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mdwest · 2026-05-21T20:36:24-0500

WAB said:
I normally just scroll past his posts. I will try to do so in the future. It’s difficult to leave an inane comment unchallenged.

lol … I lack the ability to walk past the village idiot and not engage… call it a character flaw…

Unless I want to spend the entire afternoon on AH, I have to maintain a fairly robust ignore list lol…

Newboomer · 2026-05-21T20:53:15-0500

mdwest said:
lol … I lack the ability to walk past the village idiot and not engage… call it a character flaw…

Unless I want to spend the entire afternoon on AH, I have to maintain a fairly robust ignore list lol…

Yes, it is astounding the iinfinitesimal cranial acuity some self proclaimed experts display. A wise man once said that when those types open their mouths their guts fall out.

Big_Easy · 2026-05-21T22:45:57-0500

WAB said:
You don’t deserve an answer, but you might want to check into who a case has to be heard by, hint, it’s not in the administration.

You can't even see past your own delusions. Trump told his own IRS appointees to settle his case with him because he knew that a judge and a jury wouldn't look too favorably on this nonsense. Go read one of the statues that he was suing under: 26 U.S. Code § 7431. Last time I checked Charles Littlejohn was not an officer, nor an employee of of the United States, he was a contractor. It also has a 2 year statue of limitations to sue the government, which Trump missed. That's why none of the other rich guys are suing, they know how unlikely they are to prevail in a court, and they're past the time limit anyways.

Sorry @mdwest there's no blood in the water, no sharks, and no precedent to be set, just more typical Trump corruption. And even if by some miracle Trump did win, that same statue lays out damages; actual damages suffered by the plaintiff, punitive damages, and attorneys fees. One would find it difficult to list any real, actual damages since he was relected president, and his financial position increased significantly after their release. I mean, he can't claim his reputation was harmed either, because the public already knows he's a rapist and a cho-mo. So what actual damages did he suffer?

You guys are hilarious.

26 U.S. Code § 7431 - Civil damages for unauthorized inspection or disclosure of returns and return information

www.law.cornell.edu

Big_Easy · 2026-05-21T23:02:57-0500

LivingTheDream said:
Says the guy who tried to argue Reagan was traitor for selling weapons to Iran, said there was no difference between legal and illegally immigrants, praised Biden for ending the war in Afghanistan, and stated brillant economic theories like you can't have a strong economy while running a deficit.

Please continue to enlighten us with more of your brilliance.

"Says the guy who tried to argue Reagan was traitor for selling weapons to Iran"

...You were the ones saying "we have been at war with Iran for 47 years" were you not? If that statement is true, and not complete nonsense, then when Reagan, a sitting US president, sold weapons to a country we were supposedly at war with at the time (says the other members on here) that would constitute an act of treason under us law would it not?

US Constitution: Article III, Section 3, Clause 1
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

Would selling weapons to our enemy be giving them "Aid"? Seems like it to me. Or, alternatively, you could all just admit that you're full of sh!t about this whole..."we've been at war with Iran for 47 years" BS. I know it's hard, but you can admit that Trump just started this war to distract from the Epstein files.

I mean, on June 21st, 2025 Trump gave a speech in which he told us that "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities were totally and completely obliterated." So clearly we weren't going to war to stop them from making a bomb, we did that last year! That is of course unless Trump is a liar? And is totally full of crap? But it's hard to tell with all of his lies what's real and what is not. This is the second time in the past 25 years that a republican president has started a war after he told us that a country in the middle east is trying to make a WMD is it not?

Big_Easy · 2026-05-21T23:08:42-0500

Brent in Az said:
Aimee Bock sentenced to almost 42 years in prison for a Minnesota $250m covid fraud scheme.
Now they just need to round up,and ship out all of the Somali thieves.

Now if only Senator Rick Scott would be sentenced for his multi-billion dollar medicare fraud scheme.

Big_Easy · 2026-05-21T23:11:17-0500

LivingTheDream said:
Says the guy who tried to argue Reagan was traitor for selling weapons to Iran, said there was no difference between legal and illegally immigrants, praised Biden for ending the war in Afghanistan, and stated brillant economic theories like you can't have a strong economy while running a deficit.

Please continue to enlighten us with more of your brilliance.

I never said there wasn't a difference between the two. I said what's the difference if a US citizen loses their job to an illegal immigrant or a legal immigrant? You still lost your job all the same. Less jobs will be lost by illegals since they mostly pick fruit/veggies in the fields, rather than IT jobs in an office.

Big_Easy · 2026-05-21T23:23:48-0500

Red Leg said:
We have the sophomoric "buddy" BS from our resident troll again while referring to one of our more respected and informed posters (who actually has done something with his life) as representing a "clown show." Ignore this bitter little failure in life. With zero responses he'll go back to playing Call of Duty, or in his case perhaps Bricklayer, in whatever basement he resides.

I see that you’ve run out of ideas and have moved on to the ad hominem. I'll take that as a win. If any of you can ever form an actual counterargument, I'd be glad to hear it.

Big_Easy · 2026-05-21T23:25:40-0500

Newboomer said:
Yes, it is astounding the iinfinitesimal cranial acuity some self proclaimed experts display. A wise man once said that when those types open their mouths their guts fall out.

