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I believe an unlikely mix of alleged drug trafficking related politicos and alleged white nationalist related politicos united to elect the infamous “Bloc of Four” in the abysmal voter turnout election of 2005. During their four year term the drug business was good again and white nationalists used Coatesville as an example on white supremacist websites like “Stormfront”. Strong community organization and support from law enforcement, in particular Chester County District Attorney Joseph W. Carroll has begun to turn our community around. The Chester County drug trafficking that I believe centers on Coatesville continues and I believe we still have public officials in place that profit from the drug sales. But the people here are amazing and continue to work against the odds to make Coatesville a good place to live.

Monday, March 18, 2024

Trump has made the leap from stochastic terrorism to criminally violent extremist terrorist.

Trump's death threat to Cassidy Hutchinson. And “Bloodbath” if he is not elected. 


"Former Prosecutor and Legal AF host Karen Friedman Agnifilo reports on Trump’s escalating rhetoric over the weekend, as well as his new attacks on witnesses"




Former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner:


"Donald Trump is on pretrial release in four felony cases. Donald Trump used inflammatory rhetoric to inspire and incite an attack on the US Capitol on January 6 to try to retain power. Now, Trump has ratcheted up his violent rhetoric, promising a "bloodbath" if he is not reelected. In the criminal justice system, the law provides that if someone on pretrial release poses a danger to even a single person in the community, they should be revoked on release and detained pending trial. Will prosecutors, the courts and the institutions of government receive Trump's latest violent rhetoric - signaling to his supporters that he expects them to respond with violence if he loses - with a shrug? Or will they protect the American people by applying the law as it is intended to be applied and detain him pending trial?








Sunday, March 17, 2024

RUDY GIULIANI is UNAVAILABLE for Republican National Committee CZAR OF ELECTION INTEGRITY so TRUMP APPOINTED CHRISTINA BOBB. If you’re a Republican running for office FOGGETABOUT SUPPORT FROM THE RNC!

 


"In a Fox guarding hen house moment, Trump has appointed his disgraced attorney Christina Bobb of all people to be the Republican National Committee Czar of election integrity. Michael Popok explains just who Ms Bobb is and how she lied to the FBI at Mar a Lago about the classified documents Trump stole; and promoted election lies about the Arizona vote for Biden in 2020, as just some of her qualifications for the job."


TRUMP’S ELECTION IS HIS STAY OUT OF JAIL CARD.

RNC FUNDS WILL GO TO PAY TRUMP’S LEGAL FEES.

 



In case you’re not pay attention, DONALD J TRUMP HAS TOTAL AND COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 

 

"A Donald Trump-inspired purge in favor of his loyalists at the Republican National Committee has begun. “It's like they've turned the RNC into the new family business:"





"Donald Trump’s new leadership team at the Republican National Committee started the process of ousting scores of staffers on Monday night, clearing out its ranks as they prepare to bring the committee under the wing of the Trump 2024 presidential campaign, sources familiar with the matter said.

The RNC is expected to cull about 60 people across the political, data and communications departments. At least five members of the senior staff will be let go and some third-party contracts may also be cancelled. One source familiar with the situation described it as an “absolute bloodbath”.

In ousting large swathes of the RNC, the new chair, Michael Whatley, and the new co-chair, Lara Trump – the former president’s daughter-in-law – moved to reorganize the Republican party’s central committee to fall squarely behind the Trump campaign just days after they were formally elected."

MORE AT:

The

Guardian


‘Absolute bloodbath’ at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff

Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump move to reorganize the RNC, with an expected cull of 60 staff

Hugo Lowell

Mon 11 Mar 2024 20.02 EDT








 



Monday, March 11, 2024

Joe Biden ain’t too old. Believing in the resiliency of America Democracy is too old. Biden handles Trump’s Republican Party attacks on democracy with kid gloves. It’s time for brass knuckles

Federal Lawyer Must Go GLOVES OFF on Trump Immunity case


 


 “Cohen: Trump Didn't Want To Win; 2016 Campaign Was Just A Branding Opportunity | MSNBC”:


Defendant Trump is a lifelong gangster who ran for president to enhance “The Trump Organization” & wound up liking the power. He behaved like a king but was put his place by men of conscience. 


If there’s a next time for Trump there will be no men of conscience in his administration holding back an authoritarian Trump. 


