American Politics

[Spidy]

Special Counsel Jack Smith, essentially tells the dithering Judge Cannon, to "shit or get off the pot", in the Mar-a-Lago Documents Case.

Judge Aileen Cannon, seems hell bent on assisting Trump, with an acquittal, by using a political ploy, disguised as a judicial legal strategy. As she delays and dithers in the case proceedings, with her bizarre jury instruction direction orders, to both legal counsels, when no trail date or jury as been selected.

Needless to say, Jack Smith, has had enough and is likely to force her hand, if she doesn't rule, he may bring a writ of mandamus against the judge, with the 11th Circuit Appellate courts. If successful, this would be the dithering judge's 3rd time of being "slapped down" by the 11th Circuit Appellate courts and in all likelihood, removed from the case, for her blatant partisan judgements and rulings.

To his credit, Trump is playing Jack Smith and Judge Aileen Cannon as political players and perhaps to a greater extent, on the judicial landscape, that extends all the way to the very top, with a partisan right-wing SCOTUS, that no longer follow the rule of law, but a political ideology.

The Trump-appointed judge is on the verge of being appealed in the former presidents classified documents case. Shes apparently contemplating a Trumpian fringe legal theory.
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Well, special counsel Jack Smith just filed a devastating response, telling Cannon that he might have to challenge the Trump appointee on appeal if she doesn't get it together.

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white...ith-rcna146173

So the very case that was a "slam dunk", if at all, out of all the strongest felony cases against Trump, if "next steps" are unsuccessfully navigated, by prosecutor, Jack Smith, the doc't case could be tossed out or railroaded into legal double jeopardy, by this dithering, but yet "wily" partisan judge.

The seek for removal looks eminent, but again plays in Trump's "delay, delay, delay" tactics. So what is to be done?

[Spidy]

Otherwise, what a Classic Repub like Trump would call a "cesspool":

Today's jobs report shows economy added booming 303K jobs in March, unemployment at 3.8%.
April 5, 2023

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...s/73203899007/

Watch Fox News Panic On-Air Over the Great Jobs Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-fox...202120449.html

And it's always hilariously entertaining, to see FOXY Muse, stumble all over themselves, flummoxed for an explanation, other than the real one, of "It's just a really GREAT JOB and ECONOMIC report."

[EihTooms]

Otherwise, what a Classic Repub like Trump would call a "cesspool":

Today's jobs report shows economy added booming 303K jobs in March, unemployment at 3.8%.
April 5, 2023

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money...s/73203899007/

Payroll gains for January and February were revised up by a total 22,000, portraying an even more robust picture of job growth early this year. January's were bumped up from 229,000 to 256,000 while February's were downgraded modestly, from 275,000 to 270,000.

The blockbuster report bolsters the view that the economy is on track for a "soft landing," a scenario in which the Federal Reserve wrestles down inflation without triggering a recession. But the resilient labor market could prompt the Fed to push interest rate cuts to later in the year to ensure inflation is subdued before acting, economists say.
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Many Americans, meanwhile, are benefitting because typical pay increases have topped inflation the past year, giving them more purchasing power.
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But Goldman Sachs believes a huge influx of immigrants will continue to boost the labor supply and juice hiring this year, noting the number of job openings is still well above the pre-crisis mark. Last month, immigration could have lifted job growth by as much as 50,000 to 290,000, Goldman said.

Oh and why not complete this totally verifiable and substantiated unprecedented Peace and Prosperty reality for America unlike anywhere else on the Planet post-Trump's Pandemic by citing the fact that no American troops have been actively involved in any war anywhere for the past 3 historically positive years under President Joe Biden.

Still, Repub Party leadership, rank and file members and voters are pining for the days when their beloved Repub so-called potuses searched for and embraced any and every "Once in 100 Years" economic and / or national security disaster to plunge us into another and another and another Great Repub Depression, Great Repub Recession, Massive Repub Jobs Destruction and Great Repub Stock Market Crash in order to "feel" that MAGA is really producing the Repub Party results it was born to produce over and over and over and over again whenever the American electorate is sucker, foolish and careless enough to give them the slightest opportunity and leverage to do it.

