Spoiled brat’: Greta Thunberg arrested at Gaza protest in Copenhagen

 Sky News (msn.com)  Climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested at a Gaza protest in Copenhagen. 

“Honestly, she is a tragic person,” Ms MacSween told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “She’s a spoiled brat.”

'Doom Goblin' Greta Thunberg:  "Kevin O'Sullivan and Isabel Oakeshott discuss Greta Thunberg's shift from climate change to protesting over Gaza, criticizing her lack of logic and the financial benefits they claim her family has gained from her activism. They express alarm over Ed Miliband's extreme green policies, which they believe will drive the nation into poverty."

Greta is ongoing fodder for satire at the Babylon Bee:

Having Solved Climate Change, Greta Thunberg Turns Attention To Middle East Peace   "People around the world sounded a celebratory cry this week, as having completed her quest to solve climate change, Greta Thunberg turned her attention to achieving peace in the Middle East.

"The renowned climatological expert and professional activist rested from her finished work fixing the earth's climate problems and set her sights on bringing all nations of the Middle East together in lasting peace and harmony.

" 'You thought I could only tackle climate change? How dare you!" Thunberg said as she sternly admonished reporters gathered at an anti-Israel protest in Malmo, Sweden. "Nothing can withstand the onslaught of Greta Thunberg. All those who stand in my path will be destroyed. I eradicated climate change in a few short years simply by giving some speeches and sitting in the road to block traffic. I will now focus my full power on bringing about lasting peace in the Middle East. Look upon me, ye mighty, and despair!"

"Upon hearing about Thunberg turning her attention toward resolving the ongoing conflict in Gaza, Israeli leaders scrambled to convene special meetings to discuss their options. "We were not expecting this," one high-ranking Israeli official said under the condition of anonymity. "We thought we had the situation well in hand, but as soon as we heard the name ‘Greta Thunberg,' our hearts froze. THE Greta Thunberg?! The impish creature that solved climate change? We may need to surrender and give Hamas whatever they ask. What other choice do we have?"

"At publishing time, a coalition of Middle East nations was preparing to negotiate a peace agreement on the condition that Thunberg promises never to visit the region."

Much more at the Tunnel Wall

Alone at the helm: PM Netanyahu is the sole world leader who is standing against radical Islam.

 Phyllis Chesler  

Dare I dream? Why not. It is time for the Sunni Arab countries to join us on the front lines as well. It is in their interest to do so. Perhaps Jewish progressives will also begin to wake up, not only use their money-power but also take to the streets. Heroic alliances are our only option. Netanyahu, stand strong.

And mal-educated students get to wear designer scarves in public; 

today's iteration of the Che Guevara t-shirt. TD

"As I've long feared, the entire world is now electrically pre-wired with Jew hatred. From coast to coast, on every continent, every day, pro-Hamas demonstrations disturb the world's peace.

"It has only gotten worse after 10/7. At every conference, on every holiday, and on every campus, the hoarse cries of "Free Palestine" pierce the air. The surging, keffiyeh-masked pro-Hamas mobs are seemingly everywhere. They are not stopping anytime soon, even if Democrats try to claim they are. They constitute Iran's bought-and-paid-for global army.

"Iranian, Qatari, and left wing billionaire funding of both Jew, Israel, and America hatred for the last fifty years have accomplished this. Everyone absolutely refused to see the danger coming. One cannot blame only PM Netanyahu for this blindness, the entire world is guilty as Hell. This time, the Gates of Vienna have fallen and Europe has already reaped the deluge.

"Think of it: Hamas massacres and wounds thousands and kidnaps many hundreds of Israeli civilians--and Israel gets cursed for fighting back.

"Hamas sadistically executes six completely beaten-down, still shackled, Israeli hostages in cold blood--and pro-Hamas demonstrations take place in Bled, Slovenia (!), at a global conference which is just ending." . . .

Prof. Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and the author of 20 books, including “Women and Madness” (1972), “With Child: A Diary of Motherhood, (1979) and” “The New Anti-Semitism” (2003, 2014). She conducted and published four studies about honor killing. Her latest books are “An American Bride in Kabul, which won a National Jewish Book Award and is now in Arabic; “A Family Conspiracy: Honor Killing,” “A Politically Incorrect Feminist.” She is a founding member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME).