The New York federal judge who presided over writer E. Jean Carroll's two defamation trials against Trump used anonymous juries, noting the former president's often inflammatory rhetoric about the justice system and the threats from his supporters that sometimes follow.

"For purposes of this order, it matters not whether Mr. Trump incited violence in either a legal or a factual sense. The point is whether jurors will perceive themselves to be at risk," U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw the defamation trials, wrote in a ruling last year. He also cited "the strong likelihood of unwanted media attention to the jurors, influence attempts, and/or harassment or worse by supporters of Mr. Trump [and/or by Mr. Trump himself].”

FROM:

NBC NEWS

Judge restricts access to jurors’ identities in Trump hush money trial

Judge Juan Merchan said in a protective order that their names and addresses will be available only to Trump and lawyers involved in the case.

By Adam Reiss, Tom Winter, Lisa Rubin and Dareh Gregorian

March 7, 2024, 6:36 PM EST





"In addition to minority communities and those on the political left, far-right and white supremacist extremism threatens violence against Republicans as well.

Analysis of rising domestic far-right terrorism typically focuses on the threat it poses to minority communities, the political left, and liberal democracy. Not much attention has been given to the danger it poses to the broader American right and institutions typically cherished by conservatives. In this three-part series, CFR research fellow Jacob Ware assesses the violent far-right and white supremacist terrorist threat to these entities, including the Republican Party, the United States military, and American law enforcement."

MORE AT:

COUNCIL on FOREIGN RELATIONS

The Violent Far-Right Terrorist Threat to the Republican Party and American Conservatism 








Saturday, March 9, 2024

Republicans want to defund police. Heard that before. Ah yes, former Coatesville PA Police Chief Matthews. His & Richard Legree's alleged intention was making drug business good again. An unintended consequence was arson fires raging all over our city.

"For their next trick, House Republicans have decided to defund the police. Democrats should call them on it, and anyone who cares about law enforcement should be outraged.

The spending package pushed through the House on Wednesday by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) cuts the FBI’s operating budget by 6 percent, siphoning much-needed resources away from the nation’s premier police agency. And the measure cuts funding for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) — which, among other roles, is instrumental in battling gun violence and terrorism — by 7 percent.

So much for all of the GOP’s “back the blue” hot air. Republicans are determined to reduce the federal government’s ability to fight crime and make our communities safer."


MORE AT:

The Washington Post

Opinion House Republicans want to defund the police

Eugene Robinson

March 7, 2024 at 5:59 p.m. EST




Like most Coatesville residents I slept downstairs with a fire extinguisher nearby. 


While the fires raged in Coatesville 4 Coatesville residents including myself went to Bob Casey’s office in Philadelphia pleading with his Philadelphia office manager to bring Senator Casey to Coatesville. 


It was like pulling teeth. He didn’t think Coatesville burning was important. Maybe he hadn’t read the New York Times articles about the Coatesville Arsons. 


SEE:

But Bob Casey came through for us in Coatesville. Below



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Below is a portion of the resignation letter of former Coatesville Assistant City Manager Tarron Richardson. He refers to the Walker Administration:
“Continued association with the cesspool of corruption and misconduct created by the majority of council and its political appointments may subsequently jeopardize my future professional, personal, and political endeavors. Such inappropriate behavior has caused a mass exodus of city personnel, many who carried with them substantial institutional knowledge of the organization."

I believe Coatesville City Council thought the FBI would discover evidence linking Harry Walker to at least some embezzlement and bribery at city hall. But Harry Walker worked partly from home. The FBI failed to get a warrant for Walker’s apartment. 
After whistleblower former Director of Finance Stacy Bjorhus was fired she allegedly left boxes of files at city hall that had allegedly had incriminating evidence concerning several workers at city hall but not necessarily evidence that linked Walker directly with a crime. The boxes of files were allegedly destroyed.  Incidentally Ms. Bjorhus never signed a non-disclosure document.
I believe that embezzlement and bribery were rampant during Harry Gordon Walker IIIs stay in Coatesville. But I believe the City of Coatesville should not bring up any charges of alleged bribery and embezzlement at the City of Coatesville finance office in defending itself in Harry Gordon Walker III's lawsuit 

I think is a non-starter anyway because it might incriminate others still employed at Coatesville City Hall.

