Lapsed novelist, #DirtyRubles author, PREVAIL columnist & podcaster, co-host of "The Five 8," enjoyer of Friday Manhattans.
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The cat's out of the bag, guys: my new Epstein book, ANOTHER WONDERFUL SECRET, is now available.
amazon.com/dp/B0H2RPKJ85
I did a little Q&A about the Q&A book, in which I answer my own burning questions:
gregolear.substack.com/p/ano…
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Wow. The PA announcer at the Heat-Celtics game, after the obligatory moment of silence for the shooting victims, urged people to call Congress and demand common sense gun legislation. Crowd roared in approval. Thanks @NBA.
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Alabama had not lost a home game in four years, winning 31 straight. Then Trump came, and they cheered him, and they lost. #ETTD
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Trump is a Russian asset, a mob money launderer installed by his mob whoremasters to sow chaos and weaken the US & our allies.
EVERY SINGLE THING HE’S DONE since taking office is to achieve those purposes—that and to enrich himself personally.
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When he is gone, Trump deserves what the Romans gave to imperial traitors: damnatio memoriae. Nothing named after him, no presidential library, none of the perquisites given to past office-holders. Just shame and silence.
#1863
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Joe Biden should take the oath of office at Blair House & get to work promptly at 12:01. We don’t need pomp & speeches. We need immediate, decisive action. This is a rudderless nation on the brink. Every minute counts.
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Just spotted my neighbor, an older gentleman, wearing a top hat with his disposable mask.
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Rand Paul is a traitor.
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Roman Emperors were all-powerful, too—until the elite Praetorian Guard decided they weren't.
Caligula was slain by his own bodyguards. So were Commodus, Caracalla, and Elagabalus. Same with Aurelian, Probus and Gordian III.
Sic semper tyrannis.
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Please Lord let someone teach Trump how to pronounce "Niger" before he starts talking about it.
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I'll say it again: once we show a willingness to fine/jail someone for ignoring a subpoena, or 86 someone for banging on the table when a witness is speaking, or arrest someone for comprising a SCIF, they WILL stop. They're cowards.
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EVOLUTION OF A TREASON DEFENSE
The whistleblower lied.
The whistleblower is a spy.
The whistleblower is a Democract.
We did it, sure, but to fight corruption.
We do this w/ALL hostile foreign powers.
Mike Pence was more involved than I was.
Rick Perry made me do it.
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Lesson #1: Never go Full Devin Nunes.
Elise Stefanik is now an object lesson for any other GOP who might get the bright idea to pipe up and start flinging feces in the hallowed House chamber.
My latest piece (a short one, this time):
gregolear.substack.com/p/les…
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The 60 Minutes interview with Nancy Pelosi was VERY effective in laying out the horror of what happened on 1/6, and who was to blame.
Bonus: she calls Trump Putin's "handmaiden."
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Last night we were playing Celebrity, and my 13-year-old was legitimately surprised to find out that Ivanka Trump is the president's daughter, and not his wife.
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Canada did not torch the White House during the War of 1812.
Canada DID, however, commit many troops to the D-Day mission in WWII.
The only thing Trump should be telling Canada on 6/6 is THANK YOU.
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Supreme Court makes Trump cough up his tax returns the same day the Merrick Garland confirmation hearings begin. Synchronicity is not just a Police album.
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If Junior gets indicted tomorrow, as rumors suggest, I will go out in the street and dance.
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Six years ago today, Donald Trump, Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort met at Trump Tower with Natalia Veselnitskya and other Putin associates, ostensibly to discuss “dirt” on Hillary Clinton.
The perpetrators remain at large.
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As good Americans across the country don masks, Barr has removed his. There is no longer any pretense. He has revealed himself as a traitor to the country and the rule of law.
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I submit that the unit of measurement for the disparity between EXPECTED turnout and ACTUAL turnout be called a "parscale."
Ex.: "The turnout disparity at Trump's Tulsa rally was 794,000 parscales."
Just passed 800,000 tickets. Biggest data haul and rally signup of all time by 10x.
Saturday is going to be amazing!
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Wow, Ivanka and Jared both have dads who are convicted felons -- just in time for Father's Day!