Will New York Times, Washington Post Return Pulitzer for Misleading Russia Collusion Stories?

Dumbass Photoshop

 Hans A. von Spakovsky; The Heritage Foundation  "In 2018, journalists from The New York Times and The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize in national reporting for their biased and inaccurate coverage of Russia’s alleged collaboration with the Trump campaign to interfere with the 2016 election, a claim we now know was a hoax. So when are they going to return the prize?     (Emphasis mine, TD)

"If this sounds familiar, it should. This is not the first time the prize—which is supposed to recognize outstanding achievement and public service in journalism—was awarded for misleading and discredited coverage.

"In 1931, The New York Times published 13 articles by its Moscow reporter and Communist sympathizer, Walter Duranty, praising the Soviet Union and dictator Joseph Stalin’s government. These articles relied solely on official Soviet communist sources, ignored the evidence contradicting the government’s propaganda, and covered up the genocide Stalin was committing in the Ukraine.

"Consequentially, Duranty’s work was explicitly and knowingly misleading. Columbia University history professor Mark von Hagen said in 2003 that Duranty was "a disgrace in the history of the New York Times."

"Throughout the series, Duranty glorified Stalin’s policies and peddled Soviet propaganda. Most notably, he rejected reports by fellow journalists describing the catastrophic consequences of collectivization.

"Beginning in 1929, the Soviet Union’s collectivization policy replaced private farms with large state-owned cooperatives. In the face of resistance from Ukrainian subsistence farmers, Stalin forcibly drove farmers off their land and deported 50,000 farm families to Siberia.

"Because of the Ukrainians' rebellion, Stalin purposefully set unrealistic grain quotas and, when farmers failed to meet those quotas, confiscated all of the grain and the food produced in the region. By 1933, the man-made famine had killed millions of Ukrainians who starved to death. Some even resorted to cannibalism.

"Despite the overwhelming evidence of mass starvation in Ukraine, Duranty denied it was occurring. "Conditions are bad," he conceded, "but there is no famine." His reaction to the forced collectivization and genocidal policies of Stalin was "to put it brutally—you can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.". . . 

Schiff

Now on to recent times with Democrats, Adam Schiff, Chuck Schumer, and pretty much
everyone on the Democrat side of the Senate Judiciary Committee:

"Today, the New York Times and the Pulitzer Prize board have fallen into a similar scenario.

"In a series of 10 articles, Times reporters propagated a narrative detailing fictitious connections between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign, the president’s transition team, and the administration." . . .

Election Law Reform Initiative Manager, Senior Legal Fellow  Hans von Spakovsky is an authority on a wide range of issues—including civil rights, civil justice, the First Amendment, immigration.

You MUST watch Tulsi Gabbard’s video about the Harris-Biden administration’s Stasi-style governance

 Andrea Widburg - American Thinker  "When all my conservative friends suddenly start sending me texts and emails telling me that I must watch a video, I take that seriously. That was the case with a video that Tulsi Gabbard published yesterday on X detailing how the Harris-Biden administration has been using law enforcement, the DOJ, and a completely complicit media to silence (and, if possible, destroy) anyone who threatens the Democrat party’s hold on power.

"I’ll add only one thing to Gabbard’s pithy 14-minute-long summation of what the branches of government under Democrat party control have been doing: Most have no mandate under the Constitution. The weaponized bureaucracy has become a fourth branch of government that must be constrained." . . .

Kamala says she believes in freedom, but I was put on a secret terror watch list after I publicly criticized her. No one will be safe from political retaliation under a Harris administration. I put my life on the line for this country. Now the government calls me a terror threat. pic.twitter.com/3xjgjmrLhD

— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) September 4, 2024

More on this here:  Tulsi Gabbard: "Kamala says she believes in freedom, but I was put on a secret terror watch list after I publicly criticized her. No one will be safe from political retaliation under a Harris administration. I put my life on the line for this country. Now the government calls me a terror threat.

They aren't even mediocre

Don Surber (substack.com)

   You can see why the deep state is so fearful of Trump’s second term. The Republican ticket is two men who accomplished greatness in the private sector, who both wrote best-sellers and who are smart enough to figure out the bureaucrat game.