[Spidy]

Brian Pritchard, in the state of Georgia, the Republican first vice-chairman, claimed that the 2020 election was plagued with voter fraud.

He knew this to be true, because typical of Repub cheaters (just like his "savior" Trump), he was projecting and committing voter fraud, himself. The very thing he was accusing the opposition Dems of doing, he was violating in spades.

But this guy went to the extremes and committed voter fraud 9x times. Brian Pritchard, knowingly committed voter fraud and voted nine (9x) times, while on probation for felony check forgery sentence and ONLY got a $5,000 fine and receive a public reprimand.

Mar 29th, 2024 A Republican official claimed that the 2020 election was plagued with voter fraud. Now a judge has ruled that he voted illegally 9 times. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b2520675.html

I guess when the "penalty bar" for Repubs, committing voter fraud 9x times, is this low, it's no wonder, they don't hesitate to commit such felonies and are the ones caught doing the wide majority of ACTUAL voter fraud.

[Spidy]

The Largest Inauguration Audience Ever! Part Infinity

If "every Real Estate developer, everywhere on earth" triples the actual size of their properties on legal documents as Trump did then the earth is a much, much smaller planet than those Real Estate developer liars have conned us into believing.

Would those Real Estate developers accept it and just move on if we only paid them 33% of the negotiated, settled and contracted price for their properties?

Somebody tell Trump he has already wasted three terms as a so-called potus, one more than the current Constitutional limit and three times the number he actually wasted and see if he'll finally go away and haunt some other country.

Yes, all epic Trump lies! Much like his tawdry quip, about ONLY being, "a dictator on day one (1)".

This comes on the heels of his Trumps recent cheat, as he brags about winning two tournaments (nudge, nudge, wink, wink), at his own club. Which did remind me, of the book by author Rick Reilly (a golfer who's covered the game for over 40 years), and how Trump got the dubious name "Commander in Cheat".

In a pretty accurate depiction of ex-President lying, cheating and fudging his golf game to win, by any and all means, Mr. Reilly, tells us, how Trump's golf game, mirrors the ex-President's real life crooked shenanigans, grifting, dishonesty, fraudulent behavior and lies at any cost, to win.

In a interview with Deadline White House (Mar 26th, 2024):
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/spor...ub/vi-BB1kAeeZ

"Nicole, I've always said, golf is like bicycle shorts...it reveals a lot about a guy"

Rick Reilly, referring to Trump's cheating and not being about to accept losing:

"Trump doesn't just cheat at golf. He cheats like a 3-card monte dealer. He throws it, boots it, and moves it. He lies about his lies, He fudges, and foozles and fluffs."

I dont know much about politics, but I know golf and it really offended me, not as a voter or as a citizen just as a golfer.

"...he took seven mulligans and a "Gimme Chip-in", I've never even heard of "Gimme Chip-in"

Deadline WH, GREAT 1st interview w/Rick Reilly, on Trump, the Commander in Cheat (Apr 2nd, 2019):
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white...-1470201923662

You might be thinking, What does golf have to do with being president? What does it matter that he cheats at it? What's it got to do with leading the country? Everything

If you'll cheat to win at golf, is it that much further to cheat to win an election? To turn a Congressional vote? To Stop an investigation? ...

It was said the great golfer, Arnold Palmer, first had a round of golf, to know all he wanted to know about a prospective business partner, before he got into business. Maybe Repubs should use this a their new vetting tool?

If Trump, becomes "dictator for a day", I wonder if the number of "holes-in-one", he'll claim, will beat that of Kim Jong-il, the former leader of North Korea, who reportedly shot, "11 holes-in-one in a single round", during his first ever golf game at the Pyongyang Golf Course in 1994. (...is it any wonder why, Trump loves dictators ...kkkk!)

[EihTooms]

What a week of cry baby billionaires, from Trump, Kevin O'Leary to Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), disgustingly claim "victimhood" as they decry, there were "no victims" in their fraudulent crimes. Bemoaning how the public has no idea, how hard it is, to defraud people and make it look like a "victimless" crime. Not to mention, how "unfair" they've all been being treated...boo-hoo!

Poodle billionaire and Trump lapdog, Kevin O'Leary, was blustering and blathering on about Trumps flagrantly and gross R/E "over-evaluation" tax dodge, seen as characterizing this criminal behavior as a victimless crime and proudly states, "...everything you've just listed off, is done by every R/E developer, everywhere on earth, in every city, this is never ever been prosecuted..."

O'Leary's billionaire arrogance, prompted Jon Stewart, to do a pretty funny comedic bit, saying:


Queue the Montage of O'Leary being outraged by contestants overvaluing their businesses on Shark Tank, here: https://youtu.be/EDMinX6t1Zk?t=480

Then rips O'Leary a new one:


Stewart finishes with:


O'Leary Comedic Bit: https://youtu.be/EDMinX6t1Zk?t=480
TDS entire Trump Fraud Comedic Bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDMinX6t1Zk
News Article and Video: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jo...142735020.html

Then, FTX founder SBF, sentenced to 25 years in prison, shows no remorse, and clings to "victimless" claims of his fraudulent crimes. Judge Lewis Kaplan, slams SBF's speech as the worst "self-incriminating" testimony he's seen in his 30 years of his judgeship. Axios: https://www.axios.com/2024/03/28/sam...rison-sentence

Yeah, the fraudulent steal of billions of dollars from tax payers and crypto customers, is ALWAYS victimless AND NEVER a fraudulent crime, in the eyes of entitled billionaire class. But the theft of a less than $30 dollar item at a Walgreens and they demand, the perp to be shot on site.

If "every Real Estate developer, everywhere on earth" triples the actual size of their properties on legal documents as Trump did then the earth is a much, much smaller planet than those Real Estate developer liars have conned us into believing.

Would those Real Estate developers accept it and just move on if we only paid them 33% of the negotiated, settled and contracted price for their properties?

Somebody tell Trump he has already wasted three terms as a so-called potus, one more than the current Constitutional limit and three times the number he actually wasted and see if he'll finally go away and haunt some other country.

[Spidy]

What a week of cry baby billionaires, from Trump, Kevin O'Leary to Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), disgustingly claim "victimhood" as they decry, there were "no victims" in their fraudulent crimes. Bemoaning how the public has no idea, how hard it is, to defraud people and make it look like a "victimless" crime. Not to mention, how "unfair" they've all been being treated...boo-hoo!

Poodle billionaire and Trump lapdog, Kevin O'Leary, was blustering and blathering on about Trumps flagrantly and gross R/E "over-evaluation" tax dodge, seen as characterizing this criminal behavior as a victimless crime and proudly states, "...everything you've just listed off, is done by every R/E developer, everywhere on earth, in every city, this is never ever been prosecuted..."

O'Leary's billionaire arrogance, prompted Jon Stewart, to do a pretty funny comedic bit, saying:

"...I'm surprised to hear he's so chill about overvaluing something that he thinks is victimless, because when someone tries to do that to him..."

Queue the Montage of O'Leary being outraged by contestants overvaluing their businesses on Shark Tank, here: https://youtu.be/EDMinX6t1Zk?t=480

Then rips O'Leary a new one:

"There is a theory in law that, if enough people commit a crime, it automatically becomes legal. You're familiar with The Purge, are you not?"

Stewart finishes with:

"I'll guarantee you there aren't just financial consequences for those lies, but criminal ones. But, don't tell that to the investment community, because in their minds, in pursuit of profit, there is no rule that cannot be bent, there is no principle that cannot be undercut, as long as you and your f---ing friends are making money."

O'Leary Comedic Bit: https://youtu.be/EDMinX6t1Zk?t=480
TDS entire Trump Fraud Comedic Bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDMinX6t1Zk
News Article and Video: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jo...142735020.html

Then, FTX founder SBF, sentenced to 25 years in prison, shows no remorse, and clings to "victimless" claims of his fraudulent crimes. Judge Lewis Kaplan, slams SBF's speech as the worst "self-incriminating" testimony he's seen in his 30 years of his judgeship. Axios: https://www.axios.com/2024/03/28/sam...rison-sentence

Yeah, the fraudulent steal of billions of dollars from tax payers and crypto customers, is ALWAYS victimless AND NEVER a fraudulent crime, in the eyes of entitled billionaire class. But the theft of a less than $30 dollar item at a Walgreens and they demand, the perp to be shot on site.

