Ta, Evan. I read this during a commercial while Rachel Maddow aired her Stormy Daniels interview. IMHO, everyone who votes Trump is a traitor. He's out to destroy the USA forever. WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
Oh, but they think he's part of Gawd's Plan -- even though he sounds a lot like the political leader that is supposed to arise alongside the False Prophet of the Antichrist. I will grant some of them, at least, might see that as a feature and not a bug, because that means the Apocalypse is coming, and they think they're gonna get swept up into Heaven and then get to watch all of us suffer and eventually burn in Hell.
Number of people shot to death for no good reason by the police in the great country of here at the half-year mark: 300. Number of minutes / hours / days / weeks / months Donald Trump has served for his crimes against women, humanity, the nation and the world : ZeeeeeeeeeRooooooooo!
Have you given up yet? I have. We have two sides here, one, that's us, is bound by rules, laws and a code of conduct. The other side has no rules, ethics, no code, nothing normal, that's Trump and trumpettes, and will use any means to achieve their end. Why is anyone surprised by the results?
America is going to find out just what sort of people we are very, very shortly. Those who will think of the Camps as a "Jobs Program" and those who will think of the Camps as "...really not as bad as I expected".
It certainly explains why the majority of Jews didn't put up much of a fight. Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a pacifier. The Shock Doctrine: Now with 40% more Shock!
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I think it's better to sentence him in September. If it's done on July 11th, as originally scheduled, a lot of voters will forget about it by election day. But if it's September, it''ll be a nice reminder of "Oh, yeah, Trump committed all those felonies." only a few weeks before election day.
"But then the Supreme Court of the United States — which is federal — ruled that Trump may not be prosecuted for any crimes he commits (even if they are murders that go “Bing! Bing! Bing!”) if he is president at the time and he is pretty sure his crimes were part of his job."
Am I the only one who is now waiting for Jimmy Carter to go on the murder spree we all know he has been fantazing about since the '70s?
Why the fuck are they letting him do this? The decision is totally irrelevant to a state case concerning crimes that took place before he was in office. They might as well be citing the Endangered Species Act or something--it's just as relevant. Why do they even entertain this bullshit?
I’m not sure if it’s going to fly, but the logic is that without using the prohibited evidence, there wouldn’t have been a conviction. Now, at the time it was presented, there was no prohibition, or at least it had not been codified. Ianal, so I don’t know how this works. It was given in good faith, under the law at the time.
Hey, maybe this is why conservatives are so apoplectic about “legislating from the bench.” Nah. Couldn’t be.
I think they’re allowing the filing so it can’t be used as an appeal tactic, or at least make it less effective. They need to deny that shit with prejudice.
Yes, why is the Manhattan DA going along with the delay? The only reason I can think of is that they think there is a reasonable chance Trump will prevail, which is a scary thought. I have a lot of respect for Bragg, and he and his office are both a lot smarter than me and know aproximately infinitely more about law-talking than I do; tell me, what are they thinking? (and if they are thinking that Trump is likely to prevail in getting his conviction overturned on account of it was Officially an Official and Unnatural Act, please get me a beer to cry into...
Now is the time to realize that the gloves are off. This isn't even about Trump now. He's just a tool of the real powers behind him.
Consider each of the laws the Supreme Court has made this session.
The Chevron decision should be called the "free the oligarchs" decision. It means that not only is all regulation protecting consumers, citizens and the environment from corporate and private predation be removed. It also fulfills the longer term goal of the arch-conservatives of destroying the law in general. Every regulatory decision will now have to go to a Congress with a 14% approval rating. It also leads to their goals of ending Social Security, Medicare and the IRS so they don’t have to pay taxes anymore.
The decision to overturn Roe should be called the "Evangelical Bribe". Overturning it showed the complete dishonesty and agenda of the court. If you listen to them, their goals include a nationwide ban on abortion, banning contraception, banning gay marriage, banning interracial marriage, religion in public schools.
The immunity decision is the worst. It is to prepare for a king. They know that Biden will never grab the power they have given, but they also know that Trump will. We know that Trump knows no law and now this is to tell him that there is no law above him. We know his nature. It's evil.
This court is not just radical, but with these decisions they have dropped their mask and shown their goal. It's not about Trump anymore. It's about the forces that want to destroy America and have a king. Trump, for all his evil, is just a face on it. They figure they have a good king for their plans. Behind this is something bigger than Trump. The gloves are off. This is about a large scale, long planned, conservative effort to take over of America and if you want America to continue you better plan for a fight, because they have planned for decades, and the skirmishes are over. They have started a war on America. You have no choice now but to pick a side. Fight or be a slave.