Ok boomer.

VertigoBE · 2026-05-22T01:01:00-0500

WAB said:
I will also note that I have many friends in the British gun trade. They are noticeably silent.

Seeing it could damage their business, I sure understand why they remain silent.

VertigoBE · 2026-05-22T01:04:07-0500

Newboomer said:
Yes, it is astounding the iinfinitesimal cranial acuity some self proclaimed experts display. A wise man once said that when those types open their mouths their guts fall out.

My late grandmother would say that with such specimens, tone deaf and spilling nonsense, if you look them deep enough in their mouth, the only thing you’ll see in that cranial cavern is a piece of string. This is to keep their two ears attached.

KJE81 · 2026-05-22T01:37:24-0500

I was also under the impression that the IRS is part of the executive branch since its part of the Department of the treasury which is run by the Secretary of the treasury which is a member of the cabinet and is appointed by the president?

Is not the IRS Commissioner also appointed by the president?

I guess thats unless all of the above is incorrect one could be forgiven for thinking that Trump is indeed on both sides of this case.

Altitude sickness · 2026-05-22T05:41:14-0500

With regards to Trump getting relief from the jackbooted IRS tactics.

I don’t particularly care about the inside baseball portion of the case.

I’m pleased that the IRS has been brushed back from the plate temporarily. Trump isn’t the only citizen the agency was directed to target. Remember In 2013, IRS official Lois Lerner revealed that conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status had been getting extra scrutiny, based on words such as "tea party" or "patriots" in their names.

This was the just another example of Obama’s war on conservative citizens. And perhaps the inception of the January 6th “Insurrection”. At the least, accelerated the division.

There’s nothing scarier or more intimidating than being a private citizen without the financial means to fight a federal agency.

So again. I don’t care if Trump deserves the ruling against the IRS. All I care about is the IRS has been put back on their heels for a brief period.

skydiver386 · 2026-05-22T06:02:16-0500

Altitude sickness said:
With regards to Trump getting relief from the jackbooted IRS tactics.

I don’t particularly care about the inside baseball portion of the case.

I’m pleased that the IRS has been brushed back from the plate temporarily. Trump isn’t the only citizen the agency was directed to target. Remember In 2013, IRS official Lois Lerner revealed that conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status had been getting extra scrutiny, based on words such as "tea party" or "patriots" in their names.

This was the just another example of Obama’s war on conservative citizens. And perhaps the inception of the January 6th “Insurrection”. At the least, accelerated the division.

There’s nothing scarier or more intimidating than being a private citizen without the financial means to fight a federal agency.

So again. I don’t care if Trump deserves the ruling against the IRS. All I care about is the IRS has been put back on their heels for a brief period.

Bullseye.

The Democrats have abused government power for decades through both State and Federal agencies. Now that they are getting the slap down they so thoroughly deserve, the same leftist Democrats act as if it's Trump that done did all the bad.

mdwest · 2026-05-22T06:42:58-0500

KJE81 said:
I was also under the impression that the IRS is part of the executive branch since its part of the Department of the treasury which is run by the Secretary of the treasury which is a member of the cabinet and is appointed by the president?

Is not the IRS Commissioner also appointed by the president?

I guess thats unless all of the above is incorrect one could be forgiven for thinking that Trump is indeed on both sides of this case.

The IRS is part of the executive branch.

The courts hearing the case are part of the judicial branch.

Trump was suing the IRS that was managed and weaponized by the past administration that took action against him during the past administration (2022).

The IRS agent (contractor) that leaked the information admitted he committed a criminal act and stole 15 years of trumps tax records and then turned them over to the media. He was convicted and sent to prison in 2023.

The civil suit against the IRS was for failure to properly protect those records, and was an obvious slam dunk. There’s already someone in prison for the action.

Trump controlling the IRS in 2026 is inconsequential. The crime and the cause of civil action happened prior to Trump taking office and the conviction for the crime happened during the Biden administration.

What matters is the Judicial branch (not controlled by Trump) was hearing the case, and all of the evidence was clear… Trump was absolutely going to win… so, a settlement was offered… which is a standard practice in the US court system.. the courts even go so far as to encourage settlements rather than push things to trial when the outcome of cases is obvious… they don’t want to bog the courts down with case proceedings if they can avoid it…

The IRS was smart to take the settlement, and Trump was gracious to take it… neither has to.. either party can insist on a trial..

Had this gone to trial the IRS would have lost, and lost huge… and it is very possible senior administrators in the IRS would have been brought up on criminal charges next after the evidence in the civil trial became public record…

I can assure you that both the senior GS and SES employees of the IRS (who are career bureaucrats and have worked there long before Trump ever became president) and the accountants that manage the IRS budget, regardless of which party they are aligned with are incredibly thankful right now… any other outcome would have been much worse for them…

But I suppose leftists would prefer that government not be held accountable for wrongful acts against citizens… as long as those citizens are conservatives… and especially if it’s Trump..

WAB · 2026-05-22T06:47:54-0500

mdwest said:
The IRS is part of the executive branch.

