Remember they are going to keep trying this because racism never sleeps in America. And remember that the January 6 traitors did their damage, their murderous intent, in order to steal power for the unreconstructed of America and their captive Republican Party. They did this to install America's Pilonidal Cyst as President so he could continue what he promised, ethnic and racial (and now even sexual) cleansing of America.
Lisa Graves, a legal investigative researcher and Chief Justice John Roberts biographer, warned in a recent piece about how SCOTUS will rule in Trump v. Slaughter later this month. She fears the court will overturn Humphrey's Executor, the 1931 precedent that bars presidents from firing Federal Trade Commission commissioners without cause.
"This is a choice—an illegitimate one—not a necessity or requirement of the law, no matter what John Roberts and his fellow Republican appointees on the Supreme Court may claim," Graves wrote. "Their edict will be dressed up in the language of 'separation of powers,' but that is merely a costume for this extraordinary power grab."
The Trump v. Slaughter case stems from Trump's firing last year of Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, the FTC's two Democratic commissioners. Lower courts initially reinstated Slaughter, but the Supreme Court intervened through its shadow docket to keep her off the commission while the case proceeded, according to Graves.
Trump's case for firing the two commissioners was based on the unitary executive theory, and claims that all executive power "vests" in him, allowing him to "fire anyone in the executive branch at any time for any reason or no reason at all," Graves explained.
The Supreme Court ruling in Trump's favor would uphold that claim. She pointed to real-world consequences, noting that the FTC has dropped more than three dozen merger investigations since Slaughter's firing, including into a $32 billion acquisition by Google of the startup Wiz.
***
But "precedent," "settled law", 'balls and strikes,' etc.
SCOTUS reform or no one will ever have anything else.
The problem with unitary executive theory is that it only applies to republican presidents. Thats why this same court kept ruling that there was nothing Biden could do about student loan forgiveness or really anything else.
The thing is, I'm not sure anyone in the current field would do it, and none of them can seriously run on it out loud even if they wanted to do it because I don't think I could come up with a better motivator for MAGA turnout in '28.
Trump wants to erase his two impeachments and Republicans are willing to oblige. His blank pardon of J6ers and attempts to pay them for their service should be grounds for a third impeachment. Or possible disbarment under the 14th amendment against waging war on the United States.
"Blanche’s job is now apparently to show them a blurry photo of a corpse in a coffin and hope they don’t notice it’s just Stephen Miller napping while the sun is out"
Heh.
I hope the Dems make sure this thing never comes to pass.
I think that the reason trump wants to pay the insurrectionists now is that he wants to call them up to disrupt the midterms. These traitors want their payola - playing at being patriotic is expensive.
"...they just regretted that the rollout […] had been too public and invited too much scrutiny.”
See, here's the problem. Trmp wants the cash (a couple of the J6 pawns might publicly get payouts, but he'll keep most of the money), but he also wants the trolling. For example, it wasn't $1.8 billion, it was $1.776 billion. It's no good if he can't rub people's faces in it.
I told you that the psychopathic prick was contemplating the use of nuclear weapons.
Drumpfenfuehrer is desperate and damned dangerous. He has NOTHING to lose and he knows it. He's already made it abundantly clear that he doesn't give a festering fuck about the American people or any issues that might be concerning them at this time.
The oversprayed abomination is currently the most dangerous threat the US has ever faced.
He's dying. He has nothing to lose. He's a maniac and psycopath and as soon as he does something unforgiveable, I'm going on a revenge tour of MAGA. :( :( :(
That is simply a too entirely accurate and damned concerning assessment of the situation. The Fetid Fascist quite literally has NOTHING to lose and he wants to get even.
We are in a seriously fucked up, foul and potentially deadly dark and dangerous corner in time. And there are no adults left in the room.
It started with the first "whatever...we can't do anything about him" or "whatever...it's just Trump being Trump" and now it's completely normalized, and our country is dying. :(
Never in US history has the People's house and associated property been so heinously used and abused for such gauche and undignified purposes. This indignant Yank has NEVER been so embarrassed, disgusted, and just thoroughly gawd damned ashamed.
We the People MUST remove that corrupt, crooked orange criminal from power ASAP. If the Fetid Fascist is not removed and appropriately charged and locked up the US will officially be at war with Iran in a matter of days.
We can yell at, implore, or politely request that your representatives do something. As the Ds are not a majority, there are limits to what they can do at this time.
At this moment in history We the People have precisely as much power as we are willing to engage. It is past time to intimidate and overwhelm accordingly.
We haven't tried everything that can be tried. Until everything is tried giving up is defeatist to me.
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures and the Democrat weaklings have really done nothing.
I refuse to accept that there is nothing we can do at this time.
