When will the Appeals Court reign in Judge Eileen Cannon? She is turning the Trump trial on the classified documents case into a sideshow. The Special Prosecutor appointment has been used by numerous Attorney Generals and has held up as Constitutional.
Jack Smith needs an appealable order from loose cannon to get there. And cannon is doing everything she can to refrain from making any appealable orders. She is playing games with the law by not making any orders in this case.
Eileen gives greater credibility to the phrase Loose Cannon. She acts like the play yard bully who does increasingly outrageous things to antagonize the others. I find it puzzling that the Court of Appeals doesn’t cleanse its own barnyard.
Much ado about everything. It's tiring. If trump regains the presidency, will he give the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Judge Canon? Heck, he gave one to that pill popper Rush Limbaugh! I keep focusing on the fact that when trump spoke recently to a group of business execs, they agreed that he is looney tunes, that he has lost his mind. I think the Biden Campaign & The Lincoln Project, and every other Democratic leaning group should focus on that for a while. And, why is threatening to murder a whole lot of Democrats or other perceived enemies of trump OKAY for trump? Why hasn't he been arrested for those threats? Plus, he is supposed to start receiving intelligence briefings again??? Are WE insane??? He'd have copies made to share with Putin, Xi, Kim, and the Saudi Prince. Plus, he has proven at least lately that his mind surely can't grasp anything at all from these briefings, so who is going to read them to him or explain them to him? Will they have a top secret clearance? My plan would be to give him phony intelligence briefings to see what happens, where they end up, then when Putin or Xi or Kim or the Saudi Prince acts on the phony briefing, we have trump again only this time he should be arrested and perhaps suffer the same as previous traitors to our nation. Just a thought. I yield back my time.
It seems to me that the dissonance between the appearance of inflation, etc. and the reality of what TFG did and promises to do to the average person’s life might be good electioneering material. You’re a TFG or hard core Republican. Here’s what voting for TFG or any Republican is going to do to your pocketbook. What are consequences of not voting, or voting third party. There’s an old phrase, “cutting off your nose to spite your face.” Just this morning much talk about how good republicans policies are for the economy. Even TFG admitted that the economy was better under democrats. We have republicans all over the country appearing at plant ground breaking ceremonies claiming how wonderful these are for the states, the communities, and they voted against every last one of them. Hypocrisy is rampant. I live in SC, land of the flip flopping politicians. We deal with never-democrats every day here.
Are you saying you do not believe delaying their decision on immunity until it is too late to hold a trial before the election is catch and kill? Or justice delayed is not catch and kill?
Of course, as VP candidate, Cannon would create for Florida electors the same Amendment XII residency issue for Trump that selecting Marco Rubio would create: "The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; . . ."
Oh my, I never thought about that. I was thinking Trump would rather have a pliable younger woman rather than a man like Vance or Rubio who would make him look old and weak in comparison.
I've found a lot of references to her birth in Colombia, but nothing about being a naturalized citizen. According to a profile in The Chronicle, a student-run newspaper at Duke University, from which Cannon received her undergraduate degree, Cannon's father was from Indiana, and there's no reference to naturalization <https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2023/07/duke-university-aileen-cannon-united-states-v-trump-indictment-alumna-district-judge-department-of-justice>. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, "The law in effect at the time of birth determines whether someone born outside the United States to a U.S. citizen parent (or parents) is a U.S. citizen at birth. In general, these laws require that at least one parent was a U.S. citizen, and the U.S. citizen parent had lived in the United States for a period of time" <https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learn-about-citizenship/i-am-the-child-of-a-us-citizen>. At this point, it's not clear to me how the citizenship laws apply to Cannon and whether she's a natural-born citizen through her father.
The federal judiciary is the only branch of government that is not elected and the only branch that serves for a lifetime term. That would seem to call for more transparency and defined accountability on ethics and recusal issues. Eh?
The SCOTUS majority has already effectively granted Orange 1 immunity by delaying the criminal immunity decision and thereby freezing the trial very likely until after the election. However, there is still a chance that should the Court remand the matter for further fact-finding back to Judge Chutkan's district court, we may get an evidentiary hearing or two before November. Not quite the same, of course, but any "bad" news for the soon-to-be-sentenced former pretend president is good news for the electorate.