The courts hearing the case are part of the judicial branch.

Trump was suing the IRS that was managed and weaponized by the past administration that took action against him during the past administration (2022).

The IRS agent (contractor) that leaked the information admitted he committed a criminal act and stole 15 years of trumps tax records and then turned them over to the media. He was convicted and sent to prison in 2023.

The civil suit against the IRS was for failure to properly protect those records, and was an obvious slam dunk. There’s already someone in prison for the action.

Trump controlling the IRS in 2026 is inconsequential. The crime and the cause of civil action happened prior to Trump taking office and the conviction for the crime happened during the Biden administration.

What matters is the Judicial branch (not controlled by Trump) was hearing the case, and all of the evidence was clear… Trump was absolutely going to win… so, a settlement was offered… which is a standard practice in the US court system.. the courts even go so far as to encourage settlements rather than push things to trial when the outcome of cases is obvious… they don’t want to bog the courts down with case proceedings if they can avoid it…

The IRS was smart to take the settlement, and Trump was gracious to take it… neither has to.. either party can insist on a trial..

Had this gone to trial the IRS would have lost, and lost huge… and it is very possible senior administrators in the IRS would have been brought up on criminal charges next after the evidence in the civil trial became public record…

I can assure you that both the senior GS and SES employees of the IRS (who are career bureaucrats and have worked there long before Trump ever became president) and the accountants that manage the IRS budget, regardless of which party they are aligned with are incredibly thankful right now… any other outcome would have been much worse for them…

But I suppose leftists would prefer that government not be held accountable for wrongful acts against citizens… as long as those citizens are conservatives… and especially if it’s Trump..

Hopefully @Big Easy reads this and learns something. I just didn’t have the patience to type it all out.

PARA45 · 2026-05-22T06:52:45-0500

mdwest · 2026-05-22T06:55:23-0500

WAB said:
Hopefully @Big Easy reads this and learns something. I just didn’t have the patience to type it all out.

He won’t, because he has no desire to learn.. it doesn’t conform to his bias or agenda..

AJ Peacock · 2026-05-22T07:04:59-0500

mdwest said:
He won’t, because he has no desire to learn.. it doesn’t conform to his bias or agenda..

And if he does, maybe he can learn from this also. (from AI)

Discovery-Based Statutes of Limitations: Lawsuits for unauthorized tax disclosures (under I.R.C. § 7431) or the Privacy Act generally have a two-year statute of limitations that begins on the date of discovery rather than the date of the leak. Trump's legal team claimed they only discovered the breach when the IRS notified him that a specific contractor had been charged with the leak.

He also just made it as the first person on my 'official ignore list' It's just too time consuming to try to glean even one iota of good info from his posts.

AJ

LivingTheDream · 2026-05-22T07:09:08-0500

Big_Easy said:
You were the ones saying "we have been at war with Iran for 47 years" were you not? If that statement is true, and not complete nonsense, then when Reagan, a sitting US president, sold weapons to a country we were supposedly at war with at the time (says the other members on here) that would constitute an act of treason under us law would it not?

Again you seem to fail to under nuances, they have been at war with us for 47 years, not we have been at war with them for 47 years. Proof of this is the fact that part of the premise of the Iran Contra is that Hezbollah (Iranian sponsor of terror) had US hostages.

Now let me argue the way you do. You said Reagan committed Treason, he broke up the USSR and ended the Cold War, are you a Russian Agent? Why do you love Communism?

Big_Easy said:
I know it's hard, but you can admit that Trump just started this war to distract from the Epstein files.

I know its hard for you to admit there is nothing there on Trump or else Biden would have released it when Ashley's talked about inappropriate showers she took with her dad.

Big_Easy said:
I mean, on June 21st, 2025 Trump gave a speech in which he told us that "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities were totally and completely obliterated." So clearly we weren't going to war to stop them from making a bomb, we did that last year! That is of course unless Trump is a liar? And is totally full of crap? But it's hard to tell with all of his lies what's real and what is not. This is the second time in the past 25 years that a republican president has started a war after he told us that a country in the middle east is trying to make a WMD is it not?

Intelligence is not static, I tend to think when the Iranian Negotiators told us they have enough 60% grade uranium to make 10 warheads in a matter of weeks we should believe them. But again you seem to cherry pick when you think Intelligence is correct or incorrect.

Also in your response to Red Leg, "I see that you’ve run out of ideas and have moved on to the ad hominem. I'll take that as a win. If any of you can ever form an actual counterargument, I'd be glad to hear it." Literally Seconds later you reply "OK boomer" to another member.

The reason why most here are ignoring you, is because at best you appear uninformed with a lack of ability to form a complex thought, and at worst unhinged because you have a weird case of TDS. As an example, when you first joined you argued against the SAVE Act by using statistics from state that had Voter ID laws, and took that as proof we dont have issues with our elections. And you took that as a win for you in the discussion.

mdwest · 2026-05-22T07:21:00-0500

LivingTheDream said:
As an example, when you first joined you argued against the SAVE Act by using statistics from state that had Voter ID laws, and took that as proof we dont have issues with our elections. And you took that as a win for you in the discussion.

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