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The Public is Finally Learning
How Democrats Pulled Off the Greatest
Political Trick in History

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Posted By: earlybird, 8/3/2025 2:22:57 PM

Below is my column in Fox.com on the release of the last declassified material on the origins of the Russian collusion investigation. After the release, former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper wrote in the New York Times insisted that they never relied on the Steele dossier. The column only reaffirmed the level of dishonesty and duplicity that marked their tenures in office. (The Times still printed this claim despite being demonstrably untrue). The documents quote Brennan in overruling career analysts and intervening to include the dossier in the intelligence assessment

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Italiano 8/3/2025 2:47:55 PM (No. 1986115)
Whack Brennan.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: jalo1951 8/3/2025 3:25:41 PM (No. 1986123)
Constant lying, constant cheating, constant BS. I am surprised their approval numbers are as high as they are.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 8/3/2025 4:14:02 PM (No. 1986138)
Jonathan Turkey is still parsing his words. It was not a "trick" - - it was a massive criminal conspiracy to overthrow our elected government. Turkey should become a Pubbie. He hedges and hems just like one.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: bighambone 8/3/2025 4:37:53 PM (No. 1986148)
That is a big time criminal conspiracy involving everyone who helped the conspiracy along, who can be linked to the conspiracy by one of their fraudulent actions, that you can bet cost the US Government tens of millions of dollars and a huge amount of time used up by the many conspirators who were on the government dime as they fraudulently defamed Trump. Chances are if that criminal conspiracy is put before a Federal Grand Jury there will be a large number of criminal indictments. At that point the indicted conspirators will be hit with felony criminal charges as there are no statutes of limitations that would stop them being criminally prosecuted in a Federal District Court, probably in a court in DC, that we have already seen is dominated by activist Democrat Judges who were nominated for those positions by Clinton, Obama, and Biden. So chances are the case will be assigned to an activist Democrat nominated Judge who will ensure that the matter is tossed out of court. The question is what will the wimpy DC Republicans do then? You would think based upon all the recent evidence of such a conspiracy against Trump, that he would also have one heck of a civil case against the Democrat aligned conspirators?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Dreadnought 8/3/2025 5:19:35 PM (No. 1986162)
Friendly newspapers have their uses. "//snip//After the release, former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper wrote in the New York Times insisted that they never relied on the Steele dossier...//snip//" He's not under oath.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: stablemoney 8/3/2025 7:53:27 PM (No. 1986199)
The public has known this for a decade.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: RedWhite&Blue2 8/3/2025 11:41:25 PM (No. 1986256)
No one has done more harm to our America than them. The 'Rat party.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Timber Queen 8/4/2025 4:50:36 AM (No. 1986273)
After reading Sundance all these years, this seems like old news. However, I'm looking forward to the Deep State Swamp being drained...at least a good part of it. Lock Her Up! MAGA!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Rumblehog 8/4/2025 6:26:11 AM (No. 1986294)
Nothing gets done in our nation's capitol without signatures from on-high together with arm-twisting of bureaucrats and a bucket-load of wink-winks, nod-nods, and nudges, as assurance of promotions and payouts, prior to mission execution. There is absolutely no way that something so obviously unconstitutional as what was done against an opposition party nominee for POTUS, and certainly not for President-elect then President without there being a "uniform cabal" tantamount to "trained seals" clapping, nodding, and barking in unison with great enthusiasm to the commands given them by their "trainer." In this case however, the "seals" didn't even expect the customary "dried fish" thrown in their direction after their action. "Russia-Russia" is nothing but "Treason," and who better to wear that amulet around his half-rican neck than the "Won" and only, Barack Hussein Obama? The "Fraud from Chicago" might have to sell a house, or two, in order to pay all their high-powered lawyers to protect them from legions of DOJ attorneys. All the same things these scum did to Donald J. Trump will now find its way to the doorsteps of each conspirator, and now that Trump set the standard for how to endure it, we'll see if any of them can withstand those rigors of examination, as did President Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Gen. Flynn, Sydney Powell, and dozens more associates of Donald Trump who got caught up in this Soviet-style persecution of a political opponent.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Strike3 8/4/2025 6:45:12 AM (No. 1986301)
A trick is something that fools a lot of people. The only fools were the alphabet media and they believed it because they wanted to. Hillary and her henchmen were so obviously crooked that they might as well have been wearing orange jumpsuits to their offices. Her home server alone would have landed the average person in prison for life if not for the FBI cover. No reasonable person... etc.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: mifla 8/4/2025 7:13:14 AM (No. 1986314)
Brennan and Clapper and their cohorts being exposed as liars. Pelosi using her position as Speaker to get rich. Hillary orchestrating the Russian hoax against Trump. Biden being propped up by his staff. I hope the voters are paying attention, especially the Dem ones.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: janjan 8/4/2025 7:54:02 AM (No. 1986337)
