The foot equivalent of a bad hair combover.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE :
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Not a bit obvious
When your heel lifts are too high to conceal.
The foot equivalent of a bad hair combover.
The foot equivalent of a bad hair combover.
The Senate is working on court reform
How far do you think they'll get?
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
No doubt they will fight those subpoenas. And what if they appeal all the way to the Supreme Court?Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee said Monday that they planned to schedule a vote to authorize a round of subpoenas related to their investigation into ethics reform at the Supreme Court.
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“The Supreme Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making,” Chair Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, said in a statement and announced that the subpoenas would target Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo and Robin Arkley II, who have all been linked to Thomas and others in recent news stories.
CNN
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Monday, October 30, 2023
Another Republican thinking of the children
Nine times out of ten it's a Republican. And maybe more than that.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Another day, another 13 mass shootings in America
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.There were 13 mass shootings — defined as when at least four victims are injured or killed — between Friday and Sunday, according to the Gun Violence Archive. The shootings left at least 12 people dead and 79 people injured, according to the nonprofit organization.
The Hill
The stay is over
He's still appealing the order, but he is once again subject to its provisions.
And will if a Republican wins the presidency in '24 is what he's saying.Trump went on a lengthy social media rant shortly after the decision was posted, calling U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan a “very Biased, Trump Hating Judge” and claiming the gag order will put him at a “disadvantage” in his legal battles and on the campaign trail. He again said the gag order violates his First Amendment rights, an argument his legal team has pressed.
“This order, according to many legal scholars, is unthinkable! It illegally and unconstitutionally takes away my First Amendment Right of Free Speech, in the middle of my campaign for President, where I am leading against BOTH Parties in the Polls,” he wrote on Truth Social.
“Few can believe this is happening, but I will appeal. How can they tell the leading candidate that he, and only he, is seriously restricted from campaigning in a free and open manner? It will not stand!” he added.
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In a separate post late Sunday on Truth Social, the former president questioned the timing of the cases brought against him by the Justice Department, claiming the decision to file them during the presidential campaign season was to hurt his election bid.
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“These Third World Biden Indictments, which should never have been filed, would have been tried and over with years ago. My SleazeBag Opponent shouldn’t be able to do this during my campaign, OR BEFORE THE ELECTION!” Trump added.
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“Why didn’t Crooked Joe Biden tell his Injustice Department to file the lawsuits and Indictments against me 3 years ago, instead of right in the middle of my campaign for President? You’re setting a BAD precedent for yourself, Joe. The same can happen to you,” he wrote.
The Hill
UPDATE 10/31/2023:
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Saturday, October 28, 2023
The other can of worms
I agree he should not be on the ballot. But if he's not, there will be a huuuuuuuge crisis in November next year. The only way to avoid it then would be for him to not be the Republican nominee. Sadly, that's not going to happen.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
Oh no! What will she do?
Besides appeal to the Supreme Court and hope.
Smart move.A New York judge has rejected Ivanka Trump’s argument that she should not have to testify at her father Donald Trump’s fraud trial.
Ivanka Trump’s lawyers – she has hired a separate legal team from her father [...]
Guardian
UPDATE 02:39 pm: Of course.[...] showed up to court on Friday to argue against a subpoena to testify from the New York attorney general Letitia James’s office, which brought the $250m fraud case against the former president, his eldest sons and other Trump executives.
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Ivanka Trump had been a defendant in the case until the summer when an appellate court said the specific claims against her were too old. Her brothers Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump are still listed as defendants in the case.
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Her lawyers argued that Trump no longer lives in New York and stepped down from her role at the Trump Organization in 2017.
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“At the end of the day, your honor, they just don’t have jurisdiction over her,” Ivanka Trump’s attorney, Bennet Moskowitz, told the judge.
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The judge, Arthur Engoron, told the court that he rejected her arguments, saying that she “clearly availed herself of the privilege of doing business in New York”, he said, citing documents that show Trump still has property and business ties in New York.
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The former president and his adult children are all on the state’s witness list. Trump said that he plans to testify. While Trump and his children will not face jail time if they refuse to testify, the judge will be able to use any absences against him when deciding the case. Because it is a bench trial, there is no jury, and the judge is the sole decider of the case.