"Mad TV was a sketch comedy show on Saturday nights that ran on Fox for 14 years. Unlike SNL, it was often funny. As a running joke, it ran commercials for a dating service for the “Desirably Impaired” called Lowered Expectations.

"I look at the Democrat presidential ticket for 2024 and think of those sketches. Kamala and dum dum are the least accomplished candidates that I can recall. JFK may have been a playboy son of a millionaire, but he did serve in combat in World War II. Quayle’s resume was thin as well and was no Jack Kennedy, or so I have heard, but he was young and grounded in American values.

"Kamala is 59 and Walz is 60. What have they done? What do they really stand for? They won’t say.

"Thanks to her, um, mentor Willie Brown, she held a series of political appointments to overpaid government jobs. The Good Old Boys network backed her later in two races for DA and then for state attorney general and lastly the U.S. Senate.

"Her main selling point was being black and she does not seem to be very good at that. Hillary dropped her G’s better when she talked at black churches.

"In the 21st century, being black or a woman should not be a big deal because it is no more an accomplishment than being white or a male. But Biden said he picked her only because she was a black woman.

"And she picked Walz only because he was a white man. That’s called balancing the ticket. I cannot call them mediocre because they have not risen to that level yet.

"Walz taught social studies for decades while serving in the National Guard — and making annual pilgrimages to Red China. He said it was 30 trips including a year as a teacher and his honeymoon.

"Why the Chinese Communist Party approved having a member of the American military repeatedly visit their country is anyone’s guess but the best one is they liked him. They really, really liked him.

"Unlike JD Vance who went to Iraq after joining the Marines, Walz suddenly left the Guard after 24 years when he learned they were headed to Iraq the next year. He holds the distinction of being called cowardly by his battalion chaplain.

"As governor, his greatest accomplishment was putting tampon dispensers in the boys’ restrooms in schools." . . .

REVEALED: Hamas Plan To DIVIDE Israelis Over Hostages Discovered By IDF

 REVEALED: Hamas Plan To DIVIDE Israelis Over Hostages Discovered By IDF (youtube.com)

"Exactly why should there be a divided anything? There was no Palestinian state but the Jewish state before Rome and before that it was the kingdom of Judea.Since then it's been run over by a multiplicity of people the last being the Brits who called it Palestine which was the Roman name for Judea. And the Arabs just arrived as invaders and they've been run in and out by Crusaders and others. Israel historically has the best claim to the land both historically and morally especially after ALL their attempts at peace have been broken by their antisemitic neighbors."

Dramatic Day in Trump’s January 6 Case, as Judge Says She Wants a Trial To Start Soon and Insists Election Is Not a Factor |

  The New York Sun (nysun.com)   Special Counsel Jack Smith recently filed a slimmed-down indictment in response to the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on presidential immunity.

On behalf of his client, Mr. Lauro reiterated that Trump was pleading not guilty to all charges. 

"The prosecution of President Trump at Washington for alleged election subversion restarted with a courtroom meeting on Thursday, the first convening since the Supreme Court ruled that presidents have broad immunity for official acts in discharging their duties. Special Counsel Jack Smith — who recently filed a new, slimmed down indictment to accommodate the Nine’s ruling —  took the time to file a document containing classified information that is, for the time being, hidden from public view. 

"In a major development, the presiding judge, Tanya Chutkan, said that she would move to schedule a trial as soon as possible, and that the upcoming election would not factor into trial scheduling. Prior to Thursday’s hearing, many legal observers had said they did not believe it was possible for the trial to take place before the election. Whether that’s now changed is unclear.

"On Thursday, prosecutors and Trump’s defense attorneys appeared — without the defendant — in Judge Chutkan’s courtroom to discuss issues of immunity and scheduling for the trial. At one point, Judge Chutkan grew frustrated, according to MSNBC, when Trump’s attorney, John Lauro, tried to argue that Mr. Smith was illegally appointed to his position — an argument that was convincing to Judge Aileen Cannon in Mr. Smith’s other prosecution of Trump, in Florida, over his hoarding of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Judge Cannon threw out the entire case and Mr. Smith is appealing.