This was not a political trick’. Gerrymandering is a political trick. This was treasonous corruption at the highest levels of our government. In the end it was a clown show. Emails, texts, and documentation were left behind providing irrefutable proof of what they did. This not only puts sunlight on their crimes, Gabbard’s (Trump’s) decision to expose it makes it impossible to ignore. There absolutely must be indictments.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: IAmButASimpleCaveman 8/4/2025 8:21:03 AM (No. 1986348)
it was not a trick - it was a crime
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Reply 14 - Posted by: 5 handicap 8/4/2025 9:00:41 AM (No. 1986362)
Turley is earning his Democrat credentials here! Anyone who calls T R E A S O N a "Political Trick" is surely a Democrat and most assuredly not worth listening to nor reading!
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Reply 15 - Posted by: rikkitikki 8/4/2025 9:01:04 AM (No. 1986363)
Liars like Brennan never learn...it's what they do.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 8/4/2025 9:05:21 AM (No. 1986367)
Yes I agree, #12. This is ‘treasonous corruption at the highest levels’. It needs to be called what it is, and dealt with accordingly. The perpetrators became so bold and secure in their belief that they had accomplished complete control of our government that they left incriminating evidence to be discovered. They never thought it possible that Trump could regain the presidency, and have loyal people in place to help him discover and expose their treasonous activities. (They still seem to believe that they can lie, manipulate and maneuver their way out of it.) They were right excepting one most important factor - the providence of the Living Omnipresent, Omnipotent and Omniscient God in Heaven. God heard the prayers of the people and mercifully answered our pleas. Everything that has transpired, since July 13, 2024, should be a wake up call to everyone in this country, and world, to recognize that God is in control in the affairs of men, and to never forget it. This is an opportunity for all of us, including those in positions of power, to turn to God, prayerfully look to Him for guidance, trust in Him and stand for what is right in His sight. If we do, we will succeed in making America great again. If not, it won’t be because we weren’t given the opportunity of the choice to do so. (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Zigrid 8/4/2025 9:52:08 AM (No. 1986392)
Well...I'm shocked...shocked...to learn that government officials would lie under oath to the congress....looks like some jail time is coming their way...and I'm including crooked hillary...no excuses now about being a wife of an ex president....and above the law....I sometimes wonder what God has in store for her....I was awake all last night thinking about it....as I'm sure Lizzie Chenny was...she's another one who needs to watch her back....
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Reply 18 - Posted by: dbdiva 8/4/2025 10:35:02 AM (No. 1986406)
The public "may be finally learning" about all of the crimes and corruption unleashed against us but.......will they believe it? Most of the public has bought into the brainwashing and gaslighting that the media has pushed on us for a decade or more and they believe it wholeheartedly. Is there a willingness on their part to believe the truth? I have my doubts. At this point they're pretty comfortable in the "truth" of what THEY believe. When the Trump Administration starts bringing people to justice they will believe that it's only because Donald Trump wants revenge for what Democrats (justly they think because of media "reporting") did against him. I've heard some in my area expressing that opinion. These are people who see only what they want to see.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Lucky5 8/4/2025 10:41:23 AM (No. 1986409)
To me, the reality of this is that many left wingers I know refuse, just flat out refuse to beielve all this evidence. They still think the entire thing was real. You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink. This is the damage the lying, evil agenda driven media has wrought. Gaslighting and brainwashing. I put a huge amount of blame on the very corrupt media.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: MickTurn 8/4/2025 11:11:22 AM (No. 1986424)
Correction: Political SCAM!
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Reply 21 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 8/4/2025 11:32:36 AM (No. 1986448)
We're in agreement with all those who posted that this isn't a "trick" this is TREASON. We pray that those who did this will not get away with it. God is a God of justice!
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Reply 22 - Posted by: JHHolliday 8/4/2025 2:46:22 PM (No. 1986536)
I think #16 is right. It's my belief that He caused DJT to turn his head at just the right moment.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: pensom2 8/4/2025 3:31:10 PM (No. 1986552)
Good luck prosecuting these traitors in a Washington, D.C. federal court. The judges and the juries are 90% progressive dems.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: biffer 8/4/2025 6:57:42 PM (No. 1986635)
Can we please now drop the Watergate reference to any scandal? Maybe we can come up with a new suffix to replace '-gate'.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: JimBob 8/5/2025 2:20:11 AM (No. 1986722)
Headline correction: Insert the word "Dirty" between "Greatest" and "Political". The whole 'Rat operation, from Zero on down, belongs in Prison, but it won't happen with the crooked DC courts. Boasberg will make sure that HE is the presiding judge, and he will throw it out, the Truth be damned. Regarding "The public are finally discovering"..... Are they? Last time I checked, the AllBarackChannel (a.k.a. their initials 'ABC') has not reported One Word regarding DNI Tulsi Gabbard's statements and reports. It is Complete. Radio. Silence. The "Americans who get their news from ABC" have no clue that ANY of this has come out. What's that old saying over at the Lamestreams?....."We cover the News.... With a Pillow.... Until it stops moving."
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