such as nobility, fame, wealth, education, or corporate, religious, political, or military control.

Throughout history, power structures considered to be oligarchies have often been viewed as coercive, relying on public obedience or oppression to exist. Aristotle pioneered the use of the term as meaning rule by the rich, contrasting it with aristocracy, arguing that oligarchy was the perverted form of aristocracy.”

From Wikipedia

Or corporatocracy:

“Corporatocracy (/ˌkɔːrpərəˈtɒkrəsi/, from corporate and Greek: -κρατία, romanized: -kratía, lit. ’domination by’; short form corpocracy[1]) is an economic, political and judicial system controlled by business corporations or corporate interests.[2]

The concept has been used in explanations of bank bailouts, excessive pay for CEOs, as well as complaints such as the exploitation of national treasuries, people, and natural resources.[3] It has been used by critics of globalization,[4] sometimes in conjunction with criticism of the World Bank[5] or unfair lending practices,[3] as well as criticism of free trade agreements.[4] Corporate rule is also a common theme in dystopian science-fiction media.”

From Wikipedia

But again, I’m not sure there’s any real political ideology that I believe could be used to define Donald Trump’s politics. If he thought socialism was the best way to give him absolute power as an individual, he would be a Socialist. Or the same thing with liberalism, or conservatism in its real forms, not how liberalism and conservatism are misdefined today.

Donald Trump believes in Donald Trump and no one, or anything else. As long as you are on Team Trump, he’s loyal to you. But when you do or say anything that goes against him, regardless of whatever your previous relationship was with him, he throws you out like a bag of garbage.

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Ben Meiselas: ‘Donald Trump’s REJECTION of Constitutional Oath BACKFIRES in His FACE’

Posted on November 29, 2023 by kireschneider

Meidas Touch_ Donald Trump’s REJECTION of Constitutional Oath BACKFIRES in his FACESource:Meidas Touch– talking about Lyin Don Trump.

Source:The New Democrat

“MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on how Republican Chris Christie predicted that Donald Trump will be convicted, ineligible to vote, and how Trump’s rejection of the of the oath to “support the Constitution” will backfire in his face.”

From the Meidas Touch

I’m just going to respond to a few key points that Ben Meiselas and Chris Christie made about Donald Trump and I’ll leave it at that.

1. I know Donald Trump must believe that everyone else in the country lives in Fantasy Land and he’s the only one who lives in the real world and therefor Americans aren’t even capable of believing what they see and hear in front of their own eyes and ears. But the man was inaugurated as President of the United States back in January, 2017 and took the oath to preserve and defend the Constitution. If he doesn’t believe the oath that he took, then he was lying under oath.

2. After Donald Trump is convicted perhaps by April or May of 2024 in Federal Court in Washington, Judge Tanya Chutkan will remand Donald Trump to the custody of the U.S. Marshals. I haven’t heard that before. I guess I assumed that Mr. Trump would then be allowed to continue to be free on bail, as long as he meets his conditions of bail, while waiting sentencing. But that would make sense that he would at least be remanded to house arrest and not be allowed to leave his home, even, without permission, because now he’s not just a convicted felon, but an official threat to American democracy because of his role in the January 6, 2021 attempted insurrection.

3. Assuming Donald Trump is convicted next spring, but let’s also assume that he’s remanded into Federal custody, he can not only not vote for himself next year as a convicted felon, but he wouldn’t even be eligible to campaign for himself for President. If he doesn’t have the Republican nomination for President wrapped up by the time he’s convicted, that would be huge problem for him in seeking that nomination.

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Harry Litman: ‘LOOMING DEADLINES Mark KEY MOMENT in Fulton County Case’

Posted on November 29, 2023 by FredSchneiderUS

Harry Litman_ LOOMING DEADLINES Mark KEY MOMENT in Fulton County CaseSource:Harry Litman– Fulton County, Georgia Judge Scott McAfee.

Source:The New Democrat

“Judge McAfee set a hearing date, this Friday, for motions by Jeffrey Clark and Mark Meadows on motions to extend discovery and extend pretrial deadlines.”