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With the news coming rapid-fire, I want to make sure we target Wayne LaPierre and the NRA. These are despicable traitors, worse in their own way than even Trump, and I want to explain exactly why their villainy is singularly evil.
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The impeachment trial is not political spectacle, or an act of revenge. It is a means of showing the American people what really took place on January 6, and, more importantly, how many prominent people were involved—including, of course, Donald John Trump.
I have spoken to @SpeakerPelosi. The articles of impeachment will be delivered to the Senate on Monday.
Make no mistake: There will be a full trial. There will be a fair trial.
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Wow.
Merrick Garland sounded PISSED, especially when talking about the integrity of the men & women of the FBI & DOJ.
That sort of communication is EXACTLY what we've been calling for. Thank you.
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In case it's not clear, Kemp is only doing this to prevent workers from filing for unemployment. That's all this is about. He's making people decide between putting their lives at risk & going broke. It's cruel, it's heartless, & it's all about money. The man is an abomination.
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I respectfully propose that from this day forward, Donald Trump, Jr. shall be known as "Sharpie Jr."
All in favor?
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I'd like to once again restate my prediction that, when all is said and done, Devin Nunes will spend more time in prison than any other Trump/Russia figure.
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There is no reality in which it is appropriate for the wife of a Supreme Court Justice, already a rightwing PAC political player, to endorse sedition.
Clarence Thomas should retire.
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Think of it this way: Trump was willing to release the "transcript" with Zelensky, in which he openly violated US law, before he was willing to release his tax returns.
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This is how free speech works: You can put a TRUMP2020 sticker on your pick-up. You can wear a MAGA hat to the county fair. You can max out your donation to Trump's reelection campaign.
And WE have the right to call you out on it.
Thanks for playing.
#ImpeachJoaquinCastro
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Said it before and I'll say it again: all it will take is ONE arrest, and these cowards will trip over themselves to heel. That goes for subpoena violators and SCIF squatters. One photo of a traitor in cuffs, and we're done here.
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Like his colleague Rand Paul, who experienced a similarly dramatic reversal on Trump, Lindsey Graham now functions as a wholly owned subsidiary of Vladimir Putin. The question is: why?
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Why were they surveilling Yovanovitch? Hard to read these texts as anything other than preparation for the assassination of a US ambassador. Chilling...and damning.
The president is a mobster.
Um holy sh*t. This certainly makes it sound like Parnas and co. were actively tracking Yovanovitch's movements. This could explain why Yovanovitch was moved out of Ukraine so quickly. intelligence.house.gov/uploa…
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Again I repeat my prediction: Nunes will serve more time in prison than any other Trump associate.
Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, helped arrange meetings and calls in Europe for Rep. Devin Nunes in 2018, Parnas’ lawyer Ed MacMahon told @woodruffbets. thedailybeast.com/lev-parnas…
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He should be fired for this, @CNN. He should have been let go long ago, but spouting off this hateful ignorance should not stand.
CNN's Rick Santorum: "We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean, there was nothing here. I mean, yes we have Native Americans but candidly there isn't much Native American culture in American culture"
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Was Flynn stupid enough to have meaningful conversations with Kislyak, knowing damned well they'd be recorded? Well, he was stupid enough to lie to the FBI, so...
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It may be a coincidence that two of the eight lawmakers who went to Moscow for some vague reason ON THE FUCKING FOURTH OF JULY are now mouthpieces for the Kremlin. But if you ask me, this delegation of the damned has all the look of a GOP/GRU sleeper cell.
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Bill Barr is a traitor. He may be the biggest traitor of all, in fact. Certainly he is the greatest threat to democracy.
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Matt Gaetz breached a SCIF, intimidated a Congressional witness, and has been among the most loyal and effective purveyors of MAGA disinformation. Away with him.
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You think I’m being hyperbolic? You think I’m using strong words I don’t really mean? Bullshit. The Trumps, all of them, are traitors. They are ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE. And to paraphrase Robert Plant, their time is gonna come. SOON.
WE SHALL PREVAIL.
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"At the time, the states hit the hardest by covid-19 were New York, New Jersey, and California. . . . He was willing to let the populations of those states—home to his family and friends—get sick and die to help his father-in-law’s re-election prospects."
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This is sedition.