Maybe Walker bribed and embezzled money as Coatesville City Manager and maybe he didn't but that's not why everyone but Chester County's drug dealers wanted to get rid of him.

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Richard Legree had a dream of being the Chief of Police of the City of Coatesville. Everyone that knew him well knew his dream.
I believe Harry Walker helped Richard Legree realize his dream, in part. I believe that under Harry Gordon Walker III’s leadership of the city, Richard Legree could have virtual control of Coatesville's police department.
I believe the result was the "drug business was good again" in Coatesville.

MORE AT:

Monday, February 17, 2014

Under former city manager Harry Walker’s watch COATESVILLE BURNED.


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But Bob Casey came through for us in Coatesville. 



Earlier Bill Washington & me spoke to Governor Rendell at a campaign event filling him in on the corruption of Coatesville City Manager Walker. Mayor Rendell’s assistant sent me his fax number to the machine IN HIS OFFICE. At the time I was working with then USA in the Eastern District PA Courthouse Tom Hogan. 


As Coatesville burned Governor Rendell woke Harry Walker from his hangover on Sunday morning telling him “You will declare a state of emergency and I will send the Pennsylvania Fire Marshal to Coatesville, he already knew Walker’s background. 






Sunday, March 3, 2024

Michael Cohen to Elon Musk: Donald Trump, “Is going to bring you to Mar-a-Largo. He's going to put you in the ballroom. And he's going to hang you by your neck like Mohamed bin Salmon did to his relatives until you sign over your fortune.


 I TRANSCRIBED A PORTION OF THE VIDEO BEGINNING AT 40:00. ENDING AT 1:08:41


“Mea Culpa welcomes another mighty Meidas Touch team member, Michael Popok, host of Legal AF. He is the Executive Managing Partner of the New York City Office of the firm Zumpano Patricios & Popok. His national litigation, white collar and trial practice is based in New York and South Florida. Michael has over 30 years of experience as an accomplished trial attorney strategist. Most recently serving as a Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel of a Wall Street global financial services firm, responsible for all of its litigation, trial, arbitration, investigatory, and employment matters. We are here to get his hot take on all of Trump's legal troubles.” 





Michael Cohen's message to Elon Musk:

“I’ll tell you why Elon is stupid. And if you’re listing to this, I’m going to tell you why you are really stupid. What do you think that Donald is going to do on day one if in fact he becomes president again? God forbid a million times. 


Donald Trump is a copycat. He's going to do to you and to Zuckerberg and to all of the other mega-mega-billionaires like Jeff Bezos. He's going to have Seal Team Six grab you like Mohamed bin Salmon did to members of the Royal Family, his relatives.   


He's going to bring you to Mar-a-Largo. He's going to put you in the ballroom. And he's going to hang you by your neck like Mohamed bin Salmon did to his relatives until you sign over your fortune. Because that's all that Donald Trump gives a shit about, is the money.  


(Trump to Musk) Fuck you, you think you're worth over $300 Billion. You stole the money from America.


And by the way the bulk of his money was obtained by these EV Rebates on every one of his cars. His cars happen to be defective. 


You're the one that he's going to fucking string up. Because you have what he desires. And that's insane wealth. 


He will take it from you. Make no bones about it. I know this guy better than anybody. I know what he's thinking. 


Not only does he want to become president to avoid all of the litigation and incarnation but he's doing it because he's going to take your money and the Zuckerberg money and the Bezos money and the Walmart family's money. 


He's going to take everybody's money. Because nobody needs $300 billion in his mind except for him. And nobody should have it. And he will become hands down the richest man in the world. 


Michael Popok:

He certainly could use the Department of Justice to use anti-trust laws to go after these major companies and try to break them up. 


When people vote. This might sound obvious but I'll say it anyway. When people vote for an administration and it's policy decisions you get it all.

 

So people that are still on the fence... about who to vote for, go look at the think tanks that have been established for Donald Trump and what their plans are. And they're in writing.


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HERE:


THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Project 2025 Publishes Comprehensive Policy
Guide, ‘Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise.’


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About immigration. About deportation. About using and nationalizing and turning the military, that's never supposed to be used on U.S. soil against Americans and against migrants with rights and constitutional rights in trying to set up internment camps for deportations. That's on migrants side.