From Harry Litman

As my colleague Kire Schneider pointed out on The New Democrat about 3 weeks ago:

“I don’t want to make light of Judge Aileen Cannon or the case that she’s presiding over, because we’re talking about what could possibly be a treason case against The Donald J. Trump. But of the 3 felony cases against Donald Trump, this is 3rd most important.

We know that Judge Cannon is friendly towards Donald Trump. We know of all the 3rd judicial districts that Trump is being tried in, Miami, Florida and Dade County, is the most friendly to him, of that 3. The other two cases against him, are in Washington and Atlanta, which are both, big cities, in big metro areas, that are overwhelmingly Democratic and anti-Donald Trump.

So unless Judge Cannon holds to her May 2024 deadline for her trial to begin, even with all the discovery, motions, and appeals that will be brought in her trial, the Washington case and the Atlanta case, might already be underway. And her case might have to be the 3rd one anyway, because of all the classified material and security clearances that will have to be made in her trial.

And Donald Trump could already be headed for conviction both in Washington and Atlanta, by the time Judge Cannon’s Miami case is underway. Or perhaps because she gets removed from her case because of how friendly she is to Donald Trump and his lawyer and how bias she is towards Jack Smith’s Special Counsel lawyers in this case.”

We’re not even lawyers here at The New Democrat, but we called this almost 3 weeks ago.

Now, I’m going off of what Harry Litman is saying here, but he’s a career lawyer and Federal prosecutor. If it’s August that Judge Scott McAfee wants his trial to be held and gives that order, it will be early 2025 at the earliest, probably middle 2025 (and this is based on whether Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election) before Judge Aileen Cannon gets her cased tried in her Federal court, in Miami, Florida. Because her case has the most evidence, especially classified evidence, and all the security clearances that people involved in the case are going to have to go through and get approved, before that trial can happen.

The Federal case in Washington and the Fulton County case in Atlanta, are lot more simpler, at least in sense there’s not a tone of classified information and security clearances that are going to have to be processed, before those trials can happen. So Judge Cannon can try to cover Donald Trump’s tail (to put it mildly) all she wants. But he’ll probably be a two-time convicted felon and bankrupt man, before she gets to see him. Assuming he doesn’t win the presidency next year.

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Michael Popok: ‘Judge Green-Lights DEVASTATING Testimony Against Donald Trump’

Posted on November 28, 2023 by kireschneider

Judge Green-lights DEVASTATING Testimony Against TrumpSource:Meidas Touch– left to right: Fulton County, Georgia Judge Scott McAfee, Ken Chesebro & the one and thank God only, Donald J. Trump.

Source:The New Democrat

“A Georgia criminal judge just signed an order permitting former Trump attorney, felon and architect of the Trump fake elector scheme Ken Chesebro to head to DC to cooperate with Special Counsel Jack Smith in his federal case against Trump. Michael Popok of Legal AF breaks down what the new order means for Trump, with Chesebro cooperating with Attorneys General around the country against Trump.”

From the Meidas Touch

As my colleague Fred Schneider mentioned on The New Democrat back in October:

“4-5 years ago, longtime Republican strategist and now political filmmaker Mark McKinnon, who served for both President George W. Bush and then Senator John McCain, was on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon. And they were talking about the current investigations into Donald Trump dealing with the 2016 presidential campaign and potential investigations that could be facing then President Trump, once he’s no longer President, whether he’s not reelected in 2020, or leaves office after his 2nd term would’ve been over in 2025.

Mark McKinnon told Don Lemon that the biggest personal mistake that Donald Trump ever made in his life, was getting elected President of the United States. The 2nd biggest mistake that he made, according to Mark McKinnon, was running for President of the United States. Why? Because now that Mr. Trump is in the public eye full-time, all these new investigations not just about his presidency, his business career, or personal life, but how his business and personal affairs affect his presidency, will be under public scrutiny.”