"Judge Chutkan, whose rulings have been overwhelmingly favorable to the prosecution — unlike Judge Cannon’s — rejected outright the idea that Mr. Smith was appointed illegally. " ...

. . . "Mr. Lauro asked Judge Chutkan to delay the trial even further, possibly for several weeks, given the election and Trump’s campaign schedule. She said that because the case has already been going on for more than a year, there was no need to slow-walk the trial any further. When Mr. Lauro claimed the judge was rushing to trial, Judge Chutkan shot back: “This case has been pending for more than a year. We’re hardly sprinting to the finish line here.' ” . . .

IDF finds shaft to tunnel where bodies of hostages found in a kids' yard

  The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)  

"The tunnel was hidden in a child's yard, a place where a child should be safe, and not used as a human shield for Hamas."

"In a published video, a soldier explained that the IDF received clear intelligence about the location of the tunnel shaft, leading the IDF to operate in that precise location."

No shame?

 Details of the operation

"The IDF retrieved the bodies of the hostages from a tunnel under the city of Rafah in Gaza. They were likely slaughtered by Hamas shortly before the IDF got to them in Rafah.

"The bodies were found only one kilometer from where Kaid Farhan al-Alkadi, age 52, from Rahat, was found last week. Since Alkadi was found, the IDF put out instructions to be extra careful in the area, but it is possible that Hamas killed the six, knowing that the military was close by and that the hostages might be taken by the IDF alive.' "

IDF Video Shows Entry To Rafah Tunnel Where 6 Slain Hostages Were Found| Children's Yard Hamas' Den?

"Do You Hold ALL Palestinians Culpable?" Douglas Murray on Israel-Hamas, Riots & More (youtube.com)    

Douglas is steadfast in his belief that Hamas is the central cause of the conflict, stating that the aim of Hamas is not a ceasefire, but the destruction of Israel; but Piers holds his feet to the fire. Piers makes the point that many Palestinians aren't supporters of Hamas but are dying anyway. Douglas concedes that he doesn't blame all Palestinians, but says that 'they elected Hamas'.

Joe and Kamala struggle.

Biden Goes Full-On Incoherent in Pittsburgh, What He Says About Kamala Is Incredible – RedState  "Joe Biden is back before the cameras. 

Ian Macfarlane

"In some ways, it would be better if he stayed on vacation, as he may do less damage then when he's actually before the cameras and talking. How wrong it is that the Democrats have put us in that position with him, by not being honest about his condition. Kamala Harris is chief among those who has not been honest with the American people about Biden's issues. 

"After making bizarre comments before and after a meeting in the Situation Room about the situation in Israel, Biden went with Harris to Pittsburgh for a campaign event with union people." . . .

Kamala’s Campaign Is Flailing So Badly the DOJ Just Tried to Toss Her a ‘Russia Collusion’ Lifeline     . . ."The DOJ wants voters to believe Russia is spreading disinformation, and Russia wants Trump to win. And, as a good red-blooded American, you must vote for Harris instead.

"Putin, however, has said he’d prefer to see Biden defeat Trump. And that likely extends to Harris now as well, considering she would represent a de facto second term for him.

"All of this spells absolute doom for Kamala’s campaign. She has no original policies to speak of, no platform posted for the American people to read. She just has the same tired "disinformation" and ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ shtick we all saw play out in 2016 and 2020.

"It sounds like a desperate last-gasp effort by the Harris campaign after realizing she earned a negligible post-DNC bump in national polling and hasn’t even moved the meter in battleground states.

"The American people are too intelligent to fall for this nonsense. The Russia meddling narrative is dead."

Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump | AP News   "President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would prefer to see U.S. President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more experienced and predictable than Donald Trump — even though Moscow strongly disagrees with the current administration’s policies.

"Putin’s comments during an interview with Russian state television Wednesday were his first about the upcoming U.S. presidential election, likely to pit Biden against Trump. They were rare praise for Biden, a fierce critic of the Russian leader who has frequently lauded Trump.

" 'Biden, he’s more experienced, more predictable, he’s a politician of the old formation,” Putin said, when asked which candidate would be better for Russia. “But we will work with any U.S. leader whom the American people trust.”