Then if you don't like that you're going to hate what he does by who he puts in charge of the Securities and Exchange Commission that's been the bane of his existence since Truth Social and before. He'll put a lackey there but he'll use it in ways as you're suggesting Micheal and weaponize it going after the people who are not totally in his camp and or because he's jealous of them.


So you use the Justice Department to file anti-trust lawsuits, to break, 'You know what I think that Tesla's got too much of the EV market for cars. I think we need to break that up and promote competition.' CRUSH. 


Michael Cohen,

"You're being nice to him Mike because you're doing it in a way that is potentially legal, despite the fact that you're using the DOJ to strong arm people. 


I say differently. 


I say when he tells you he wants to re-right the Constitution on day one. When he tells you he wants to... 


He wants to do away with the judiciary. 

He wants to do away with the legislative branch.

And confer all power upon the executive branch, meaning to himself. Making him the monarch, the dictator, the furor, the supreme leader whatever you want to call him. 


He just goes ahead and has his SEAL Team Six, because everyone's signing loyalty pledges to him. 


He will then incarcerate Supreme Court judges. He will turn around and incarcerate politicians. He will incarcerate members of the media. 


He will then turn around and have them bring these billionaires to him and do exactly what Mohamed ben Salmon did. Hung these motherfuckers up by their necks until they went ahead and they signed over their wealth. And Trump will do the same thing. It worked for Mohamed ben Salmon it will work for me. That's how Donald's thinking. 


Michael Popok:

The scary part to prove your point Michael is the guardrails of democracy and the legal and criminal justice system through the Supreme Court barely held when Donald Trump didn't have the opportunity in advance to rewrite the laws and put all of his lackeys into every position of power this last January 6th. 


If he gets back in and gets people and lawyers that swear fealty to him in every key position and has a chance to put one or two more Supreme Court justices on. And does all the rewrites that you're talking about, then I'm not sure that democracy will hold."


Micheal Cohen:

"There will be no Supreme Court judges. There will not be. It'll be his judges.


Michael Popok,  "Marshal Law, 4 years of Marshal law."


Micheal Cohen, "More than 4 years because he's already said, till 2028 'I'm not leaving. The advertisements for Trump 2032, 36, 40, and then it goes all the way on, forever. It's not me saying it. That's him saying it. 


Can I say another thing that proves my point. 

Trump hates NATO. And why does he hate NATO? Because Putin hates NATO. 


Now Mike you said recently that Trump violated international law and the NATO Charter when he gave Putin permission to attack our allies. How can we hold him for making those kind of threats? Especially  because he's not the president. 


Michael Popok, "Well there is ways to do it. He can be prosecuted for treason. He can be prosecuted for other violations and we have one president at one time. And it was against the law and the constitution for anyone else to create a shadow government that runs parallel to the real one or tries to conduct foreign policy.


The problem is, back to the top of the show is we have Merritt Garland whoin every opportunity either a day late or a dollar short in terms of starting the prosecutions. Deciding to appoint special counsel, special prosecutor when he didn't have to. And he should have started his own investigation earlier against Trump. 


Putting in the wrong people as special prosecutors like David Weiss a former Trumper. He's trying to show off, like I can put a former Trumper in and everything will come out great. 


That's not what we want from the Department of Justice and from Merritt Garland. Who in order to do that some district attorney who gets his approval and gets the nod from Merritt Garland has to prosecute Donald Trump for illegally conducting foreign policy and or committing treason. 


For him to stand up at a rally in order to raise money and say to our allies that if you don't pay up, I'm going to tell Russia to have their way with you and they should attack you. And violate article 5 of the NATO Alliance which the only time that Biden said in a clip right after that. The only time Article 5 which means an attack on one is an attack on all of the NATO Alliance has ever been invoked is America after 9/11. 


And of course Donald Trump has no historical view. He barely understands that there are three branches of government. One of the commentaries has always been that Donald Trump always has been and will be a terrible student and has no interest in being president. They said ‘stop giving him the presidential briefing book because he showed absolutely no interest in it. They stopped giving him briefings because he never paid attention. Because, I don’t know what he was like when you were working for him, but he seems to have the attention span of a fruit fly.”


I believe I transcribed the video correctly but any mistakes will be readily apparent when viewing the video.  James Pitcherella



WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO HERE:


Cohen and Popok TEAM UP to Deliver NIGHTMARE Legal News to Trump and GOP | Mea Culpa