It's Sunday

Fair is fair.

She will be truly insufferable now

Article

Greene has been horrible all along, but the campaign will be full of righteous indignation and victorious blather.  "They tried to stop her.  They failed!"  It would probably have been better if this case hadn't been filed.  She'll probably win for sure now.  Democrats often shoot themselves in the foot.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Florida voter suppression law didn't have to get to SCOTUS

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Another post-Trump admin book

And another author who didn't report Trump lunacy when it would have been helpful.

In the heated summer of 2020, thwarted in his desire for a violent crackdown on protesters for racial justice, Donald Trump included his vice-president in a complaint that senior advisers were “losers”.

Trump’s second defense secretary, Mark Esper, details the Oval Office outburst in a new book. A Sacred Oath: Memoirs of a Defense Secretary in Extraordinary Times, will be published next week.

[...]

Esper’s account of an extraordinary presidential question in the same meeting – “Can’t you just shoot them? Just shoot them in the legs or something” – has already been reported.

[...]

Amid such revelations from the book, the New York Times related Esper’s claim that Trump once proposed launching “missiles into Mexico to destroy the drug labs”.

According to Esper, Trump said “no one would know it was us”, because he would simply deny responsibility.

[...]

[Trump policy adviser Stephen] Miller is also alleged to have suggested severing the head of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, an Islamic State leader killed by the US, dipping it in pig’s blood and parading it as a warning to other terrorists.

[...]

Like [former AG Bill] Barr in his own memoir, Esper does not stint when describing how he says Trump reacted when he was told [Gen Mark] Milley had no command authority over active duty or national guard forces Trump wanted to deploy [against BLM protesters].

According to Esper: “‘You are losers!’ the president railed. ‘You are all fucking losers!’

[...]

“This wasn’t the first time I had heard him use this language, but not with this much anger, and never directed at people in a room with him, let alone toward Barr, Milley and me.”

Esper expands on Barr’s account of what the then-attorney general called a “tantrum”, saying Pence was also a target.

“He repeated the foul insults again, this time directing his venom at the vice-president as well, who sat quietly, stone-faced, in the chair at the far end of the semi-circle closest to the Rose Garden.

  Guardian

What a joy it must have been to work in that administration. And no one thought the 25th Amendment might be in order.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

People are finally noticing what's going on

My bet is that people just weren't tuned in to what was happening with the new fascist Supreme Court.  But when a leak happened and made headlines everywhere, they took notice.  This is what Dems have to understand: You gotta get their attention.  The Republicans have known that for a long time, and that's why Fox News exists.

That was quick

So much for Melania's new hobby.

There was some big money dropped on NFTs.  

UPDATE:

Democrats finally understand the danger they're in

Democrats are muscling into GOP congressional primaries with legal challenges to knock candidates off the ballot or otherwise impact contests in a bid to boost their chances of keeping the House majority.

The law firm run by Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias has filed legal challenges to a cadre of GOP congressional candidates in recent weeks. In most instances, the intercessions have been in races in which Democrats have struggled to recruit top-tier talent or face other obstacles.

“Democrats’ best hope this cycle is to try to rig the system in their favor,” said Samantha Bullock, a spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.

  Washington Times

So the Dems are taking up strategy politics. Hope it's not too late.

Lawyers from Mr. Elias’ firm have strategically worked to boot from the ballot candidates who could pose a general election threat. They have also moved to force moderate incumbent House Republicans into head-to-head primary matchups with far-right rivals.

[...]

Strategists say the legal maneuvering was a brilliant ploy on the part of Democrats.

“Campaigns are zero-sum propositions, so it only makes sense to seek out every advantage possible, including picking your own opponent,” said Colin Strother, who has run several high-profile Democratic campaigns.

The Supreme Court falls victim to its own lack of accountability

We are confident that the marshal, Col. Gail Curley, is highly competent in her duties, which include overseeing the court’s tiny police force, paying out the justices’ salaries, and shouting “oyez.” But count us skeptical that she has the tools necessary to conduct an effective probe of the leak. That’s not her fault, but the court’s: For decades, SCOTUS has resisted adopting the bare minimum reforms necessary to implement and enforce ethics rules, confidentiality guarantees, and basic transparency necessary for maintaining and ensuring the public trust.

While the executive and legislative branches spent the last half-century establishing watchdogs to monitor and report misconduct in federal agencies, the Supreme Court did nothing. [...] And when critics in the press and legal academy point to court failures in transparency and housekeeping, from the shadow docket to spousal involvement in cases before the court, some of the justices opt to insult and threaten the critics, as opposed to putting their own house in order.

  Slate

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

It's only just begun

GOP: party of misogynists

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:  I didn't think I'd heard of this asshat before, but it looks like I have three other posts in which he's referenced.  One is for a January 7 statement where he claimed Trump had some responsibility for the coup attempt, one for a border wall contract deal, and one for blocking a bill at the request of the Trump admin.

UPDATE5/6:  That tweet may not be true: