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The Conversation -- March 25, 2024
Edith Lederer of the AP: "The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level delegation in the strongest public clash between the allies since the war began. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the U.S. of 'retreating' from a 'principled position' by allowing the vote to pass without conditioning the cease-fire on the release of hostages held by Hamas.... The 15-member council approved the resolution 14-0 after the U.S. decided not to use its veto power on the measure, which also demanded the release of all hostages taken captive during Hamas' Oct. 7 surprise attack in southern Israel. The chamber broke into loud applause after the vote."
Because Of Course This Happened. Ben Protess & William Rashbaum of the New York Times: "... a New York appeals court appears to have handed [Donald Trump] a lifeline on Monday, saying it would accept a ... bond of $175 million. The ruling by a five-judge panel of appellate court judges was a crucial and unexpected victory for the former president, potentially staving off a looming financial disaster.... Mr. Trump has 10 days to secure the bond, and two people with knowledge of his finances said he should be able to do so by then.... A spokeswoman for the attorney general, Letitia James, noted that Mr. Trump was 'still facing accountability for his staggering fraud' and that the judgment 'still stands.'" ~~~
~~~ Jennifer Peltz & Michael Sisak of the AP: "A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of ... Donald Trump's more than $454 million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. If he does, it will stop the clock on collection and prevent the state from seizing the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's assets while he appeals. The appeals court also halted other aspects of a trial judge's ruling that had barred Trump and his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the family company's executive vice presidents, from serving in corporate leadership for several years. In all, the order was a significant victory for the Republican ex-president as he defends the real estate empire that vaulted him into public life."
Michael Sisak , et al., of the AP: "... Donald Trump will stand trial starting April 15 on charges related to hush money payments meant to cover up claims of marital infidelity, a New York judge ruled Monday in tersely swatting aside defense claims of prosecutorial misconduct.... [Judge Juan] Merchan, who earlier this month postponed the trial until at least mid-April, told defense lawyers that they should have acted much sooner if they believed they didn't have all the records they felt they were entitled to.... 'You're accusing the Manhattan district attorney's office and the people involved in this case of prosecutorial misconduct and of trying to make me complicit in it. And you don't have a single cite to support that position,' [Merchan said.] Outside the courtroom, Trump complained about the ruling, characterizing the case -- as he has done repeatedly -- as an act of 'election interference' in the midst of his presidential campaign." ~~~
~~~ Marie: It is rich to hear a man who tried to overturn a presidential election complaining he's the victim of election interference.
A New Clarence & Ginni for Our Times. Alex Henderson of AlterNet, republished by the Raw Story: "The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Tuesday to hear oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine -- a case in which far-right Christian fundamentalists and anti-abortion activists are challenging access to the abortion drug mifepristone. Those fundamentalists are claiming that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should never have approved mifepristone -- a claim that far-right Judge James C. Ho, a Donald Trump appointee to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, agreed with when he ruled to restrict the drug. Judge Ho ... is married to Allyson Ho, an anti-abortion activist." Here's the Guardian's story.
Ryan Lizza of Politico: "The uproar inside NBC over Ronna McDaniel's hiring spilled into Monday morning as more of the network's top personalities denounced the deal with the former RNC chair, escalating a battle over the relationship between powerful media companies and Donald Trump's loyalists. The decision to hire McDaniel, which was unanimously supported by top network executives, has already divided and destabilized one of America's most storied news organizations, with internal dismay flaring on text chains and Slack channels since the deal was announced late last week.... 'We weren't asked our opinion of the hiring but, if we were, we would have strongly objected to it for several reasons,' Joe Scarborough said Monday at the top of 'Morning Joe'..., with co-host Mika Brzezinski adding, 'We hope NBC will reconsider its decision. It goes without saying that she will not be a guest on "Morning Joe" in her capacity as a paid contributor.' They then played a reel of McDaniel's various comments questioning the outcome of the 2020 election.... It's yet unclear whether the NBC-McDaniel relationship can survive the uproar.... The McDaniel deal was unanimously supported by leaders of all their networks, according to an NBC insider, including by Rashida Jones, president of MSNBC."
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MEANWHILE, Back at the Ranch. Marie: Still no power. Because I have a generator, I was able to do a bit Saturday night. But in the middle of the night, I heard more trees crashing, and I lost my cable connection. So besides no power, I had no phone, no Internet, no TV! I tried texting a friend Sunday morning to let her know I was all right so she wouldn't call out the cavalry, but I only had one "bar" on my phone, and I didn't dare go out onto the porch with that high-power line draped across it, because I was afraid the snow on the porch would conduct electricity and that would be the end of me. Luckily, Snowplow Guy came by and was able to text my friend. Then we got more snow. And all local WiFi went down for the area. The power company came by late yesterday, and their idea of a "fix" was to remove the power line from the porch. But it still runs all across my yard, between me and the outside world. So I'm still trapped. I can see that all the lines to my house are down, but somehow, through the miracle of Xfinity, I got back Internet & phone (and maybe teevee!) service, at least for now. I can go out on the porch, too, but not any further. I remain in veritable prison lockdown, but as long as my propane for the generator holds out, I won't freeze to death (it's 17 degrees right now). So I beat on, feet against the high-power current, borne ceaselessly into the great unknown. ~~~
~~~ Thank you for your good wishes in yesterday's Comments. And thanks to those who also linked interesting content in Sunday's Comments.
Jim Tankersley of the New York Times: "President Biden, amping up a populist pitch in his re-election campaign, has repeatedly said he would raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations to make them pay their 'fair share.' Republicans say Mr. Biden has 'an unquenchable thirst for taxing the American people.'... Donald J. Trump, said recently that Mr. Biden was 'going to give you the greatest, biggest, ugliest tax hike in the history of our country.' So it might come as a surprise that, in just over three years in office, Mr. Biden has cut taxes overall.... An analysis prepared for The New York Times by the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, a Washington think tank that studies fiscal issues, shows that the tax cuts Mr. Biden has signed for individuals and corporations are larger than the tax increases he has imposed on big corporations and their shareholders. 'It's reasonable to conclude from those numbers that the Biden tax policy hasn't been some kind of radical tax-raising program,' said Benjamin R. Page..., author of the analysis."
Brad Plumer of the New York Times: "The Biden administration plans to spend up to $6 billion on new technologies to cut carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industries like steel, cement, chemicals and aluminum, which are all enormous contributors to global warming but which have so far been incredibly difficult to clean up. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Monday that her agency would partially fund 33 different projects in 20 states to test methods for curbing emissions from a wide variety of factories and industrial plants, calling it 'the single largest industrial decarbonization investment in American history.'... While the projects themselves would put a relatively small dent in U.S. emissions, Ms. Granholm said the goal was to demonstrate novel technologies that can scale up rapidly and 'set a new gold standard for clean manufacturing in the United States and around the world.'"
Maegan Vazquez & Mariana Alfaro of the Washington Post: "Less than six months after a faction of House Republicans led a revolt that removed Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, more Republicans are already complaining about the party's direction and questioning whether his replacement, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), is the right person for the job.... Both men have relied on Democrats to pass key funding bills in the narrowly divided chamber and have bypassed rules in order to move the legislative process along more quickly when facing key legislative deadlines.... The Republican Party faces deep divisions over how to handle major policy issues and whether to ever work with Democrats.... Over the weekend, Republicans appeared dismissive of [Marjorie Taylor] Greene's [R-Ga.] effort [to oust Johnson], signaling that they were not yet compelled to remove him from speakership." MB: Shame on Johnson & Democrats for keeping the federal government running.
Presidential Race
Jill Colvin & Zeke Miller of the AP: "As President Joe Biden visited five cities in a multiday trip last week..., Donald Trump was hardly seen in public, spending most of his time in South Florida. Trump has held just a single public campaign event since he locked up the Republican presidential nomination on March 12: a rally in Ohio funded not by his campaign but by backers of a Senate candidate whom he had endorsed. The events page on his campaign website has had nothing listed. Biden, meanwhile, has been barnstorming the country. After a trip to North Carolina on Tuesday, the Democratic president will have touched down in all of the 2024 swing states in the less than three weeks since his State of the Union address.... Trump has been spending his days in and around his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida -- fundraising, hosting elected officials who frequently visit, and meeting aides. But Trump has also made time for other pursuits. He recently said he won two championships at his Palm Beach golf club, writing on his social media site that they were 'very exciting' wins on a 'GREAT and difficult course.' He visited his golf club in West Palm Beach on Sunday to accept two trophies from a cheering audience." MB: Yeah, it's "very exciting" to win a trophy on your own damned course.
Yasmeen Abutaleb of the Washington Post: "President Biden, former president Barack Obama and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared together in a video released by the Biden campaign Saturday celebrating the 14th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, and warned that Republican nominee Donald Trump would again try to overturn the law if he wins a second term this November.... 'Like any freedom, we can't take this one for granted. Right now, the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party for president says he still wants to repeal the entirety of the ACA,' Obama said in the video. 'That would mean kicking millions of young people off their parents' health insurance, raising costs at a time when a lot of folks are just starting out. We need to keep building on the ACA -- expanding coverage and lowering costs for more people.'" The NBC News story is here. ~~~
~~~ Marie: I can't find the ad online (finding Biden's campaign ads is a problem I've encountered before), but the WashPo story has a piece of it embedded in the article.
Philip Nieto of Mediaite: "ABC News anchor Jon Karl grilled Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) over the possibility that ... Donald Trump will pick him as his vice presidential running mate. Recently, reports have circulated that the Florida lawmaker is on Trump's shortlist for vice president. During an interview on ABC's This Week, Rubio reiterated his prior statements that he would be honored to serve in the White House alongside Trump.... 'I mean, look what happened to the last guy! A mob stormed the Capitol, literally calling to hang Mike Pence. And Trump defended those chants of 'Hang Mike Pence.'" MB: Rubio responded with a series of lies. ~~~
~~~ Not that Rubio would ever let facts get in the way of his phony narrative, but he might have read this Washington Post story by Ashley Parker & Hannah Knowles: "Donald Trump posed an all-but-shouted query on his social media platform last week, echoing a talking point that has recently become popular in Republican circles: 'ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?'... Four years ago last week, the stock market was collapsing -- hitting its worst week since the Great Recession of 2008 -- as the country spiraled into a years-long pandemic that claimed more than 1 million American lives, cratered the economy, upended daily life and, arguably, helped cost Trump a second term in the White House. The third week of March 2020 ... reveals a nation that was on the precipice of crisis, and a leader exhibiting the full panoply of characteristics that his supporters love and his detractors revile. Reported covid cases exploded that week, growing from 588 to 3,659, and covid deaths more than tripled.... Over the course of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump regularly indulged in his most combative and erratic impulses, alienating large swaths of the public along the way."
What a Second Trump Term Would Look Like. Digby: "Brynn Tannehill, author of 'American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy' wrote this twitter thread which I think is a nice succinct recitation of what awaits in a second Trump term[.]"
The Trials of Trump
Ben Protess, et al., of the New York Times: "Donald J. Trump is expected to appear in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday to seek another delay of his criminal trial on charges that he covered up a sex scandal that could have derailed his stunning victory in the 2016 presidential election. The hearing to finalize a trial date, in what would be the first criminal prosecution of a former American president, will come as Mr. Trump is racing to stave off a financial crisis arising from a judgment in another case: a $454 million judgment in a civil fraud suit brought by New York's attorney general."
CNN is liveblogging developments in Trump's trials today. Update: The New York Times liveblog is here.