Thank you Dale. SPOILER ALERT: There will be "bad" news prior to the Orange Felon's Sentencing Hearing on July 11 once we hear from the Forensic Psychiatrists prior to the 7/11 Hearing. I recommend Dr. Bandy X Lee's Substack & friends. I am aware there is likely severe turbulence ahead over the 25 Days.
I have an old friend who wrote me a lengthy essay on guns. He is staunchly pro everything regarding guns and quotes disproved theories on banning guns and the crime rate. I’ve seen the resources he reads and needless to say, they are “out there.” I can’t even respond to him but to say we lead the world by a terrible margin on multiple deaths and access to guns such as these helps that happen and we will never agree on this. I truly think he would hole up with an arsenal if he could. And needless to say, he supports TFG and is a fundamental Christian. A true believer. I love him but he scares the shit out of me.
Long time friend. Can’t consider him garbage because he is as sure of his beliefs as I am of mine and respectfully allows me to confront him with mine - civil discourse as Joyce Vance would put it.
There are many of him out there who for one reason or another have these beliefs. When we dismiss them disrespectfully we are playing into their beliefs. I choose not to do that. The majority of the sites he cites are ugly, report lies and unfounded “truths” that support very conservative beliefs, and use all the words those of us have been called repeatedly. However, we respect each other enough to debate things, and frankly he gives me a perspective I otherwise would not see. I push him to explain his beliefs and provide sources for his comments, and I do the same - don’t agree at all with 99% of them, but it’s important to see what “good” people are reading and hearing even if it turns my stomach.
He’s my “one person” to keep working on, and it only costs me time and of course sadness that he is so enmeshed in this crusade. He’s smart, was a soldier who worked for my husband, and truly considers himself a Christian and a patriot. Because of these, I mostly reply to his comments that they are beneath him or he is better than that, because I know he is.
I do support many many other efforts as well, but he’s my particular project.
I understand. I had a friend like that, but he thankfully could not stomach trump and turned away. Still very conservative financially( with inherited wealth, so he has a financial reason, which I point out).
Another formerly very good friend would not cease sending me Alex Jones stuff-- on LinkedIn of all places-- and I just couldn't any more.
We all need friends who can give us insight into their psychology.
Both consider themselves profoundly Christian. He is the real deal, she uses it as a badge of how good she is. She is always promoting health care needing gofundme pages, but refuses to consider that what we need is a national healthcare system. But admits Medicare is the best insurance she's ever had. After a career with fortune 100 companies. Smfh I just can't undesatnd the selfishness.
Plenty to do over the 2024 Summer all the way to November. I have been accepted as an Election Worker for this November's Presidential Election.
I do not need any incentive(s) to do Election work. I have 2 granddaughters but, my CA County pays a significant $sum$ to cover any costs including a lost day of work. Check with your local Register of Voters.
Yeah, reversing the Fifth Circuit on bumpstocks and strongly suggesting Congress remove any possible weaselly interpretations would have been too much to expect from "Two-gun Thomas" I suppose. Better to make them legal and hope another Las Vegas-type massacre doesn't happen again in the meantime. Certainly makes a lot of sense. Doesn't take a leap of imagination to understand policies on preventing someone from depriving many citizens of their lives more quickly do not need not be spelled out in great detail.
They are well aware of how incompetent Republicans have made congress. It's time for them all to go. We need a replacement party for them as I don't think it can be salvaged. Nixon Reagan Newt W and finally the orange dumpster fire ...they have been sick and empty for decades. Along with their Court.
Supreme Court reform is a moot point until at least late January. And unless the Democrats win an unlikely trifecta, likely to remain so. It is useful to keep it in the news, however, so the voting public remains aware of the individual corruption of certain justices and the overall damage the Roberts Court's decisions are having on their daily lives.
And I am expecting to see Bannon flee arrest on 1 July. I won't believe in real justice here until I see photos of him in the Graybar Hotel.
@James Coyne. To sweep we need to add the millions of unregistered folk who heavily trend Democratic. That "unlikely trifecta" can become more likely. FT6 uses data mining to identify them. Register Democrats to save the world.
Thank you, Joyce for keeping us informed of all these happening. I don't know how you find the time to breathe let alone live. But I commend you assistance and rely upon it for the week ahead.