President Biden wants to take the high ground. I understand that, but I do recall that the main message of Machiavelli that if your opponent lowers themselves morally, you must be able to match that immorality or you will lose. I’m not sure taking the high ground will work. The idea of waiting for the election to determine the outcome of this would be nice, except the SCOTUS is not done and fully plans to insure the outcome of the election.
If you don’t think the SCOTUS can prevent the Jan. 6 hearing, don’t bet on it.
Plus the supreme Court's decision is an invitation to any president to sell the country out to a foreign power. You see, article 2 of The Constitution of the United States gives the president of the United States unitary and plenary power over foreign relations. That, and because historically and traditionally and currently foreign relations are mostly conducted in secret, there is no disincentive now for president to betray this nation to any of the numerous rogue States that wish to see American streets a wash with blood.
Ta, Evan. I read this during a commercial while Rachel Maddow aired her Stormy Daniels interview. IMHO, everyone who votes Trump is a traitor. He's out to destroy the USA forever. WE CANNOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
How does the religious right square with all of Trump's sinful activity? He's broken every commandment! Batting 1000!
Oh, but they think he's part of Gawd's Plan -- even though he sounds a lot like the political leader that is supposed to arise alongside the False Prophet of the Antichrist. I will grant some of them, at least, might see that as a feature and not a bug, because that means the Apocalypse is coming, and they think they're gonna get swept up into Heaven and then get to watch all of us suffer and eventually burn in Hell.
He's sinning for them!
They just say "we're all sinners" and blow it off.
That is direct from my Trumpy Neighbor.
can't spell putative without puta
wouldn't it be funny if he gave him 2 months in jail, starting in september instead of july?
They won't give him 2 hours Too scared of the MAGA response.
Fuck 'em
Biden is still CIC for now...
I've been saying since 2015 that this was all going to boil down to which side the military falls on.
Number of people shot to death for no good reason by the police in the great country of here at the half-year mark: 300. Number of minutes / hours / days / weeks / months Donald Trump has served for his crimes against women, humanity, the nation and the world : ZeeeeeeeeeRooooooooo!
Can't he sit his ass down in jail while they figure this out? Oh, I forgot, he's white/orange.
Have you given up yet? I have. We have two sides here, one, that's us, is bound by rules, laws and a code of conduct. The other side has no rules, ethics, no code, nothing normal, that's Trump and trumpettes, and will use any means to achieve their end. Why is anyone surprised by the results?
America is going to find out just what sort of people we are very, very shortly. Those who will think of the Camps as a "Jobs Program" and those who will think of the Camps as "...really not as bad as I expected".
It certainly explains why the majority of Jews didn't put up much of a fight. Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a pacifier. The Shock Doctrine: Now with 40% more Shock!
Rarely is the question asked: Is our humans learning?
Not really surprising. Manhattan DA's job security depends on not scaring billionaires too much.
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I think it's better to sentence him in September. If it's done on July 11th, as originally scheduled, a lot of voters will forget about it by election day. But if it's September, it''ll be a nice reminder of "Oh, yeah, Trump committed all those felonies." only a few weeks before election day.
"Sentencing, if necessary" sayeth the Court.
She wasn't pregnant, she was home nursing an infant.
Yeah, tough for Trump to perform up to spec when the titties are reduced to being a source of food and not of amusement.
Yeah, people keep mixing that up. Think she was pregnant while he was schtupping Karen McDougal though, although they didn't bring her into the trial.
Pregnant or not, it's still adultery
(Shhhh! Garland is napping.)
"But then the Supreme Court of the United States — which is federal — ruled that Trump may not be prosecuted for any crimes he commits (even if they are murders that go “Bing! Bing! Bing!”) if he is president at the time and he is pretty sure his crimes were part of his job."
Am I the only one who is now waiting for Jimmy Carter to go on the murder spree we all know he has been fantazing about since the '70s?
https://www.theonion.com/jimmy-carter-becomes-second-president-convicted-of-felo-1851512425
"Whooo! Fuck yeah!"
𝑶𝒉 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒕, 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑’𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝑫𝑨 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎.
Why the fuck are they letting him do this? The decision is totally irrelevant to a state case concerning crimes that took place before he was in office. They might as well be citing the Endangered Species Act or something--it's just as relevant. Why do they even entertain this bullshit?