Ben Protess of the New York Times: ";Hoping to stave off a financial crisis, Mr. Trump is racing the clock to block the New York attorney general from collecting the monetary penalty imposed in a civil fraud case. The attorney general, Letitia James, who brought the case accusing the former president of fraudulently inflating his net worth, has the power to freeze many of his bank accounts and begin the long, complicated process of seizing some of his properties.... When Ms. James does act, her efforts, depending on their severity, could starve Mr. Trump's family business of cash and drop the curtain on his final act as a New York mogul. And while Mr. Trump can seek to delay or limit some damage, that legal process is 'slow torture,' said Mark Zauderer, a veteran New York business litigator.... A bond ... would have strings attached: Mr. Trump would need to pledge more than $550 million in collateral to the company, including as much cash as possible.... Now, Mr. Trump is banking on an appeals court pausing the judgment or accepting a smaller bond. Although the court is not expected to rule on Monday, it could do so later this week or next week." ~~~
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. -- Dylan Thomas
~~~ Tommy Christopher of Mediaite: "... Donald Trump raged at the possible seizures of his properties in a social media rant posted after midnight as the deadline to post his fraud appeal bond hit -- and hours before he was due in court for one of his felony criminal cases.... At ten minutes after midnight Monday morning, Trump raged about the prospect of his buildings being seized and again attacked President Joe Biden with an oft-debunked claim: 'Why should a Crooked, highly political New York Judge, Arthur Engoron, working in concert and coordination with an even more Corrupt Attorney General, Letitia 'Peekaboo' James, his Puppet Master, and the White House, be allowed to take away, and sell off, very successful properties and assets that took me years to zone, build and nurture into some of the best of their kind anywhere in the World --; WHEN I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG!'..." ~~~
~~~ In today's Comments, Akhilleus details the fake tribulations of broke fake billionaire Donald Jerkoff Trump. Akhilleus' citations are not exact quotes, but they do reflect the essence of what Trump and his phony lie-yers have said/written about the half-billion dollars that comes due today.
Jennifer Bahney of Mediaite: "Donald Trump's youngest adult son, Eric Trump, brutally self-owned on Fox News -- saying that insurance companies were laughing' when he tried to secure his father's half-a-billion dollar bond.... Eric Trump told Sunday Morning Futures Maria Bartiromo that it's impossible to secure such a large bond in the United States."
Annals of "Journalism," Ctd. Drew Harwell of the Washington Post: "Former Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna [Romney] McDaniel faced brutal criticism during her first NBC appearance Sunday since the network hired her as a political analyst, including tough questioning about her failure to push back against ... Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud and visceral aggravation from journalists who said her hiring raised 'credibility issues' for NBC.... Kristen Welker, the ... host [of 'Meet the Press,'] said McDaniel's interview was scheduled weeks before her hiring was announced. She added, 'This will be a news interview, and I was not involved in her hiring.' McDaniel, who ... had repeatedly said the election was 'rigged,' told Welker during the interview that she disagreed with Trump's claims of election fraud and his calls to free the inmates jailed for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. 'The reality is Joe Biden won,' she said. '... He's the legitimate president.'"
"But minutes later, a panel of journalists on the show questioned the credibility of her answers and laid into NBC executives for their decision to hire someone who had long attacked the network. 'Our bosses owe you an apology for putting you in this situation because I don't know what to believe,' Chuck Todd, NBC journalist and former 'Meet the Press' host, told Welker. '... I have no idea whether any answer she gave to you was because she didn't want to mess up her contract.'... Also appearing on the panel, Kimberly Atkins Stohr, a columnist for the Boston Globe, said McDaniel's 'credibility was shot' after the years in which she 'carried water for Donald Trump.... She habitually lied,' Atkins Stohr said. 'She habitually joined Trump in attacking the press, members of the press, including this network, in a way that put journalists at risk, in danger.'" MB: Ah, when you've lost Chuck Todd ... Anyway, read on. Ronna has an excuse for everything.
~~~ A CNN story is here. Mediaite has a related item here. Both center on Chuck Todd's remarks.