This is depressing and outrageous at the same time. I am finding myself deleting morning emails that rail about Trump and President Biden. The right wing is full of dirty tricksters, the fabrication of President Biden walking off aimlessly, was touted by the right wing media. Even after it was proved to have been doctored! The more I see of the rabid Trump supporters, the more I truly feel they are the saddest, most vulnerable people I have ever witnessed. No Holocaust? Where did they go to school. If it weren't so sickening, I might be able to feel sympathetic, but, what they continually espouse is sheer lies and conspiracy.
Thank you Joyce. And, good night fellow members of this substack!
My takeaway from the various issues discussed here is that republicans won't flip on trump, but the will flip for him. Edwin Meese is a good example of this, as are all the republicans who were unhappy with trump after Jan 6, but who now are bringing him birthday cakes and vying for the VP job.
I am concerned about what Judge Cannon will do after these hearings. Would dismissal of the case be something Jack Smith could appeal?
If only Bannon's jail time were longer than a mere 4 months. What is happening with the other case against him in which he has been charged for defrauding people who stupidly sent money for building the wall at the border of Mexico? Didn't he pocket most of the funds for himself? Could this case result in a much longer sentence?
He is scheduled to go on trial in NY towards the end of September for his wall funding scam. Justice Merchan, who did the honors for the Trump criminal trial and who will sentence Trump in less than a month, is also scheduled to preside over Bannon's trial.
Democrats had two full years before they lost the House to pass legislation that would increase the jail time for people convicted of certain, sedition-related crimes. They didn't.
> "...Flagging it here [Bannon's emergency motion] so it’s on our radar screen."
"Radar screen" is an excellent analogy. There are a number of cases and issues moving around on the screen, coming in for a landing. Some have landed. But two major Trump cases have essentially been directed to go into holding patterns. In both cases, the American people are being seriously deprived of crucial information that will greatly affect the future path of this country. The Supreme Court is especially blameworthy in its ridiculously prolonged delays -- for no apparent reason! They could have taken the case directly from Judge Chutkan as requested. But no. We're getting a travesty of justice -- "a debased, distorted, grossly inferior imitation" of a United States Supreme Court.
Re: the "constitutionality of the Special Prosecutor" motion before *Judge* Cannon...it should be obvious by now that whatever *Amicus* Meese said in 1987 regarding the SP issue, Cannon has ears only for what Meese's opinion is currently. And after a day-and-a-half of hearings, she will "take it under advisement", and add a few weeks of nothingness to this FUBAR "trial" while she decides on the merits of Defendant tRump's motion to dismiss.
This broad farce continues its unremitting run, next show on Friday...tickets remain available.
Many of the Americans who voted for Biden in 2020 are somewhere between worry and terror that he might lose the presidency to Donald Trump in November. I am reasonably confident Joe Biden will win in November.
Here are my reasons for optimism:
While polls represent the opinion of a small number of voters at a fixed point in time, elections are a full expression of voters’ decision between candidates. In 2020, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by 81 million to 74 million votes. Since then, pollsters, especially Nate Cohn’s NYTimes Siena poll, has created an intentionally misleading outlook for Biden in 2024.
Biden’s 2020 victory resulted from a choice by the majority of Americans to bring back responsible government, a forward-looking American agenda and reject Trump’s erratic, mean spirited, self-serving politics. The Trump of 2024 represents a more dangerous threat than he did in 2020. In addition to his constant lies, Trump is a rapist, a convicted felon, a financial fraudster, a threat to America’s national security, an election cheat and perhaps senile. So why would any of the 81 million Biden voters abandon him this November to vote for Trump or not vote? THEY WON’T. More likely, as the benefits of his policies become more widely recognized, Biden will pick up rather than lose voters to Trump.
However, ignoring the reality of Biden’s fundamental popularity, analysts and journalists daily warn Democrats that we should be very worried about losing for two reasons. First, Biden’s low popularity in the polls. Second, the president has old guy vibes and looks frail on TV.
Happily, Biden’s poll numbers have started rising in June. However, it’s hard to overstate the damage done to Biden’s campaign and the confidence of Democrats by the anti-Biden, gaslighting, New York Times/Sienna poll. Starting in 2023, the Times consistent election “story line” described Biden’s presidency as failing with low approval ratings. The Times poll results are widely quoted as national election “facts” by journalists across all media empowering “shock” news articles about Biden’s low prospects in 2024. The monthly drumbeat of negative Biden news has created an atmosphere of fear, dread and panic among Democrats, aided Trump’s dominance over the GOP and spread joy across the MAGA world.
How does the NYTimes poll mislead the public? By overcounting Trump-biased, MAGA participant groups in rural America. Its poll data is NOT a balanced picture of the political reality in America today but rather a snapshot of MAGA America. The Times polls include a significantly greater % of rural voters than can be justified by the demographics of America’s voting population. 22% of Americans live in rural counties. However, the Times poll has typically included 35% or more rural respondents, an overweighting of 59% in Trump America where he won in 2020 with 60% to 38% of the vote. To realistically interpret the Times polling data, Liberals should assume its polls and the journalists who quote it, are describing MAGA America, not the America where the majority of Biden’s 81 million voters live. It seems of late even Nate Cohn is waking up to his statistical aberration.
On a positive note, the Times poll results in May show Biden gaining ground. He’s leading in in Wisconsin and very close in 4 out of 5 others; VERY encouraging results for Joe Biden in a MAGA biased poll. If the Times adjusted its poll to 22% rural respondents, Biden would be ahead in 5 out of 6 swing states!
An interesting fact from the Times poll that Nate Cohn and the journalists NEVER report is that 70%-80% of all voters in swing states are “satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” with their situation in America today. Journalist repeatedly report that the majority are very dissatisfied with Biden because of inflation. After all, who likes inflation? But, perhaps, most voters in the Times poll think the effect of inflation is not ruining their life and might not be a major factor in November.
Biden’s age as a competitive disadvantage compared to Trump defies reality as both candidates are much older than the traditional age for a presidential candidate. In November, voters will face a binary decision based on the current behavior and mental capacity of either candidate. One candidate is executing the responsibilities of the presidency every day. He is successfully fighting wars in the Ukraine, in Israel, against MAGA extremism and to reduce inflation. That candidate is executing policies to reshore critical tech industries and reduce the effects of global warming. At the same time, he’s able to run an aggressive presidential campaign and lead powerful alliances in Asia and Europe to support democracy for the long term.
The other candidate grows more horrifyingly unattractive every day. That candidate seems to be running on an unrecognizable vision of American decline in a dystopian Zombie movie, entertaining to some of his MAGA base but far from the outlook of most Americans. How many of us are worried about electrocution vs. shark attacks?
If it wasn’t obvious at the beginning of 2020, it is now undeniable; Joe Biden is a true American political genius. We should be joyfully happy that Biden is willing to give the country another 4 years. We all need to work our tales off to get him elected.
The electoral college affects all of us. My vote in VA counts more than other states which is unfair. The college has caused much trouble...bushv. Gore in 2000,and trumps "win" in 2016. It is what allows the minority rule that we are suffering under. It must be eliminated.
Dumpty is animated while Joe speaks and moves slowly and deliberately. He always has spoken carefully, but indeed he appears frail.
The animation of mania (the old fart screaming get off my lawn) makes the orange Cocksplat appear younger, but it's the energy of rage and mania. And adderall, who knows.
When will the Appeals Court reign in Judge Eileen Cannon? She is turning the Trump trial on the classified documents case into a sideshow. The Special Prosecutor appointment has been used by numerous Attorney Generals and has held up as Constitutional.
Jack Smith needs an appealable order from loose cannon to get there. And cannon is doing everything she can to refrain from making any appealable orders. She is playing games with the law by not making any orders in this case.
Eileen gives greater credibility to the phrase Loose Cannon. She acts like the play yard bully who does increasingly outrageous things to antagonize the others. I find it puzzling that the Court of Appeals doesn’t cleanse its own barnyard.
Loose Cannon is auditioning for Supreme Court
Sandi Cannon, Alito. & Thomas would be the judicial downside of Evers, to Cheevers, to Chance [or something close—a famous double play team]
Much ado about everything. It's tiring. If trump regains the presidency, will he give the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Judge Canon? Heck, he gave one to that pill popper Rush Limbaugh! I keep focusing on the fact that when trump spoke recently to a group of business execs, they agreed that he is looney tunes, that he has lost his mind. I think the Biden Campaign & The Lincoln Project, and every other Democratic leaning group should focus on that for a while. And, why is threatening to murder a whole lot of Democrats or other perceived enemies of trump OKAY for trump? Why hasn't he been arrested for those threats? Plus, he is supposed to start receiving intelligence briefings again??? Are WE insane??? He'd have copies made to share with Putin, Xi, Kim, and the Saudi Prince. Plus, he has proven at least lately that his mind surely can't grasp anything at all from these briefings, so who is going to read them to him or explain them to him? Will they have a top secret clearance? My plan would be to give him phony intelligence briefings to see what happens, where they end up, then when Putin or Xi or Kim or the Saudi Prince acts on the phony briefing, we have trump again only this time he should be arrested and perhaps suffer the same as previous traitors to our nation. Just a thought. I yield back my time.