I’m not sure if it’s going to fly, but the logic is that without using the prohibited evidence, there wouldn’t have been a conviction. Now, at the time it was presented, there was no prohibition, or at least it had not been codified. Ianal, so I don’t know how this works. It was given in good faith, under the law at the time.
Hey, maybe this is why conservatives are so apoplectic about “legislating from the bench.” Nah. Couldn’t be.
I think they’re allowing the filing so it can’t be used as an appeal tactic, or at least make it less effective. They need to deny that shit with prejudice.
Yes, why is the Manhattan DA going along with the delay? The only reason I can think of is that they think there is a reasonable chance Trump will prevail, which is a scary thought. I have a lot of respect for Bragg, and he and his office are both a lot smarter than me and know aproximately infinitely more about law-talking than I do; tell me, what are they thinking? (and if they are thinking that Trump is likely to prevail in getting his conviction overturned on account of it was Officially an Official and Unnatural Act, please get me a beer to cry into...
My question exactly. Sentence him already.
Robert Reich is worth a read today. Fuck John Roberts and fuck Ted Cruz!
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/fearmongering
Here is an excellent comment from that thread.
MikeyB
8 hrs ago
Liked by Robert Reich
Now is the time to realize that the gloves are off. This isn't even about Trump now. He's just a tool of the real powers behind him.
Consider each of the laws the Supreme Court has made this session.
The Chevron decision should be called the "free the oligarchs" decision. It means that not only is all regulation protecting consumers, citizens and the environment from corporate and private predation be removed. It also fulfills the longer term goal of the arch-conservatives of destroying the law in general. Every regulatory decision will now have to go to a Congress with a 14% approval rating. It also leads to their goals of ending Social Security, Medicare and the IRS so they don’t have to pay taxes anymore.
The decision to overturn Roe should be called the "Evangelical Bribe". Overturning it showed the complete dishonesty and agenda of the court. If you listen to them, their goals include a nationwide ban on abortion, banning contraception, banning gay marriage, banning interracial marriage, religion in public schools.
The immunity decision is the worst. It is to prepare for a king. They know that Biden will never grab the power they have given, but they also know that Trump will. We know that Trump knows no law and now this is to tell him that there is no law above him. We know his nature. It's evil.
This court is not just radical, but with these decisions they have dropped their mask and shown their goal. It's not about Trump anymore. It's about the forces that want to destroy America and have a king. Trump, for all his evil, is just a face on it. They figure they have a good king for their plans. Behind this is something bigger than Trump. The gloves are off. This is about a large scale, long planned, conservative effort to take over of America and if you want America to continue you better plan for a fight, because they have planned for decades, and the skirmishes are over. They have started a war on America. You have no choice now but to pick a side. Fight or be a slave.
President Biden wants to take the high ground. I understand that, but I do recall that the main message of Machiavelli that if your opponent lowers themselves morally, you must be able to match that immorality or you will lose. I’m not sure taking the high ground will work. The idea of waiting for the election to determine the outcome of this would be nice, except the SCOTUS is not done and fully plans to insure the outcome of the election.
If you don’t think the SCOTUS can prevent the Jan. 6 hearing, don’t bet on it.
This guy gets a harrumph from me!
A Huzzah even!
And a warped paddleball.
Just wait 'til the CIA reveals that they've been behind every presidential candidate, Democratic and Republican, since Reagan.
Plus the supreme Court's decision is an invitation to any president to sell the country out to a foreign power. You see, article 2 of The Constitution of the United States gives the president of the United States unitary and plenary power over foreign relations. That, and because historically and traditionally and currently foreign relations are mostly conducted in secret, there is no disincentive now for president to betray this nation to any of the numerous rogue States that wish to see American streets a wash with blood.
Hmm, kind of like what Trump did when the Russians showed up in 2017?
makes you wonder why he's so intent on cheating to win in 2016, 2020, and now this year.
Speaking of dictators, Imelda Marcos is still alive at 95! Today is her birthday. Fortunately, Ferd is still dead.
Also too, Francisco Franco, still dead.
" She and her husband hold the Guinness World Record for the "Greatest Robbery of a Government", putting Suharto of neighboring Indonesia at second."
She was out on bail , pending appeal in 2018.
Their son, Bongbong, is the current president of the Philippines.
Dick Cheney chuckles, 'Fucking amateurs'.
How old are the shoes?
Yup!