They could have all boycotted the STate of the Union. They could lead a nationwide strike. There are many things they can do but...derp derp...we *can't* do those is what I keep being told and no one has even fucking tried.
ETA: This is not directed at you. It's just the defeatism in general I keep hearing when we really haven't properly tried getting in the fucking trenches and fighting, so to speak. Which is what this will take, IMO. :( No civilty is going to save us. No "laws" are going to save us, IMO. We've seen how he just tromps over laws and limits and boundaries.
A vile murderous beast needs to be treated as such.
Bill Pulte will not be acting head of DNI, because people were pissed off.
Protests In Minneapolis got ICE/CBP/DHS to back down trying to takeover cities, and Bovino forced into retirement.
I know there are other things this administration has backed down from due to public pressure. We cannot force them to capitulate and become honorable law abiding people, but they have backed down at times.
We can win the midterms, but the rot that’s worked its way into Republicans and Republican voting Independents needs to be killed for the country to fully recover.
I don’t think this can be done.
The Republican party’s policies are based on lies and conspiracy theories. The party has embraced the anti-vax conspiracy theory. They had a conspiracy theory about litter boxes in middle school bathrooms, because middle schoolers pretended to be cats.
They lie constant about abortion to justify their deadly anti-abortion laws. They lie about gender affirming care and HRT harming transgender youth to justify their crusade to eradicate transgender people from society. They lie about the criminal threat of immigrants.
The list is longer. I doubt they change any of this because it works for them.
All of this. Hopefully when Dems win we can proceed with the DeMAGAfication that Frank points to below. I think it's the only way we can proceed with a functional democracy.
Dr. Krugman is already calling for the "DeMAGAfication of America" once Americans regain control of our government. Similar to the "DeNazification of Germany" following WWII.
I'm reallyreally hoping I'm wrong. But the evidence is all around us and it's getting to be too much to take. :(
And I also want to see Reconstruction of the MaGA. We can't move forward as a country with them wilding out, IMO. They have to suffer consequences and accountability, and I just don't see that happening based on everything I'm seeing right now. And history.
This. And I want everyone who bowed to it and didnt' stand up to it (those people in high places and the media) to be labeled collaborators on the back end of this.
People have died in the masses b/c of this shit. It is unforgiveable.
Dunno. From what I have read apparently women are very active in MMA fighting and most UFC matches include women. But given Pee Hegseth and the rest of the "manly men" in the Trump regime, I would not be surprised if they demanded that women fighters be excluded (as they were excluded from the Artemis crew)
My very sweet and very liberal cousin is married to a MMA fighter. He's also hugely liberal (comes from a social-justice old-school Irish Catholic family).
She used to like going but said the misogyny and bullshit has ratcheted up the last few years. She has dined with Dana White and his bully boys and has said never again.
I'm sure they did demand women not be included. This is all getting just fucking ridiculous and 40% of the goddamned country won't recognize that we are embroiled in fascism.
How did Dim become Head of the Droogs?
Can we do the Midterms now?
How 'bout nao?
How 'bout nao?
Thanks, I had always wondered what a large and moving Torb looked like!
"and self-buffing Overload ability" Très à propos!
Remember they are going to keep trying this because racism never sleeps in America. And remember that the January 6 traitors did their damage, their murderous intent, in order to steal power for the unreconstructed of America and their captive Republican Party. They did this to install America's Pilonidal Cyst as President so he could continue what he promised, ethnic and racial (and now even sexual) cleansing of America.
From everything I've heard Shambles' sex part is in dire need of cleansing.
"They just regretted that the roll out had been too public and invited too much scrutiny. "
The mist transparent Administration in history, ladies and germs.
Lisa Graves, a legal investigative researcher and Chief Justice John Roberts biographer, warned in a recent piece about how SCOTUS will rule in Trump v. Slaughter later this month. She fears the court will overturn Humphrey's Executor, the 1931 precedent that bars presidents from firing Federal Trade Commission commissioners without cause.
"This is a choice—an illegitimate one—not a necessity or requirement of the law, no matter what John Roberts and his fellow Republican appointees on the Supreme Court may claim," Graves wrote. "Their edict will be dressed up in the language of 'separation of powers,' but that is merely a costume for this extraordinary power grab."
The Trump v. Slaughter case stems from Trump's firing last year of Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, the FTC's two Democratic commissioners. Lower courts initially reinstated Slaughter, but the Supreme Court intervened through its shadow docket to keep her off the commission while the case proceeded, according to Graves.
Trump's case for firing the two commissioners was based on the unitary executive theory, and claims that all executive power "vests" in him, allowing him to "fire anyone in the executive branch at any time for any reason or no reason at all," Graves explained.
The Supreme Court ruling in Trump's favor would uphold that claim. She pointed to real-world consequences, noting that the FTC has dropped more than three dozen merger investigations since Slaughter's firing, including into a $32 billion acquisition by Google of the startup Wiz.