It seems to me that the dissonance between the appearance of inflation, etc. and the reality of what TFG did and promises to do to the average person’s life might be good electioneering material. You’re a TFG or hard core Republican. Here’s what voting for TFG or any Republican is going to do to your pocketbook. What are consequences of not voting, or voting third party. There’s an old phrase, “cutting off your nose to spite your face.” Just this morning much talk about how good republicans policies are for the economy. Even TFG admitted that the economy was better under democrats. We have republicans all over the country appearing at plant ground breaking ceremonies claiming how wonderful these are for the states, the communities, and they voted against every last one of them. Hypocrisy is rampant. I live in SC, land of the flip flopping politicians. We deal with never-democrats every day here.
And yes, some of us are insane......
Perhaps Judge Cannon doesn't like being a judge after all and would prefer to be Trump's vice-president.
Judge Eileen Cannon has brought catch and kill to the legal world.
As has the supreme court on immunity.
This should have been first on their agenda. It is the most egregious of all the charges.
I'll agree with you if they tell us they need to hold over the decision to be reargued next term.
Are you saying you do not believe delaying their decision on immunity until it is too late to hold a trial before the election is catch and kill? Or justice delayed is not catch and kill?
You're right.
Thanks Kathleen, guess we agree to disagree. Isn't it great to be free?
Hadn’t thought about it that way but you’re right. That’s exactly what she’s managed to do so far. It’s beyond disgusting.
Of course, as VP candidate, Cannon would create for Florida electors the same Amendment XII residency issue for Trump that selecting Marco Rubio would create: "The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; . . ."
trump would never pick a woman...will probably be the rich guy doug something.
Can you tap the three little dots at the bottom of your comment and edit?
Thanks, Mama Bear. I had been trying just that and been unsuccessful. I just tried it on a different device and was able to.
Good job! I notice I cannot "like" on my phone but I can on my laptop. Now you have the power of the tiny edit button! Your work will be flawless.
I think she’s aiming for a Supreme Court appointment. She would not lose that job in four years; she’d be a Justice for life.
She already has a job for life in the federal court.
🤣🤣🤣She would be sure not to certify an election!
Oh my, I never thought about that. I was thinking Trump would rather have a pliable younger woman rather than a man like Vance or Rubio who would make him look old and weak in comparison.
Good article about this topic https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/trump-seeks-vice?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1985n
I've found a lot of references to her birth in Colombia, but nothing about being a naturalized citizen. According to a profile in The Chronicle, a student-run newspaper at Duke University, from which Cannon received her undergraduate degree, Cannon's father was from Indiana, and there's no reference to naturalization <https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2023/07/duke-university-aileen-cannon-united-states-v-trump-indictment-alumna-district-judge-department-of-justice>. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, "The law in effect at the time of birth determines whether someone born outside the United States to a U.S. citizen parent (or parents) is a U.S. citizen at birth. In general, these laws require that at least one parent was a U.S. citizen, and the U.S. citizen parent had lived in the United States for a period of time" <https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learn-about-citizenship/i-am-the-child-of-a-us-citizen>. At this point, it's not clear to me how the citizenship laws apply to Cannon and whether she's a natural-born citizen through her father.
CGW, thank you for the info.
She doesn't want to be VP. She wants, and will likely get, a seat on the Supreme Court if he wins.
Being as we are in non stop legal crisis mode, it makes me doubly glad you are here to translate.
The federal judiciary is the only branch of government that is not elected and the only branch that serves for a lifetime term. That would seem to call for more transparency and defined accountability on ethics and recusal issues. Eh?
You are being much too logical. Logic was thrown out the window along with critical thinking.
Just trying to be that pesky reminder 🤪
The SCOTUS majority has already effectively granted Orange 1 immunity by delaying the criminal immunity decision and thereby freezing the trial very likely until after the election. However, there is still a chance that should the Court remand the matter for further fact-finding back to Judge Chutkan's district court, we may get an evidentiary hearing or two before November. Not quite the same, of course, but any "bad" news for the soon-to-be-sentenced former pretend president is good news for the electorate.
