I earned 42 Gold chests last season. Nothing spectacular, meh. I own a semi-decent Silver deck that I supplement with rented cards and play most of the season in Silver and then move up to Gold near the end of the season. So mostly earn Silver Focus chests with a smattering of Gold. I don’t do a good job of tracking my rental fees (I earn some rental DEC too) but I’d like to at least hope that I’m turning a small profit. 😅

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Trump’s Lawyers Make Another Plea for Special Master

Donald Trump’s lawyers contended Wednesday that the Department of Justice is trampling on his rights and demanded an independent review of materials the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
But the former president’s lawyers sidestepped the most serious obstruction-of-justice claims prosecutors aired against him just hours earlier, and Trump’s legal team notably avoided echoing an assertion their client resurfaced earlier in the day: that he had declassified the documents at issue in the dispute.

It’s all falling apart.

A Justice Department Show of Force in the Mar-a-Lago Case

If It Were Anyone Else, They’d Be Prosecuted

Trump Likely Tried to Hide Classified Documents

Prosecutors obtained a search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate after receiving evidence that there was “likely” an effort to conceal classified documents there in defiance of a grand jury subpoena, a new Justice Department court filing released Tuesday night said.
The 36-page filing was the department’s most detailed account yet of its evidence of obstruction of justice, raising concerns that Trump and his attorneys sought to mislead investigators about the sincerity and thoroughness of their effort to identify and return highly sensitive records to the government.

Not a parody. Evidence of guilt, and of a highly disordered personality. pic.twitter.com/sB6587nTTh

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) August 31, 2022

Holy Crap This Photo!

Donald Trump (to potential customers): "You boys see anything you like?" pic.twitter.com/hHjMhOcEut

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) August 31, 2022

Reminder Of Ornato’s Role In Pushing Pence To Leave Capitol On Jan 6

West Point Has a K.K.K. Plaque Mounted Above Entrance to Science Hall

For decades, the students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York have walked beneath a panel of three bronze plaques mounted at the entrance of Bartlett Hall Science Center that includes an image of a hooded figure and the words ‘Ku Klux Klan’ written below it…

Justice Alito’s Crusade Against a Secular America Isn’t Over

What abortion ban? GOP candidates abruptly ditch long-held positions in post-Roe scramble

With abruptly scrubbed websites and "well, actually" op-eds, anti-abortion Republicans claim they never meant it

Ron DeSantis and Dr. Oz Embrace Their Inner Pricks

Days before Mar-a-Lago subpoena, Trump lawyer claimed she scoured Trump's office, closets and drawers

The attorney, Alina Habba, told a New York State court that on May 5, she conducted a search of Trump’s private residence and office at Mar-a-Lago that was so ‘diligent’ it included ‘all desks, drawers, nightstands, dressers, closets, etc.’ She was looking for records in response to a subpoena issued by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is investigating matters related to the Trump Organization.
The filing submitted to the New York AG’s office raises key questions in relation to the separate Mar-a-Lago probe, chiefly, whether Habba ended up handling any of the documents that DOJ later discovered at Trump’s club; and, if so, whether she has the clearance to have done so.

Ukraine’s much-heralded counteroffensive could work. The defeatists won’t admit it.

Japan to Dramatically Boost Military Spending

Japan will upgrade its cruise missiles and research hypersonic weapons as it seeks to significantly increase military spending to counter what Tokyo sees as the rising threat from China.

A Texas school board rejects ‘In God We Trust’ signs in Arabic

Democrat Wins Alaska House Seat

Mary Peltola (D) was the apparent winner of Alaska’s special U.S. House race and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress, after votes were tabulated Wednesday in the state’s first ranked choice election.

In deep red Alaska? This does not bode well for Republicans in purple “battle ground” states.

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