***
But "precedent," "settled law", 'balls and strikes,' etc.
SCOTUS reform or no one will ever have anything else.
The problem with unitary executive theory is that it only applies to republican presidents. Thats why this same court kept ruling that there was nothing Biden could do about student loan forgiveness or really anything else.
Which is why SCOTUS reform is paramount.
The thing is, I'm not sure anyone in the current field would do it, and none of them can seriously run on it out loud even if they wanted to do it because I don't think I could come up with a better motivator for MAGA turnout in '28.
Murc's Law is a horrific beast.
Since trump thinks it's swell, why doesn't he pay them out of the BILLIONS he has stolen from us
Take money out of his own pocket? Money that he has stolen fair and square? He’s never done that even once in his entire life.
Trump wants to erase his two impeachments and Republicans are willing to oblige. His blank pardon of J6ers and attempts to pay them for their service should be grounds for a third impeachment. Or possible disbarment under the 14th amendment against waging war on the United States.
I was thinking more along the lines of dis-headment under the Constitution itself.
These oligarchs are the cheapest fucks around. skuM could pay them off with pocket change.
I think if they are to be paid for their "services" against the country, it should be via crowdfunding. That way it only costs "them", not "US"
"Blanche’s job is now apparently to show them a blurry photo of a corpse in a coffin and hope they don’t notice it’s just Stephen Miller napping while the sun is out"
Heh.
I hope the Dems make sure this thing never comes to pass.
I think that the reason trump wants to pay the insurrectionists now is that he wants to call them up to disrupt the midterms. These traitors want their payola - playing at being patriotic is expensive.
Dial-a-Sturmabteilung
Ja, tatsächlich
^^^^^^^^
Bingo.
"...they just regretted that the rollout […] had been too public and invited too much scrutiny.”
See, here's the problem. Trmp wants the cash (a couple of the J6 pawns might publicly get payouts, but he'll keep most of the money), but he also wants the trolling. For example, it wasn't $1.8 billion, it was $1.776 billion. It's no good if he can't rub people's faces in it.
"Trump threatens ‘ultimate alternative’ if Iran deal fails: ‘Hopefully never used again!’"
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677037212/
We're going to all get Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from the wanking motion we do every time he threatens Iran.
The Straits of Schrödinger shall never release us!
I told you that the psychopathic prick was contemplating the use of nuclear weapons.
Drumpfenfuehrer is desperate and damned dangerous. He has NOTHING to lose and he knows it. He's already made it abundantly clear that he doesn't give a festering fuck about the American people or any issues that might be concerning them at this time.
The oversprayed abomination is currently the most dangerous threat the US has ever faced.
He's dying. He has nothing to lose. He's a maniac and psycopath and as soon as he does something unforgiveable, I'm going on a revenge tour of MAGA. :( :( :(
That is simply a too entirely accurate and damned concerning assessment of the situation. The Fetid Fascist quite literally has NOTHING to lose and he wants to get even.
We are in a seriously fucked up, foul and potentially deadly dark and dangerous corner in time. And there are no adults left in the room.
He threatens every other damn day, then walks it back. And his threats get worse, but whatever.
I just have to remember that he is a coward and insane. And a loose cannon at all times.
He makes all sorts of retractable threats, and some people are manipulating the markets with his assistance (emphasis on ass).
But he has done his best to make good on his maniac agenda - Putting Noem and Bondino in charge of ICE for example.
For me, that "whatever" is a huge problem.
It started with the first "whatever...we can't do anything about him" or "whatever...it's just Trump being Trump" and now it's completely normalized, and our country is dying. :(
He skipped the chemical weapons step
No US chemical weapons (viable ones anyway) as they've been destroyed.
Do we really believe that? Honestly? I don't know that I do anymore. :(
Done under Joe Biden in 2023 according to wiki.
But I'm sure it isn't hard to make new ones. Going from bug spray to human spray probably isn't hard for that Family Company...
OK, that makes sense. But, yeah.... new ones. :(
He'll just go over there and blast the area with a Depends fart.
This motherfucking piece of fucking shit.
But, but Tom Tillis and Susie Collins were promised!
He definitely learned his lesson from the first impeachment.
Yeah, he learned that Senate republicans will let him get away with murder.
Literally.
OT:
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗨𝗙𝗖 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀
https://theonion.com/the-white-house-ufc-fight-by-the-numbers/
But I want to know the likelihood of a lightening strike blowing up the entire stage.
Never in US history has the People's house and associated property been so heinously used and abused for such gauche and undignified purposes. This indignant Yank has NEVER been so embarrassed, disgusted, and just thoroughly gawd damned ashamed.
