I feel you; we all hate to see anything Cheato can spin to misdirect attention away from his malfeasance. However, "raid" is a perfectly legitimate term to describe the execution of a search warrant on the premises of a criminal enterprise. And that is exactly what Trump is: a walking, talking, criminal enterprise.

@Flyingsaucesir I disagree. Certainly the way they use the word "raid" holds different meaning and for that reason, alone, I think lib's should not use it. We seem to be supporting their connotation but in favor of the raid.

@rainmanjr I for one am totally in favor of the raid, execution of search warrant, retrieval of documents, whatever you want to call it. And am very happy to see Done Cheato publicly humiliated. Were his rights trampled? Not at all. The DOJ acted deliberately, with way more deference, courtesy, and respect than Foolius deserves. Am I biased against his royal shit-heel majesty? You bet! And I will shout it from the rooftops!

@Flyingsaucesir Interesting. I interpret the word "raid" as working against Dems because of its Totalitarian feeling. I gather you see my reluctance to call it that as empathy for 45? I assure you that I have none of that (for him or most anyone else). My only concern is getting a Dem vote. For that I'd scream about anything from the rooftops. "Raid" is a product that brings death so the word is not good for us. A raid is what Breonna Taylor got, IMO.

@rainmanjr No, of course I don't think you sympathize with the Done Cheato. I am just going with an understanding of the word "raid" that developed in my mind during a lifetime of taking in movies and news stories where cops descended en mass on the premises of criminal operations, including bookmaking, illicit drugs, ponzi schemes, stolen merchandise, counterfeiting, human trafficking, kidnapping, etc., etc. Mar-a-Lago fits in perfectly with that ignominious crowd. Trump is a crook and he is, at long last, being treated like a crook. It's totally appropriate.

After sitting around unsecured for a year half, we have to assume that all that information is now compromised. Imagine all the scrambling that the intelligence community must be doing to make sure the information is useless to our adversaries. It must be costing the taxpayers billions.