UPDATE 10/31/2023:
Friday, October 27, 2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Stop voting for Republicans
There's a chance to save Democracy in 2024. Elect Democrats to Congress.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE 10/28/2023:
As long as he gets away with it...
That $15,000 in fines really slowed him down, didn't it?
UPDATE 02:19 pm:
Another day, another mass killing in America
But he still owned a semi-automatic rifle.Hundreds of police searched the city of Lewiston and surrounding areas of Maine state for a man sought in connection with mass shootings at a bar and a bowling alley [about 4 miles away], as news outlets reported a death toll ranging from 16 to 22, with dozens more wounded.
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State and local police identified Robert R. Card, 40, as a person of interest in the case after previously posting on Facebook photographs of a man wielding what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle.
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Several media reported that a Maine law enforcement bulletin identified Card as a trained firearms instructor and member of the U.S. Army reserve who recently reported that he had mental health issues, including hearing voices. It also said he threatened to shoot up a National Guard base.
"Card was also reported to have been committed to mental health facility for two weeks during summer 2023 and subsequently released," said the notice from the Maine Information & Analysis Center.
Reuters
The only gun problem we have in this country is if you don't own one. Right?The number of U.S. shootings in which four or more people were shot has surged since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, with 647 occurring in 2022 and 679 projected to occur in 2023, based on trends as of July, according to data from the archive.
Great timing.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE 06:33 pm:
About goddam time. Can I assume his constituents had a word with him?
UPDATE 10/28/2023:
UPDATE 10/30/2023:
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Arrogant narcissist on trial, pushing his luck
The big, swinging dick, "you-can't-touch-me" attitude.
And, after the break...
Zero respect for the court.
Appearing outside the courtroom during a mid-morning break, Trump appeared to take another swing at [the judge's clerk] while railing in general about the fact his civil trial is being heard by the judge, rather than a jury.
"If we had a jury it would have been fair, at least — even if it was a somewhat negative jury — because no negative jury would vote against me," Trump said. "But this judge will. Because this judge is a very partisan judge, with a person who's very partisan sitting alongside of him, perhaps even much more partisan than he is."
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Soon after Trump made those remarks Wednesday, Engoron questioned whether the former president had crossed the line once again by citing the above quotation, which the judge he attributed to The Associated Press. Greenfield sits directly next to Engoron every day of the trial.
"I’m very protective of my staff, as I believe I should be. [...] I don’t want anybody killed," the judge said.
Trump's attorney Christopher Kise asserted that Trump was referring to his ex-fixer Michael Cohen, whose testimony is ongoing. Cohen sits farther away from the judge than Greenfield, and the witness stand is poised lower vertically than the bench, where the clerk sits.
The Messenger
$10,000 isn't going to faze him.
Under questioning from Engoron about his latest remarks, Trump said that he was referring to Michael Cohen, his former personal lawyer who has been testifying throughout the trial day.
But Engoron said that answer was not credible, based on the language Trump used.
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[The judge] fined former President Donald Trump $10,000 for violating the gag order in his $250 million New York business fraud trial.
“Don’t do it again or it will be worse,” Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron warned after issuing the fine — Trump’s second sanction for violating his order not to target Engoron’s staff.
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Engoron fined Trump $5,000 last week, warning that future violations could carry much more severe sanctions, including imprisonment.
CNBC
Sheesh. In other words, yes, judge I was talking about your clerk.From the stand, Mr. Trump [...] said that while he had not been speaking about the clerk, Allison Greenfield, he thought she was “maybe unfair, and I think she’s very biased against me.”
NYT
And as the cross of Cohen continued...
Cohen admits he can't recall if Trump actually directed him to inflate Trump's assets because Trump "speaks like a mob boss." Trump's attorney then asked for a directed verdict.
What's unbelievable is his behavior.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE 10/26/2023:
That $15,000 in fines really slowed him down, didn't it?
Totally expected
Of course, Meadows also admitted he lied in his book. Ooops.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE 09:37 am:
UPDATE 10/26/2023:
Precisely.
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