Thank you Dale. SPOILER ALERT: There will be "bad" news prior to the Orange Felon's Sentencing Hearing on July 11 once we hear from the Forensic Psychiatrists prior to the 7/11 Hearing. I recommend Dr. Bandy X Lee's Substack & friends. I am aware there is likely severe turbulence ahead over the 25 Days.
Her zoom call yesterday was distressing.
They've also given his insane sycophants machine guns and enough time to get their orders in.
I have an old friend who wrote me a lengthy essay on guns. He is staunchly pro everything regarding guns and quotes disproved theories on banning guns and the crime rate. I’ve seen the resources he reads and needless to say, they are “out there.” I can’t even respond to him but to say we lead the world by a terrible margin on multiple deaths and access to guns such as these helps that happen and we will never agree on this. I truly think he would hole up with an arsenal if he could. And needless to say, he supports TFG and is a fundamental Christian. A true believer. I love him but he scares the shit out of me.
I sure wish I could love even an old friend who thinks this way but I can't. It's vile. Period.
I envy you having enough love to spare some for such a piece of garbage.
I don't personally have enough left to squander it on such a creature. But you chase down his arguments and find they're junk.
Maybe... instead of wasting your time on a thankless task we can both take Daniel Solomons urging to help fieldteam6 register democratic voters.
We d feel better.
Long time friend. Can’t consider him garbage because he is as sure of his beliefs as I am of mine and respectfully allows me to confront him with mine - civil discourse as Joyce Vance would put it.
There are many of him out there who for one reason or another have these beliefs. When we dismiss them disrespectfully we are playing into their beliefs. I choose not to do that. The majority of the sites he cites are ugly, report lies and unfounded “truths” that support very conservative beliefs, and use all the words those of us have been called repeatedly. However, we respect each other enough to debate things, and frankly he gives me a perspective I otherwise would not see. I push him to explain his beliefs and provide sources for his comments, and I do the same - don’t agree at all with 99% of them, but it’s important to see what “good” people are reading and hearing even if it turns my stomach.
He’s my “one person” to keep working on, and it only costs me time and of course sadness that he is so enmeshed in this crusade. He’s smart, was a soldier who worked for my husband, and truly considers himself a Christian and a patriot. Because of these, I mostly reply to his comments that they are beneath him or he is better than that, because I know he is.
I do support many many other efforts as well, but he’s my particular project.
I understand. I had a friend like that, but he thankfully could not stomach trump and turned away. Still very conservative financially( with inherited wealth, so he has a financial reason, which I point out).
Another formerly very good friend would not cease sending me Alex Jones stuff-- on LinkedIn of all places-- and I just couldn't any more.
We all need friends who can give us insight into their psychology.
Both consider themselves profoundly Christian. He is the real deal, she uses it as a badge of how good she is. She is always promoting health care needing gofundme pages, but refuses to consider that what we need is a national healthcare system. But admits Medicare is the best insurance she's ever had. After a career with fortune 100 companies. Smfh I just can't undesatnd the selfishness.
Plenty to do over the 2024 Summer all the way to November. I have been accepted as an Election Worker for this November's Presidential Election.
I do not need any incentive(s) to do Election work. I have 2 granddaughters but, my CA County pays a significant $sum$ to cover any costs including a lost day of work. Check with your local Register of Voters.
Vote Blue up & down the ticket.
Good for you. A pretty safe place to do this, California.
But bump stocks legal there too.
I am sad to even think such a thing.
Yeah, reversing the Fifth Circuit on bumpstocks and strongly suggesting Congress remove any possible weaselly interpretations would have been too much to expect from "Two-gun Thomas" I suppose. Better to make them legal and hope another Las Vegas-type massacre doesn't happen again in the meantime. Certainly makes a lot of sense. Doesn't take a leap of imagination to understand policies on preventing someone from depriving many citizens of their lives more quickly do not need not be spelled out in great detail.
They are well aware of how incompetent Republicans have made congress. It's time for them all to go. We need a replacement party for them as I don't think it can be salvaged. Nixon Reagan Newt W and finally the orange dumpster fire ...they have been sick and empty for decades. Along with their Court.
Supreme Court reform is a moot point until at least late January. And unless the Democrats win an unlikely trifecta, likely to remain so. It is useful to keep it in the news, however, so the voting public remains aware of the individual corruption of certain justices and the overall damage the Roberts Court's decisions are having on their daily lives.