Sydney Ember of the New York Times: "Boeing announced Monday that its chief executive, David Calhoun, would step down at the end of 2024 as part of a broad management shake-up, as the aircraft maker grapples with its most significant safety crisis in years. Stan Deal, the head of the division that makes planes for commercial customers, will retire immediately and will be replaced by Stephanie Pope, the company's chief operating officer. The company also announced that its chairman, Larry Kellner, would not stand for re-election. The management overhaul comes less than three months after a panel, known as a door plug, blew off a Boeing Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5. The incident plunged the company into crisis after crashes in 2018 and 2019 of its Max 8 planes that killed nearly 350 people." MB: I'm sure they'll all get very shiny golden parachutes to protect them, you know, should they fall out of a Boeing plane.
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New Jersey Senate Race. Tracey Tully of the New York Times: "Tammy Murphy, New Jersey's first lady, has ended her run for a U.S. Senate seat now held by the state's embattled senior senator, Robert Menendez, she announced on Sunday in a video posted to social media. Ms. Murphy said that she had concluded that continuing to compete in the Democratic primary against Representative Andy Kim, a third-term congressman from South Jersey, would mean waging a 'very divisive and negative campaign.' She was unwilling to do that, she said, and instead decided to suspend her campaign and to 'focus entirely on re-electing President Biden' and other Democrats."
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Israel/Palestine, et al.
The Washington Post's live updates of developments Monday in the Israel/Hamas war are here: "Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and a separate Israeli delegation are in Washington this week, as the Biden administration presses Israel not to attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Vice President Harris told ABC's 'This Week' that such an offensive 'would be a huge mistake,' as more than a million people are sheltering there. Asked whether there would be 'consequences' from the United States for an Israeli operation in Rafah, she said, 'I am ruling out nothing.'... Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted again Sunday that a military operation in Rafah is needed to eliminate Hamas. 'We will enter Rafah and achieve total victory,' he said, addressing the nation on the Jewish holiday of Purim." ~~~
~~~ The New York Times live updates for Monday are here.
Michael Hirsh in Politico Magazine: "After decades of building a 'close, personal' friendship with Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden has had it with the Israeli prime minister. Now he's hitting him hard -- and it may be working."
Russia. Catherine Belton & Robyn Dixon of the Washington Post: "When Vladimir Putin finally spoke about the worst terrorist attack to hit Russia in 20 years, he swept over the glaring failure of his security state to prevent the assault, which left at least 137 dead, despite a clear warning from the United States on March 7 that a strike on a concert hall could be imminent. He also made no reference to the Islamic State, which claimed responsibility for the attack at the Crocus City concert hall on Friday and which Putin denounced repeatedly as an enemy throughout Russia's long military intervention in Syria. In 2017, Putin declared victory over the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. Putin instead used his five-minute televised address on Saturday to emphasize that the four direct perpetrators were 'moving toward Ukraine' when they were detained and that 'a window was prepared for them from the Ukrainian side to cross the state border.' He did not directly accuse Ukraine, which has denied any involvement, but a reference to 'Nazis' -- his usual label for the Ukrainian government -- made clear that he was blaming Kyiv." ~~~
~~~ CNN is liveblogging developments in the terrorist attack.
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Rich man who now owns X, formerly known as Twitter, has lost so
many X users that he might not now be the richest of the rich.
X revenue is reportedly down 23% since November 2022. It has lost
around 40 billion dollars this year. He should start a 'go fund me' site
like other poors do (my suggestion).
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/fewer-people-using-elon-
musks-x-struggles-keep-users-rcna144115
Marie,
Hoorah for generators. Keep those hamsters running, girl!
Speaking of rodents running in place, we have the Orange Rat to consider. So does he or doesn’t he? Does he have the half billion he owes for being a cheating, fraudulent fuckstick or doesn’t he?
First he says “I’m richer than you can imagine. I’m gonna fund my own campaign!”
He lied. The campaign funded him. (It’s still funding him.)
Then his lie-yer, Alina the Screama, says “Of course he has the money. He’s a billionaire!”
