On 5/18/2026 at 1:05 PM, ClearedHot said:

I see the potential for abuse by both sides.

Interesting how your takeaway point here is that “I could see the democrats abusing this” as opposed to “I see active abuse occurring right now in only one party that I do or do not agree with.”

Making invalid hypothetical comparisons is a fallacy.

10 hours ago, Negat0ry said:

Interesting how your takeaway point here is that “I could see the democrats abusing this” as opposed to “I see active abuse occurring right now in only one party that I do or do not agree with.”

Making invalid hypothetical comparisons is a fallacy.

You guys can't possibly be this unlikable in the office, right?

Actually what he said, if you must translate his already clear quote, was: "I could see the Republicans and Democrats both abusing this."

And what a wonderful day for you, even Ted Cruz says the Republicans aren't on board with this:

Cruz said about 45 of the 53 Senate Republicans were attendance and "at least half of them were blasting the attorney general and they were pissed."

"They were screaming at the acting attorney general," he said. "There were multiple senators who were yelling at the attorney general — and it was not calm, it was yelling — and they were saying this feels like self-dealing." 

Now since you insist on making it partisan, when is the last time the Democrats revolted over a Democrat president being sketchy? Serious question.

Can someone explain why Cuba is a national security threat?

42 minutes ago, 17D_guy said:

Can someone explain why Cuba is a national security threat?

I’m too lazy, so here is AI…

Cuba is considered a national security threat by the U.S. government primarily due to its proximity to the U.S., its intelligence alliances with adversaries like Russia and China, and its support for hostile actors in the region.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis

here is a link to the Cuban missile crisis for a brief synopsis on the historical threat associated with Cuba.

Let me know if you have any more questions!

3 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

Can someone explain why Cuba is a national security threat?

Having grown up in Miami I could write a dissertation but the part primary reason is outlined above given their alliance to adversaries and willingness to host those hostile actors (luckily sans nuclear missiles thanks to Kennedy). Another reason not often discussed is their propensity to create and support instability in the region. Ever wonder why Maduro's protection force was mostly Cubans....?

Cuba frequently provides intelligence sharing, operational training, and asylum to leftist radicals, guerrilla groups, and anti-establishment political movements around the world but mainly ones that destabilize Latin America. You might look up the ALBA alliance and Cuba efforts to foment chaos in Boliva. Finally, analysts and regional security forces have long accused the Cuban intelligence apparatus of infiltrating civil society organizations, leveraging state media to fuel anti-Western protests, and backing candidates hostile to U.S. interests.

Way to close to home for me having so many Cuban friends growing up, it was a non-stop stories of things done to Cuban families both in Cuba, other Latin American Countries and in the U.S.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has a page dedicated to Cuba and they do a far better and more articulate job of giving details than I can.

5 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

Can someone explain why Cuba is a national security threat?

Don't you remember Red Dawn? Wolverines!!!

Thanks all.

On 5/23/2026 at 1:22 PM, disgruntledemployee said:

Don't you remember Red Dawn? Wolverines!!!

Well played...

Bolton has to pay up $2M and a potential 0-60 mo prison term. Hillary, Biden, and Trump were let off and anyone investigating Trump got punished. Justice?

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/politics/john-bolton-guilty-plea-agreement-trump-critic

1 hour ago, disgruntledemployee said:

Bolton has to pay up $2M and a potential 0-60 mo prison term. Hillary, Biden, and Trump were let off and anyone investigating Trump got punished. Justice?

https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/politics/john-bolton-guilty-plea-agreement-trump-critic

Put them all in jail. Let's get that out of the way.

One thing that jumped out when I was reading about it was that I guess he had a journal that they used as evidence. If so, that would be materially different than what Biden, Hillary, Trump, and Pence did. They were sloppy with the classified information that was part of their job. And they took it home with them.

But writing a journal about the information, especially when you are as smart as John Bolton is, is a pretty clear instance of creating new classified. From the article you posted it looks like he's only pleading to that charge, and not retention of classified materials, which is basically what the others all did.

Don't get me wrong, I think all of them are absolutely full of shit and lying through their teeth when they say they didn't realize what they were doing violated the rules surrounding classified, but it's pretty retarded to sit down and put a bunch of classified information into your diary. And then to use that diary to write a book... Dumb dumb dumb

Trump probably comes closest to this offense, only in so far as he went out of his way to retain the glassified information after he was notified of the infraction. So it's particularly rich for him to be going after Bolton. But if Bolton settled, I have to believe the evidence was pretty catastrophic

1 hour ago, Lord Ratner said:

Put them all in jail. Let's get that out of the way.

One thing that jumped out when I was reading about it was that I guess he had a journal that they used as evidence. If so, that would be materially different than what Biden, Hillary, Trump, and Pence did. They were sloppy with the classified information that was part of their job. And they took it home with them.

But writing a journal about the information, especially when you are as smart as John Bolton is, is a pretty clear instance of creating new classified. From the article you posted it looks like he's only pleading to that charge, and not retention of classified materials, which is basically what the others all did.

Don't get me wrong, I think all of them are absolutely full of shit and lying through their teeth when they say they didn't realize what they were doing violated the rules surrounding classified, but it's pretty retarded to sit down and put a bunch of classified information into your diary. And then to use that diary to write a book... Dumb dumb dumb

Trump probably comes closest to this offense, only in so far as he went out of his way to retain the glassified information after he was notified of the infraction. So it's particularly rich for him to be going after Bolton. But if Bolton settled, I have to believe the evidence was pretty catastrophic

He should file a claim to Trump's $1.8B slush fund. 🤣