And I am expecting to see Bannon flee arrest on 1 July. I won't believe in real justice here until I see photos of him in the Graybar Hotel.
@James Coyne. To sweep we need to add the millions of unregistered folk who heavily trend Democratic. That "unlikely trifecta" can become more likely. FT6 uses data mining to identify them. Register Democrats to save the world.
https://www.fieldteam6.org/
Thank you, Joyce for keeping us informed of all these happening. I don't know how you find the time to breathe let alone live. But I commend you assistance and rely upon it for the week ahead.
This is depressing and outrageous at the same time. I am finding myself deleting morning emails that rail about Trump and President Biden. The right wing is full of dirty tricksters, the fabrication of President Biden walking off aimlessly, was touted by the right wing media. Even after it was proved to have been doctored! The more I see of the rabid Trump supporters, the more I truly feel they are the saddest, most vulnerable people I have ever witnessed. No Holocaust? Where did they go to school. If it weren't so sickening, I might be able to feel sympathetic, but, what they continually espouse is sheer lies and conspiracy.
Thank you Joyce. And, good night fellow members of this substack!
I feel ya Margaret. Same with me.
My takeaway from the various issues discussed here is that republicans won't flip on trump, but the will flip for him. Edwin Meese is a good example of this, as are all the republicans who were unhappy with trump after Jan 6, but who now are bringing him birthday cakes and vying for the VP job.
I am concerned about what Judge Cannon will do after these hearings. Would dismissal of the case be something Jack Smith could appeal?
No. If she dismisses, it's done.
That's what I was afraid of. I hope he can then start over, because this case has no business being dismissed.
Trump on immigrants - "they're not humans, they're animals." Here's a striking cartoon from 1903 when nativists thought the "animals" were immigrant Italians, Poles and Russians. https://forgottenfiles.substack.com/p/when-europeans-were-the-bad-immigrants
If only Bannon's jail time were longer than a mere 4 months. What is happening with the other case against him in which he has been charged for defrauding people who stupidly sent money for building the wall at the border of Mexico? Didn't he pocket most of the funds for himself? Could this case result in a much longer sentence?
He is scheduled to go on trial in NY towards the end of September for his wall funding scam. Justice Merchan, who did the honors for the Trump criminal trial and who will sentence Trump in less than a month, is also scheduled to preside over Bannon's trial.
Thank you for the update!
Democrats had two full years before they lost the House to pass legislation that would increase the jail time for people convicted of certain, sedition-related crimes. They didn't.
> "...Flagging it here [Bannon's emergency motion] so it’s on our radar screen."
"Radar screen" is an excellent analogy. There are a number of cases and issues moving around on the screen, coming in for a landing. Some have landed. But two major Trump cases have essentially been directed to go into holding patterns. In both cases, the American people are being seriously deprived of crucial information that will greatly affect the future path of this country. The Supreme Court is especially blameworthy in its ridiculously prolonged delays -- for no apparent reason! They could have taken the case directly from Judge Chutkan as requested. But no. We're getting a travesty of justice -- "a debased, distorted, grossly inferior imitation" of a United States Supreme Court.
What's the opposite of Santa Claus?
Gimme Thomas.
Isn't that the wife?
No! Ginnee and Gimme!
Re: the "constitutionality of the Special Prosecutor" motion before *Judge* Cannon...it should be obvious by now that whatever *Amicus* Meese said in 1987 regarding the SP issue, Cannon has ears only for what Meese's opinion is currently. And after a day-and-a-half of hearings, she will "take it under advisement", and add a few weeks of nothingness to this FUBAR "trial" while she decides on the merits of Defendant tRump's motion to dismiss.
This broad farce continues its unremitting run, next show on Friday...tickets remain available.
Why I am Hopeful that Joe Biden will Win
Many of the Americans who voted for Biden in 2020 are somewhere between worry and terror that he might lose the presidency to Donald Trump in November. I am reasonably confident Joe Biden will win in November.
Here are my reasons for optimism:
While polls represent the opinion of a small number of voters at a fixed point in time, elections are a full expression of voters’ decision between candidates. In 2020, Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump by 81 million to 74 million votes. Since then, pollsters, especially Nate Cohn’s NYTimes Siena poll, has created an intentionally misleading outlook for Biden in 2024.