"Putin’s motives for saying Biden is a better choice for Russia were unclear, but the assertion was eyebrow-raising given prior U.S. government assessments of the Russian leader’s support for Trump and of Kremlin efforts to tip American elections in his favor." . . .

Hamas vows to kill hostages at 'risk' of rescue, and Biden ups his pressure on Israel

 NY Post (nypost.com)

A protester holds a photo of slain hostage Carmel Gat, killed in captivity in Gaza,
during a rally calling for an immediate hostage deal and release of hostages held by
 Hamas in the Gaza Strip

"Hamas has now basically admitted it killed those six hostages rather than risk their liberation — indeed, all but boasted of it.” 

"Meanwhile, the Harris-Biden administration seems to be taking the tragedy as license to push Israel into a cease-fire deal that could let the terrorists re-supply.

"Asked by a reporter Monday if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had done enough to secure a hostage deal, Biden gave a flat “No” while claiming “we’re very close” to proposing another hostage deal this week, and “Hope springs eternal.”

"Hamas refused to accept the last cease-fire offer, even as Netanyahu was signaling (some) willingness to bend on the crucial question of the Philadephi corridor: Who is to control the Gaza-Egyptian border during any ceasefire?

"Cairo, it turns out, had let the area be riddled with smuggling tunnels on its watch, so Bibi is reluctant to let the IDF cede control even temporarily now — lest Hamas take the opportunity to re-arm and/or get its top leaders out of Dodge." . . .

Are the citizens of Israel failing their leaders? - Michael Abel  . . ."The cruelty and depravity of Hamas need not be recited here.  They are the worst of the worst, and, in my humble opinion, the policy of total destruction of the line fighters and leaders is the only path for Israel.  The Munich solution (which created a lot of problems for Israel) is the only solution.  Now Israel needs to cripple the money highway that funds Hamas.  This is a political problem and, I admit, a difficult one.

"But a fifth column has developed in Israel that wants a deal with Hamas at any price.  The families of the hostages and the leftist unions have organized a protest machine that threatens to bring down the wartime government.  They want a Shalit deal, but even worse.  Besides releasing (let’s guess) 2,000 committed terrorists"

"To survive this horror, Israel must stand firm.  Some terrorists you might be able to negotiate with, but these are the worst of the worst.  To blame Bibi for the lack of a hostage agreement is like blaming Trump for the abortive Afghanistan withdrawal.  The actions of Hamas murdering these innocent hostages shows the depravity of these killers.  Israel’s only defense is to kill each and every Hamas soldier and every leader, wherever they reside in this world.  It may be tragic for the families of the roughly 100 hostages to “give up” on them, but the downside of giving in to Hamas will result in a much worse outcome for Israel."

Nice people; see how they look just like our own college kids here in America! TD

Hamas hints six slain hostages extracted by IDF were murdered because troops were near

Dressed just like the college students at the pro-Hamas rally in America's streets. Lets sooth their anger by giving them their own state just across the fence from Israel's villages. Then they will be good neighbors. TD

Hamas vs. the Israel and her ally, the "greatest nation in the world"

Imagine the Israelis caught between murderous Arabs who want all Jews dead and in the worst possible way, and allies such as America, a nation of silly people; people who choose for leaders those seen at any Democrat gathering. People wearing designer scarves and vandalizing historical monuments; cheering those we went to war against seven decades ago and stopped - too late - those wanting to kill Jews by the millions.

Oh that America could be capable of the greatness and heroism that we see from those living in the tiny nation of Israel. TD

Michigan Democrat Rep. Haley Stevens wonders why Hamas didn’t release the hostages after Congress sent the aid to Gaza   "Government, by virtue of being a business that pays its employees regardless of their aptitude or work performance, naturally draws a class of people who have few employment opportunities (if any) outside the public sector. Our “public servants” are just hopelessly stupid; who would hire them except government officials and uninformed voters?