NEW: Senate Judiciary Committee issues a sweeping report detailing how Trump and a top DOJ lawyer attempted to overturn the 2020 election cnn.it/3llKoaQ
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Barr tried to flex the Roger Stone sentencing. This has backfired bigly, as three federal prosecutors have resigned in disgust & Nadler has promised to investigate Barr...and, one hopes, Judge AB Jackson ignores DOJ recs & throws the book at Stone anyway.
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Interim Speaker flexing his muscles in the most Alpha Male way possible—by making the octogenarian grandmother move furniture while she’s on the other coast at her dear friend’s funeral. Tough guy, this McHenry. Not one to trifle with. #RepublicanIdol
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Sure, Trump is a phony billionaire & tax cheat, 100s of millions of $ in debt, kept afloat by bamboozling the American taxpayer & laundering money for the Russians, who engaged in fraud to siphon $$$ to his adult kids...but did you know Hunter Biden once had a job IN UKRAINE?
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UPDATE: My fanatically anti-choice neighbor has removed the ginormous (and bat-shit crazy) "PRO-LIFE: TRUMP 2020" bumper sticker from her car.
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For a staunch Christian, you sure do enjoy violating the "false witness" commandment, don't you? What a horrible human being you are.
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1/ His entire family is part of this. Melania is a fucking crook. Ivanka is a fucking crook. Junior and Gums are fucking crooks. They will all die in prison, except for Kushner, who, if he really *did* trade US intel for money, should be executed for espionage.
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Arrest him, @HouseDemocrats.
I repeat: the MINUTE we start arresting the traitors, they will all begin to heel. Right now they fear nothing, because there have been ZERO repercussions.
ARREST MCGAHN. NOW. RIGHT NOW.
#BREAKING: Don McGahn is officially a no-show at this morning’s House Judiciary Committee hearing.
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Trump, Kushner, Giuliani are the spawn of crooks. Treason is in their DNA.
It's the seditious likes of Barr, Pompeo, Mulvaney, McConnell, Graham, Paul, Ryan, Nunes, Jordan, McCarthy, etc who have truly betrayed us. These traitors should be punished to the full extent of the law.
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I woke up, checked in, Georgia's blue, and the tears are flowing.
MAGA isn't going to get their king for four more years, but if it's any consolation, they DID make this liberal cry.
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“The jerk who broke into our house with help from our adversaries, stole our money, got us sick w/plague that killed Grandma, caged children, poisoned the environment, gaslighted, subjected us to abuse, & held us hostage for 4 years should not be investigated,” said no one, ever.
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#TrumpKnew how bad it was. Which means #PenceKnew how bad it was. And Jared certainly knew. They all have blood on their hands.
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I promise you, the minute we start arresting the scofflaws, the sooner this nightmare will be over. #ArrestMnuchin
Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin tells House Ways & Means Chair Richard Neal he will not comply with the subpoena for Pres. Trump’s tax returns:
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"If Kavanaugh were a liberal justice with the same sketchy background, and the GOP controlled the House, Senate, and White House, there would be no question of investigating this. Why don’t the Dems exhibit the same ruthlessness?"
#WhoOwnsKavanaugh
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Since he's been in the news this week, let's talk about Brett Kavanaugh. There's lots to say. @LincolnsBible and I covered it extensively in our five-part series, which I'm highlighting here.
#WhoOwnsKavanaugh
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I am going to enjoy it when the feds come for @seanhannity
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"There’s not going to be a 'post-presidency' for Trump. There will be no presidential library, no do-gooder foundation, no writing of memoirs. He will not build houses in Appalachia...He will spend the rest of his life in court, in prison, or in Russia."
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It's the three year anniversary of the Trump Tower meeting between Junior/Kushner/Manafort and the Russians.
Happy Treason Day, America!
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Again: this "secret plan" is sedition and should be dealt with accordingly.
Rep. Dan Goldman: Trump hinted that he has some secret with Mike Johnson. I suspect Trump's little secret plan with Mike Johnson is that when he loses, he tries to go to the House to throw out the Electoral College and have the House under Mike Johnson overturn this election.
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As I explained in December, and as has been made abundantly clear these last few months, Ron Johnson is a #FourthOfJulyTraitor who is actively spreading Russian disinformation. I don't care if he's a Senator. Networks should not have him on TV, ever.