Biden’s 2020 victory resulted from a choice by the majority of Americans to bring back responsible government, a forward-looking American agenda and reject Trump’s erratic, mean spirited, self-serving politics. The Trump of 2024 represents a more dangerous threat than he did in 2020. In addition to his constant lies, Trump is a rapist, a convicted felon, a financial fraudster, a threat to America’s national security, an election cheat and perhaps senile. So why would any of the 81 million Biden voters abandon him this November to vote for Trump or not vote? THEY WON’T. More likely, as the benefits of his policies become more widely recognized, Biden will pick up rather than lose voters to Trump.
However, ignoring the reality of Biden’s fundamental popularity, analysts and journalists daily warn Democrats that we should be very worried about losing for two reasons. First, Biden’s low popularity in the polls. Second, the president has old guy vibes and looks frail on TV.
Happily, Biden’s poll numbers have started rising in June. However, it’s hard to overstate the damage done to Biden’s campaign and the confidence of Democrats by the anti-Biden, gaslighting, New York Times/Sienna poll. Starting in 2023, the Times consistent election “story line” described Biden’s presidency as failing with low approval ratings. The Times poll results are widely quoted as national election “facts” by journalists across all media empowering “shock” news articles about Biden’s low prospects in 2024. The monthly drumbeat of negative Biden news has created an atmosphere of fear, dread and panic among Democrats, aided Trump’s dominance over the GOP and spread joy across the MAGA world.
How does the NYTimes poll mislead the public? By overcounting Trump-biased, MAGA participant groups in rural America. Its poll data is NOT a balanced picture of the political reality in America today but rather a snapshot of MAGA America. The Times polls include a significantly greater % of rural voters than can be justified by the demographics of America’s voting population. 22% of Americans live in rural counties. However, the Times poll has typically included 35% or more rural respondents, an overweighting of 59% in Trump America where he won in 2020 with 60% to 38% of the vote. To realistically interpret the Times polling data, Liberals should assume its polls and the journalists who quote it, are describing MAGA America, not the America where the majority of Biden’s 81 million voters live. It seems of late even Nate Cohn is waking up to his statistical aberration.
On a positive note, the Times poll results in May show Biden gaining ground. He’s leading in in Wisconsin and very close in 4 out of 5 others; VERY encouraging results for Joe Biden in a MAGA biased poll. If the Times adjusted its poll to 22% rural respondents, Biden would be ahead in 5 out of 6 swing states!
An interesting fact from the Times poll that Nate Cohn and the journalists NEVER report is that 70%-80% of all voters in swing states are “satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” with their situation in America today. Journalist repeatedly report that the majority are very dissatisfied with Biden because of inflation. After all, who likes inflation? But, perhaps, most voters in the Times poll think the effect of inflation is not ruining their life and might not be a major factor in November.
Biden’s age as a competitive disadvantage compared to Trump defies reality as both candidates are much older than the traditional age for a presidential candidate. In November, voters will face a binary decision based on the current behavior and mental capacity of either candidate. One candidate is executing the responsibilities of the presidency every day. He is successfully fighting wars in the Ukraine, in Israel, against MAGA extremism and to reduce inflation. That candidate is executing policies to reshore critical tech industries and reduce the effects of global warming. At the same time, he’s able to run an aggressive presidential campaign and lead powerful alliances in Asia and Europe to support democracy for the long term.
The other candidate grows more horrifyingly unattractive every day. That candidate seems to be running on an unrecognizable vision of American decline in a dystopian Zombie movie, entertaining to some of his MAGA base but far from the outlook of most Americans. How many of us are worried about electrocution vs. shark attacks?
If it wasn’t obvious at the beginning of 2020, it is now undeniable; Joe Biden is a true American political genius. We should be joyfully happy that Biden is willing to give the country another 4 years. We all need to work our tales off to get him elected.
electoral college
If you mean the swing states are key to victory, I think Biden is ahead in 4 or 5 now and his margin of victory will increase over the summer.
The electoral college affects all of us. My vote in VA counts more than other states which is unfair. The college has caused much trouble...bushv. Gore in 2000,and trumps "win" in 2016. It is what allows the minority rule that we are suffering under. It must be eliminated.
Dumpty is animated while Joe speaks and moves slowly and deliberately. He always has spoken carefully, but indeed he appears frail.
The animation of mania (the old fart screaming get off my lawn) makes the orange Cocksplat appear younger, but it's the energy of rage and mania. And adderall, who knows.