"Rep. Hank Johnson worried about Guam “capsizing” if too many people were on the island at one time, Jerry Brown, who said we needed “more welfare” and fewer jobs, AOC the barmaid, doesn’t understand that illegally crossing the border is illegal, we’re still saddled with bottom-of-the-class Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and her Alpha-Bits word scrambles, peppered with explanations of school buses being yellow, may be sitting at the Resolute Desk in January, we’ve got way too many DEI hires to count, and now, Michigan Democrat Representative Haley Stevens is wondering why Hamas didn’t release the hostages its terrorists took captive on October 7—after all, the aid trucks went in, so why didn’t the hostages come out?" . . .

Comment to this photo: "I think we found out whose been stealing all the humanitarian aid rations. Allahu Snackbar!! #HamasTerrorists"

How Iran Seeks To Take Advantage Of Campus Protests In US | Iran International (iranintl.com)

. . .“US universities are in the hands of students and professors that while condemning Israeli crimes in Gaza, are calling for the release of protesting students and the reinstatement of sacked students and members of faculty,” wrote the ultra-hardline Keyhan, which has been heralding the ‘demise’ and ‘end’ of the US and Israel for many years. And, this time it is not just celebrating present events — but, the future, in which the author speculates that the US election hinges on the candidates’ support for Palestine." 

 Using antisemitic trope, Khamenei welcomes US student protesters to ‘Resistance Front’ | The Times of Israel    "Iran’s supreme leader has offered praise to students who roiled US university campuses with anti-Israel protests, and appended the antisemitic claim that Jews manipulate global media.

"In an open letter to US university students, Ali Khamenei said the students have “now formed a branch of the Resistance Front,” referring to a loose alliance of Iran-backed terror groups and militias around the Middle East seeking to destroy Israel and kill American troops, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis, Iraq’s Islamic Resistance, and the Hamas terror group that rules Gaza." . . .

“The support and solidarity of your professors is a significant and consequential development. This can offer some measure of comfort in the face of your government’s police brutality and the pressures it is exerting on you,” he wrote."

Anti-Israel Protesters March on New York City Streets: 'Israel, Go to Hell' (breitbart.com)

The protest — organized by two leftist groups, the pro-Palestinian organization “Within Our Lifetime” and “Healthcare Workers for Palestine” — began in Union Square before protesters marched to Washington Square Park, chanting phrases like “Israel, go to hell.” Within Our Lifetime said the March is part of a broader nationwide movement, CBS News reported.

What on earth has happened to America's moral compass?

The Media Lies Add Up; Victor Davis Hanson

  American Greatness (amgreatness.com) 

"Their new problem with Biden was not just his long-standing embarrassing dementia. Rather bad polls increasingly warned that voters no longer believed their lies and thus would likely not reelect Biden but would instead punish most Democrats in the upcoming 2024 election."

"For some nine years, the media and the left have successfully fed the country a succession of rank deceptions and conspiracies."

""The public is exhausted after a decade of chronic untruth from the left-wing and its media.

"The 2016 presidential campaign will be long remembered for the false allegation that Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to warp the election.

"Citing the bogus “Steele dossier,” loser Hillary Clinton and other Democrat grandees claimed that the victorious Trump was an “illegitimate” president.

"Almost immediately, the left and media then pushed for the appointment of special prosecutor Robert Mueller. He assembled a ‘dream team’ of partisan prosecutors to prove Trump-Russian collusion.

"Some 22 months later, Mueller found no evidence that Donald Trump improperly won the 2016 election with help from any colluding Russians.

"More hysteria followed when Trump was impeached in December 2019.

"The left claimed he had pressured the Ukrainian government to look into the family of Joe Biden (then a potential 2020 election opponent) for its corruption with Ukrainian oligarchs—as a condition for releasing military aid designated to Kyiv.

"Yet Hunter Biden was paid nearly $1 million a year by a Ukrainian energy company to enlist his father, Vice President Joe Biden, for quid pro quo services.

"In turn, Joe Biden himself later bragged he had pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor, Victor Shokin—who happened to be looking too closely into the various shady schemes of the Biden family.

"The deceptions and lies continued.

"On the eve of the first 2020 debate, Biden aide and now Secretary of State Antony Blinken helped to round up “51 former intelligence authorities” to claim falsely that Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop—full of incriminating evidence of felonious Biden family behavior—was fabricated by the Russians.

"Yet the FBI already had the laptop and had authenticated it as genuine." . . .