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Newsflash: no one is going to beat Trump in a debate, for the simple reason that Trump will refuse to debate.
Dems need a plan in place for when this happens. Can't come off surprised & unprepared.
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The issue isn't that Trump went golfing. Even filthy mobsters need exercise and self-care. The issue is that when he's at work, he's actively trying to kill us—in service to his Russian owners. That's the issue.
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TEAM PUTIN (TYRANNY)
Lukashenko, Assad, Trump, most of the GOP, Fox News.
TEAM ZELENSKY (DEMOCRACY)
Literally the entire free world, including neutral Switzerland (and also most Russians).
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Kavanaugh has opened wide the curtain of corruption within the GOP. We know why Trump wants a guy beholden to him. The real ? is: why do so many establishment Republicans want a compromised Justice? Why did they choose to ignore a history of booze, gambling & sexual assault? Why?
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11/ Mitch McConnell is the worst American since the Civil War. I read that his kids hate him. Good. I don’t know if he’ll be scathed by Trump/Russia, but I wish nothing but ill upon him. He is, in no uncertain terms, a traitor to the country. Period.
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I propose that from now on, we refer to the AG as the #Barrgoyle.
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I’m a fan of Mayor Pete, but the best thing about him heading Transportation is that there’s no conflict of interest because his sister doesn’t run a ginormous shipping company with deep ties to the Chinese government.
Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, elevating the former mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to a top post in the federal government.
Our story: cnn.com/2020/12/15/politics/…
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Let's talk about how the president is a rapist & a sexual predator.
I'd rather not, but after his abominable #MeToo comment last night, it's what EVERYONE should be talking about. Especially in the media.
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2/ Why do you think Trump installs uniquely corrupt & awful people to Cabinet positions? Pruitt, Zinke, Betsy, Rex/Pompeo, Wilbur "Melting Nazi Face" Ross. They are not there to serve us. They are not there to drain the swamp. They are there to BURN THE REPUBLIC DOWN.
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I've known for years that Trump is a criminal, and it's still hard for me to process the gravity of what happened on January 6.
Most of the country is only just realizing Trump is a criminal and not a carnival barker/reality show host/loudmouth.
This is going to take time.
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"Since Ann Richards was voted out in 94, the govs of Texas have been George W. Bush, Rick Perry & Greg Abbott—each one dumber & crookeder than the last. At the current rate of diminishing returns, Abbott will be succeeded by a decommissioned oil derrick."
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If I were a Republican Senator, the fact that the House managers are not calling witnesses would scare the shit out of me.
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Barr is a traitor.
Wow. Former Judge Gleeson does not mince words in his brief in the Michael Flynn case, calling DOJ's decision to drop charges "corrupt" and "highly irregular conduct to benefit a political ally of the President."
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Bill Barr is the worst of the traitors. The republic will not be safe until he is impeached, removed, indicted, and imprisoned.
in interview w/@PeteWilliamsNBC, Attorney General Barr suggests the Obama administration and its FBI posed greater threat to American democracy than the Russians
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5/ Kavanaugh was rammed through for similar purposes. He’s compromised, there to rubber-stamp Trump’s autocratic BS, and he should be impeached and removed as soon as Nadler gets the gavel.
We never did find out where he got all his money:
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Don't worry, MAGA. I'm sure the four federal prosecutors who just resigned are going to keep totally quiet about all of this and will have no good ideas on how to strike back against Barr's corruption.
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For the last two years, Nancy Pelosi has served as the bulwark between our republic & a Trumpist descent into despotism. She can rip up as many bullshit speech transcripts as she damned well pleases. #NancyPelosiROCKS
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3/ Trump steals. He takes taxpayer money—your money and mine—and lines his pockets with it. He exploits his office to make himself richer. This is all he cares about. Why are Republican citizens, you “fiscal conservatives,” not more angry about this? Riddle me THAT, #MAGA.
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Mnuchin is a good test case to arrest for inherent contempt, since literally no one likes him.
Breaking via NYT: The Treasury Department's inspector general is investigating how Treasury handled a congressional request for Trump's tax returns, which Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has refused to turn over. nytimes.com/2019/10/04/us/po…
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