Michael Popok didn’t quote Fred as well, but he’s talking about the same thing. Now that Donald Trump’s career and personal life is out in the open, all of America gets to see how much of a career conman and crook that The Donald really is and how much legal jeopardy that he’s in, simply for literally going public with his career and personal life.

As Mr. Popok mentioned, it’s not just the State of New York, or the U.S. Department of Justice, or Fulton County, Georgia, where Donald Trump is in current legal jeopardy, but the other states where he and his wannabe Keystone Cops crew tried to interfere in their 2020 presidential elections, simply to declare Donald Trump the winner, instead of Joe Biden, who democratically and legally won the 2020 presidential election, not Donald Trump.

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CNN: ‘Comma Placement in Mike Pence Book Draws Attention of Jan. 6 Investigators’

Posted on November 28, 2023 by FredSchneiderUS

CNN_ Comma Placement in Mike Pence Book Draws Attention of Jan 6 Investigators, ABC News ReportsSource:CNN– then Vice President Mike Pence, talking to then President Donald Trump, perhaps in late 2020.

Source:The New Democrat

“ABC News reports that in conversations with special counsel Jack Smith’s team earlier this year, former Vice President Mike Pence was asked about personal notes he took after meetings with then-President Donald Trump, with one line of questioning dealing with the placement of a comma in a quote from Pence’s book. CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig joins “CNN This Morning” to discuss.”

From CNN

Whether then Vice President Mike Pence told then President Donald Trump that either he (meaning Mike Pence) didn’t believe that he had the authority as Vice President of the United States to either throw out the 2020 presidential election results and just declare Donald Trump the winner of that election, or that he (meaning Donald Trump) knew that the Vice President of the United States doesn’t have that authority, it’s clear that the Vice President was simply doing his job and trying to do it the best that he can. And that Donald Trump simply wanted to take an extra legal, as well as an extra constitutional move, to simply rewrite at least part of the U.S. Constitution, to save President Trump from losing the presidency.

But not only are commas important, but so are trials, as well as witnesses, and testimony. And early next year, Mr. Pence will have the opportunity to clear this up for the American people under oath whether he was saying that he as Vice President, didn’t have the authority to just automatically declare Donald Trump the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Or, he was saying that Mr. Trump knew that his Vice President didn’t have that authority. Perhaps he was saying that they both knew that the Vice President doesn’t have that authority, regardless of what party that they’re a member of.

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Ben Meiselas: ‘GOP Leader Accidentally GIVES AWAY The End Game For their Donald Trump 2024 Plan’

Posted on November 27, 2023 by kireschneider

GOP Leader Accidentally GIVES AWAY the End Game for their Trump 2024 PlanSource:Meidas Touch– U.S. Representative James Comer (Republican, Kentucky)

Source:The New Democrat

“MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the latest interview by MAGA Republican leader James Comer who admits his focus is on manipulating public perception instead of the facts and evidence to undermine President Biden.”

From the Meidas Touch

To be completely accurate and honest here: I don’t agree with 1 part of the title from my own post here. Representative James Comer (Republican, Kentucky) is not a GOP leader.

This is the real Grand Ole Party:

“The initials synonymous with the Republican Party—“GOP”—stand for “grand old party.” As early as the 1870s, politicians and newspapers began to refer to the Republican Party as both the “grand old party” and the “gallant old party” to emphasize its role in preserving the Union during the Civil War. The Republican Party of Minnesota, for instance, adopted a platform in 1874 that it said “guarantees that the grand old party that saved the country is still true to the principles that gave it birth.”

In spite of its nickname, though, the “grand old party” was only a mere teenager in the early 1870s since the Republican Party had been formed in 1854 by former Whig Party members to oppose the expansion of slavery into western territories.”

From History

What James Comer and the rest of the MAGA wing of today’s Republican Party (which doesn’t even believe in Republicanism, as a party) represents the confederate wing of the 19th Century Democratic Party, as well as the early and middle 20th Century Democratic Party. But they’re now Republicans. And if you are familiar with your American political history, you already know the story there.