She lied (well, I mean, she IS a lie-yer).
Then he says “I don’t have the money! Outrage! Commies! Biden! I did nothing wrong!”
Of course he did. Another lie. But about not having the money? Hmmm…we’ll see…
Then his other lie-yers say no one will lend him the dough.
Heh-heh. Big surprise. Kinda like declining a dinner invitation with Hannibal Lecter. “I think we’ll pass.” They’d never see a penny of that money ever again.
THEN he says “Yeah, I got the money, but…waaaaahh!! I was gonna use that to get back into MY White House. I have just exactly that amount of money. But they knew that so they picked that number to steal it from me. You really have to give this asshole a certain amount of credit. He’s a creative liar. He doesn’t just say “The dog ate my homework.” He makes up a story about how the dog always hated him for doing his homework like a good boy, and he came up with a plan to screw him with other dogs in the neighborhood, who all voted for Biden last time, even though they’re dogs—Democrats let them vote. In fact, they bussed in dogs from Mexico and let them vote too. Chihuahuas. Thousands of them! Hearing about this horrible attack on ‘merica and truth in voting and stuff like that there, he was out trying his best to save the country…THEN…his dog ate his homework. When his back was turned, just like Obama, or Biden, or maybe Clinton, trained him to do. Grrrr!
Whew. SUCH a liar!
Soooo….he has it? Or he doesn’t.
He just said he had the money he was saving up to run for dictator, and it was exactly that amount. Was that a lie too?
Does the Pope wear a funny hat?
Anyways, Tish James is gettin’ ready to put the clamps on one of his half-assed country clubs, but here’s the thing. One piece of property ain’t gonna do it. Cuz if, say, Marred a Lardo was worth the $3 billion he claims, some bank or other would have been happy to give him a loan for a half billion with that property as collateral. Clearly he must be mortgaged up to his wig. Those properties aren’t worth shit as collateral.
I say take it all.
Fuck him.
And give his dog a medal.
MAGAts horsing around: Stormy Daniels is being harassed by
Trump supporters to the point where someone shot her horse with
rubber bullets.
It seems more and more like anyone involved with nutso Trump
has no end of problems. Don't they get it, or is 'birds of a feather'?
https:businessinsider.com/stormy-daniels-claims-trump-supporters-
shot-horse-home-2024-3
In case you were wondering…
Christian nationalists, you know, those Bible beating, Jesus loving, turn the other cheek peaceful types, have had it with democracy and fair elections. They want to take over. They want the Orange Monster back in power as dictator. They’re cleaning the guns and preparing for war if they don’t get their way.
Charlie Kirk, perennial bolus of cancerous pus, is getting the troops prepared.
“‘I want to make sure that we all make a commitment that if this election doesn’t go our way, the next day we fight,’ Kirk told the audience at ‘Freedom Night,’ hosted by Pastor John Randall.”
Didja get that? A “Freeedumb Nite” sponsored by a far right loony tune election denying, hate spewing “pastor”.
Note to Joltin’ Joe. Please, please, please pick a real AG next time, someone ready to put these fucking people in a cell if they pull another J6 for the Fat Fascist.
If Letitia James ends up taking Trump's golf courses from him wouldn't that also dry up the Saudi LIV money that they started funneling to him a couple years ago as another cashline. And how many first place trophies would non-golf course owner Don Poorleone (apparently the latest nickname) win?
Ladies and gentlemen, start your double axle hay wains!
We’re a-goin’ back to the Middle Ages with Clarence of Arrvee and Samuel, son of Geoffrey le Turd from Monmouth upon Tyne, as the Supreme Christian Star Chamber Court gets another chance at rights stealing and mustache twirling.
Tomorrow, they take another step toward a complete, national abortion ban.
“Two years after the Supreme Court erased the constitutional right to an abortion, creating a patchwork of access across the country, the justices could now pave the way toward a national ban.
In a case they will consider Tuesday about access to the abortion drug mifepristone, the court could give legitimacy to a nineteenth century obscenity law that some abortion opponents are promoting as a de facto federal abortion ban that just needs enforcing.”
