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Emil Bove, the lawyer who unsuccessfully defended Trump in the porn star hush money case, is now the Deputy US Attorney General ... This is his directive to fire seven members of the FBI who investiged the case against Trump for the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection ... Punishment for upholding the rule of law ... More >>

 

 

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"Just a few months ago, in that beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin's bullet ripped through my ear. But I felt then and believe even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again." 

Donald Trump, at his inaugeration for President of the United States ... January 21, 2025 ... Read more flatulence ... 

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Entries in Van Diemen's Land (1)

Tuesday
Sep242019

Our own heart of darkness

, • DateTuesday, September 24, 2019

Colonial Tasmania ... Jennifer Kent's new film takes us deep into our dark past ... Fearless Irish servant girl teams up with Aboriginal boy to hunt down their tormentors ... Our violent history revealed ... As our reviewer Miss Lumière discovers - there will be blood  

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