As far as what House Republicans are doing here, they privately know that Donald Trump is very unpopular. That perhaps as many 3-5 American voters don’t want him to be President of the United States again. But he’s still very popular in their party and the likely Republican nominee for President again. So what they’re trying to do here, is the get the focus off of Donald Trump and back on President Joe Biden, whose also pretty unpopular today.

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News Nation: ‘Director Rob Reiner Says He Has Proof Four Men Killed JFK’

Posted on November 27, 2023 by FredSchneiderUS

News Nation_ Director Rob Reiner Says He Has Proof Four Men Killed JFKSource:News Nation– Hollywood actor, director, and comedian Rob Reiner. Not investigative reporter, documentarian, or detective Rob Reiner. Unless he played those roles on TV, in his films.

Source:The New Democrat

“Reiner claims he can name the four men who shot JFK

The official narrative says JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald

Over the decades, many have questioned if Oswald acted alone

(NewsNation) — In a gripping exploration of what he calls “America’s great murder mystery,” renowned actor and director Rob Reiner has launched a 10-part podcast series titled “Who Killed JFK,” aiming to unravel the truth behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

In an interview on “NewsNation Prime,” Reiner claims he has proof that four men were involved in Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.

Many have speculated about the number of shooters involved in the JFK assassination. Official investigations determined Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole gunman on Nov. 22, 1963. The president was riding in an open-top motorcade in Dallas when he was shot from the sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository.

Unsolved: The JFK Assassination | A NewsNation Special Report
Reiner claims not only does he know there was more than one shooter, but he is prepared to identify the shooters and their locations.

The podcast, hosted by journalist Soledad O’Brien, promises to shed light on the enigmatic event that has lingered in the American psyche for over six decades.

Reiner, famous for directing classics such as “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Princess Bride,” shared his personal connection to the tragedy during the interview.

“I was 16 years old when it happened, and it never left me,” he revealed, emphasizing the lasting impact the assassination had on the nation.

He said the key to his theory is a first shot that missed the motorcade.

Reiner claims JFK’s death was part of a conspiracy that included the CIA and government officials including then Vice President Lyndon Johnson. After the shooting, Oswald claimed to be a patsy and his assassination by Jack Ruby led many people to question the official findings.

The podcast is framed as a comprehensive effort to compile 60 years’ worth of information, presenting a cohesive narrative of the events leading up to Kennedy’s death in Dallas. Reiner expressed his motivation for the deep dive, stating, “If a loved one of yours was murdered, you’d want to know who did it and why.

Despite acknowledging that a definitive smoking gun may never surface, Reiner asserted that the podcast aims to name the multiple shooters involved in the assassination. Drawing on years of research, interviews with forensic experts, and visits to key locations, the podcast seeks to provide a clearer picture of the events of that fateful day.

“Over the course of 60 years, you start putting a picture together. You start getting a full picture of what actually happened that day,” he said.

What a former CIA employee’s memo reveals about Lee Harvey Oswald
Reiner also delved into his collaboration with O’Brien, highlighting the significance of partnering with someone who experienced the aftermath of the assassination in a different context. O’Brien, born three years after the event, provided a fresh perspective, having grown up with the prevailing narrative that Oswald acted alone.

NewsNation recently presented accounts from firsthand witnesses and investigators who have questioned the official narrative. Among those was Paul Landis, a Secret Service agent at the time who told NewsNation he picked up a bullet from the car and took it into the trauma room. That bullet was not the one found in Connelly’s thigh.

In statements in the 1960s, Landis had said he did not go into the trauma room with First Lady Jackie Kennedy.

Sixty years after the fact, people are still seeking clarity and the release of information related to JFK’s death. An estimated 320,000 documents related to the assassination have been released to the public, with just over 4,600 remaining classified.

JFK assassination remembered 60 years later by surviving witnesses
Reiner stressed the need for the American people to uncover the truth, suggesting that understanding the events of that day could contribute to rebuilding trust in the government.