Say what? Nineteenth century? Crackpot Nineteenth century laws are for pikers. Sammy’ll have no problem referencing precedence from some 12th century justiciar, maybe Elric of Booby, adviser to feudal lords and rip snortin’ regents. None of this two hundred year old stuff for our Sammy. He’ll no doubt be able to find some parchment scrolls outlining the best way to handle users of mifewitchstone.
Burn ‘em.
Christian Justice at its finest, folks. Charge up yer Wayback Machine, Mr. Peabody!
Don Poorleone! I like it.
He’ll make ‘em an offer they can’t understand.
Something to remember about the Roberts Court.
These guys don’t choose cases to say “Yeah, we think things are good they way they are. Case dismissed.” They select cases in order to change the law, to change the country, to enforce their views on the rest of us.
Buckle up.
Ben Protess and William K. Rashbaum report in The New York Times that "a New York appeals court appears to have handed the former president a lifeline on Monday, saying it would accept a far smaller bond of $175 million."
"The ruling by a five-judge panel of appellate court judges was a crucial and unexpected victory for the former president, potentially staving off a looming financial disaster. Had the court denied his request — and had he failed to obtain the full bond — Mr. Trump risked of losing control over his bank accounts and, eventually, even some of his marquee properties."
why oh why is he always granted "unexpected victories"?
Trump Can Post Smaller Bond in Civil Fraud Case, Court Rules
The breaks keep coming.
The Orange Monster, who incessantly bemoans his state of never ending martyrdom, who can never catch a break…gets another. And another, and another…
It never ends. I truly never believed he was going to have to pay up, just this one time, for his lifetime of criming, but I didn’t want to say so. I wanted to indulge the fantasy for as long as possible that this cheap crook and loudmouth bully would finally be made to feel some actual pain.
But no.
He will never pay for anything. The pending trials will never happen. I believe this.
And, as much as I should know better, it still makes me incredibly angry to see this smirking, privileged, conniving, silver spoon up the ass clown get away with everything.
I listened to DiJiT delivering his BS to reporters, post-appellate reduction of his bond, and he was talking about 1.5X normal speech speed, with lots of sniffing pauses. Adderalled to the gills, I'd guess. In the space of the twenty minutes I listened (while driving; when the engine stops so does the whine) he repeated his lies about three times each.
Lordy he's annoying.
Just wondering if the Tangerine Traitor has gotten his presidential candidate intelligence briefing yet. He could sell that information to interested foreign parties. He’s also got those 10-15 boxes of top secret material he spirited away to his Bedminster hole in the ground from MAL prior to the FBI search. He could raffle that stuff off for a few mill, although he may already have done so.
The actual appeal won’t be heard until 2028.
@Akhilleus: You're a marketing genius. Maybe Trump could put top secret docs on eBay -- which allows a floor for opening bids -- if the likes of Christie's won't have him.
"The McDaniel deal was unanimously supported by leaders of all their networks, according to an NBC insider, including by Rashida Jones, president of MSNBC.”
Don't know what Rashida Jones of MSNBC was thinking, but I'd wager the other NBC network execs who supported the McDaniels hire were desperately trying to expand their audience but didn't bother to do the math.
Or maybe they still think thought the 2020 election was stolen.
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Freaking typical Trump handicap, the appellate court says the government should settle for less than $0.50 on the dollar in bond guarantees. The legal system in this country is a joke.
who appointed the nys appelate judges? I’m smelling D’Amato’s boy, Pataki, but can’t find anything… Has anyone?
We. Never. Catch. A. Break. Words fail…
How the hell is it that the Incredible Slime wins every skirmish, every effort to avoid every punishment??
I want him sick and then dead, like a million citizen Covid victims.
He deserves the hellfire he creates.
@Larson a/k/a W.C.: Good thought, but according to my exhaustive research (Wikipedia), all seven appeals court judges were appointed by Cuomo or Hochul.