We the People MUST remove that corrupt, crooked orange criminal from power ASAP. If the Fetid Fascist is not removed and appropriately charged and locked up the US will officially be at war with Iran in a matter of days.
We the people don't have the power.
We can yell at, implore, or politely request that your representatives do something. As the Ds are not a majority, there are limits to what they can do at this time.
There are many options besides relying on our representatives
Esp. when they no longer represent US.
The HELL we don't.
At this moment in history We the People have precisely as much power as we are willing to engage. It is past time to intimidate and overwhelm accordingly.
We haven't tried everything that can be tried. Until everything is tried giving up is defeatist to me.
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures and the Democrat weaklings have really done nothing.
I refuse to accept that there is nothing we can do at this time.
They could have all boycotted the STate of the Union. They could lead a nationwide strike. There are many things they can do but...derp derp...we *can't* do those is what I keep being told and no one has even fucking tried.
ETA: This is not directed at you. It's just the defeatism in general I keep hearing when we really haven't properly tried getting in the fucking trenches and fighting, so to speak. Which is what this will take, IMO. :( No civilty is going to save us. No "laws" are going to save us, IMO. We've seen how he just tromps over laws and limits and boundaries.
A vile murderous beast needs to be treated as such.
Bill Pulte will not be acting head of DNI, because people were pissed off.
Protests In Minneapolis got ICE/CBP/DHS to back down trying to takeover cities, and Bovino forced into retirement.
I know there are other things this administration has backed down from due to public pressure. We cannot force them to capitulate and become honorable law abiding people, but they have backed down at times.
A Dem mayoral candidate in TX just won by one vote.
When we ACT, we WIN.
*T*H*I*S*x a jillionty!
We the people haven't taken the power that is rightfully ours.
And here we sit.
I'm trying to remain hopeful for the midterms, but I think we're done as a country. All over except the screaming, as they say.
And who did this to us? DROOLING FUCKING MAGATS! WHO ARE NOT WORTH THE SHIT UNDERNEATH OUR SHOES!
NO FORGIVENESS FOR THEM, EVER.
We can win the midterms, but the rot that’s worked its way into Republicans and Republican voting Independents needs to be killed for the country to fully recover.
I don’t think this can be done.
The Republican party’s policies are based on lies and conspiracy theories. The party has embraced the anti-vax conspiracy theory. They had a conspiracy theory about litter boxes in middle school bathrooms, because middle schoolers pretended to be cats.
They lie constant about abortion to justify their deadly anti-abortion laws. They lie about gender affirming care and HRT harming transgender youth to justify their crusade to eradicate transgender people from society. They lie about the criminal threat of immigrants.
The list is longer. I doubt they change any of this because it works for them.
All of this. Hopefully when Dems win we can proceed with the DeMAGAfication that Frank points to below. I think it's the only way we can proceed with a functional democracy.
Agreed. Enough is gotdamn enough.
Dr. Krugman is already calling for the "DeMAGAfication of America" once Americans regain control of our government. Similar to the "DeNazification of Germany" following WWII.
I will never admit to that as long as I breathe.
I'm reallyreally hoping I'm wrong. But the evidence is all around us and it's getting to be too much to take. :(
And I also want to see Reconstruction of the MaGA. We can't move forward as a country with them wilding out, IMO. They have to suffer consequences and accountability, and I just don't see that happening based on everything I'm seeing right now. And history.
Agree. The country has been over and done with for the past six months to a year. TFG just steamrolled over everything, every day.
This. And I want everyone who bowed to it and didnt' stand up to it (those people in high places and the media) to be labeled collaborators on the back end of this.
People have died in the masses b/c of this shit. It is unforgiveable.
And . . . NO GURLS ALLOWED!!!
Waddaya talkin' 'bout? There's gonna be ring girls. Isn't that good enough?
/s
More likely declined to attend.
Dunno. From what I have read apparently women are very active in MMA fighting and most UFC matches include women. But given Pee Hegseth and the rest of the "manly men" in the Trump regime, I would not be surprised if they demanded that women fighters be excluded (as they were excluded from the Artemis crew)
My very sweet and very liberal cousin is married to a MMA fighter. He's also hugely liberal (comes from a social-justice old-school Irish Catholic family).
She used to like going but said the misogyny and bullshit has ratcheted up the last few years. She has dined with Dana White and his bully boys and has said never again.
I'm sure they did demand women not be included. This is all getting just fucking ridiculous and 40% of the goddamned country won't recognize that we are embroiled in fascism.
I'm amazed they didn't include oil wrestling on the agenda.
RFKJr Warns of Cooties Outbreak
Will you get a bonus payment if you can prove you smeared shit on the Capitol walls on January 6th?
"If you didn't see it that time, I'd be happy to break in and do it again."