Many of the questions center around footage captured by Abraham Zapruder, which was unavailable to the public until 1975. Based on the footage, Reiner rejects the narrative that the same bullet that struck Kennedy also hit Texas Governor John Connelly, who was in the front of the car.

Connelly, who survived the attack, said it was not the same bullet that struck him and continued to maintain there was more than one bullet until his death in the 1990s.

Another film shot by Orville Nix Sr. also captured the assassination and stills from that footage have circulated but the location of the original is unknown. Nix’s grandaughter, Gail Nix Jackson, is suing the National Archives on the grounds they mishanled the film.

Reiner is not naming the shooters until the final episodes of the 10-part podcast.”

From News Nation

“Rob Reiner, the legendary actor and director known for beloved movies like “When Harry Met Sally?” and “The Princess Bride,” is now addressing the JFK assassination. He joins “NewsNation Prime,” to talk about his new podcast, “Who Killed J.F.K.?” with journalist Soledad O’Brien, which aims to reveal the truth surrounding the death of Kennedy. The 10-part series is currently underway, and according to Reiner, it will eventually identify the multiple shooters involved in the assassination.”

From News Nation

Talk about your slow news days: here I’m writing about the latest Hollywood conspiracy theory about “who really assassinated President John F. Kennedy”.

I want to be careful here, because similar to Rob Reiner’s father Carl Reiner, I have a lot of respect for him as an actor, comedian, director. I think he’s one of the best entertainers of his generation, similar to how his father was one of the best entertainers of his generation. But that pretty much ends my level of respect for him.

In this so-called interview that didn’t even last 5 minutes, where the supposed interviewer just let Rob Reiner talk and didn’t ask him any followup questions, where Mr. Reiner spent maybe half that time just talking about where he was on that horrible, November day, in 1963 and what he was doing etc, Mr. Reiner doesn’t bother to offer any evidence for why he believes someone other than Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated President Kennedy.

But, if you go to the News Nation article about this story, (which is linked on this post) you’ll see them suggesting that then Vice President Lyndon Johnson and the CIA, were involved in taking out the President.

So we’re just back to one of those left-wing conspiracy theories about who really assassinated President John F. Kennedy, because Socialists still can’t live with the fact that one of their own took out one of the most personally popular, and perhaps most pop culture relevant President that we’ve ever had in America.

Mr. Reiner did say that 4 men supposedly assassinated President Kennedy. But where’s the beef on that? And then he admitted that we’ll never have the smoking gun on who really assassinated John F. Kennedy. The only accurate statement that he’s made about this story. So admitting that there’s no smoking gun on who really murdered John F. Kennedy, Mr. Reiner is admitting that he has no proof on really assassinated JFK.

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Forbes Magazine: ‘There’s These Homeless Encampments Everywhere’: RFK Jr. Complains About State Of San Francisco’

Posted on November 22, 2023 by kireschneider

Forbes Magazine_ 'There's These Homeless Encampments Everywhere'_ RFK Jr_ Complains About StateSource:Forbes Magazine– Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy JR. Except for the striking resemblance, it’s hard to believe that this is Robert F. Kennedy’s on. But that’s a different story.

Source:The New Democrat

“At a recent campaign rally, independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bemoaned the homeless encampments in San Francisco, California.”

From Forbes Magazine

Last time I checked, Robert F. Kennedy JR. is running for President, not the Mayor of San Francisco, or to be a member of the SF Board of Supervisors. But he’s talking about the cost of housing and the rising cost of housing in San Francisco, one of the biggest cities in America, (as far as population) and one of the wealthiest, as far as per-capita-income, but also one of the best educated in America.

Housing really is a local and state issue. The Federal Government can do things to address rising prices in general, like with inflation and interest rates, empowering more people to be able to further and continue their education, so they can get better jobs and earn more money, which would help them afford better housing. But for the most part, housing really is a local and perhaps state issue.

Uncle Sam can’t just come in to any city, let alone San Francisco and say: “This is how much housing you are allowed to build and this is how much you can charge for it.” That is an issue for local government’s, not the President of the United States.

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