[Spidy]

LOL. This is the unavoidable and inarguable "But The Emperor is Naked" truth in direct opposition to the general poll assertions that seems to finally come up during every Great Repub Depression, Great Repub Recession, Massive Repub Jobs destruction and, as now, every Great Dem Economic Recovery, Great Dem Economic Expansion and Great Dem Jobs Creation.

But but but the Repubs' bullshit pitch that their methods of cutting or ignoring regulations and cutting taxes so everything is FREE and America will be a Deadbeat's Paradice sounds so sweet, doesn't it? LOL. Sure, poll respondents are more likely as not to fall for that bullshit even in the face of every Repub effort towards that end results in the worst economic conditions in history and NONE of the boom times.

Democrats Are Better for the US Economy.
Even those who believe that Democrats, by and large, pursue better economic policies than Republicans have a hard time explaining why the US economy performs so significantly and consistently better under Democratic presidents. But the figures speak for themselves.
March 25, 2024

https://www.project-syndicate.org/co...rankel-2024-03

BTW, this dude doesn't even mention the historically dramatically superior USA Stock Market gains under Dems like Joe Biden vs Repubs.

Just ask Trump how that feels right about now.

Excellent Article!

The article thoroughly, puts to bed, yet another "big lie" Repubs love to throw out there, when it comes to the economy.

Definitely a keeper and a great article, to trotting out, for those special moments when you need to "shut up" Repubs, when they're blathering on about their so called "economic success/record."

Nice find, that perfectly mirrors, what you've been telling, so called Rebup ISG economist infidels, about the part 100 years of US economic history.

Well done!

[MarquisdeSade1]

https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/...ict-joe-biden/

Sounds like they are considering the return of Our Lord and Savior a foregone conclusion! (like everyone else with a brain lololol).

Allahu Akbar!!

[Spidy]

When I have repeatedly characterized the RealClearPolitics polling service site as "demonstrably Winger-Leaning", this is what I am referring to:

As of this writing, the RCP Poll of Polls Consensus for Trump vs Biden has Trump ahead by 1. 7 points. Yes, that is less than half of a normal +/-MoE for most polls, which means it is considered a statistical tie. But this is where it sat all weekend, giving the pundits on the Sunday political shows fodder to praise Trump's lead and slam Biden for being behind.

That's some pretty damn good investigative work.

Your assessment of the RealClearPolitics, now being more of a right-wing leaning site, does track, with a 2020 study and an NYT Article, "A Popular Political Site Made a Sharp Right Turn. What Steered It?"

According to a 2020 Knight Foundation study, RealClearPolitics is generally read by a moderate audience, leaning slightly toward the right.

Since 2020, the content of the site has moved further towards right-leaning politics, coinciding with its increasing funding by right-wing donors supporting Republican cause.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealClearPolitics

It's definitely, a very good peek into the world of polls and how they operate. You highlight some of the crafty, manipulative and artful machinations employed to that skew results. Which is probably why, I don't give polling a lot of credence and treat them with a rather large "pinch of salt".

But, by all accounts, RealClearPolitics, looks to be, just another propaganda outlet, of the Repub Party.

[EihTooms]

LOL. This is the unavoidable and inarguable "But The Emperor is Naked" truth in direct opposition to the general poll assertions that seems to finally come up during every Great Repub Depression, Great Repub Recession, Massive Repub Jobs destruction and, as now, every Great Dem Economic Recovery, Great Dem Economic Expansion and Great Dem Jobs Creation.

But but but the Repubs' bullshit pitch that their methods of cutting or ignoring regulations and cutting taxes so everything is FREE and America will be a Deadbeat's Paradice sounds so sweet, doesn't it? LOL. Sure, poll respondents are more likely as not to fall for that bullshit even in the face of every Repub effort towards that end results in the worst economic conditions in history and NONE of the boom times.

Democrats Are Better for the US Economy.
Even those who believe that Democrats, by and large, pursue better economic policies than Republicans have a hard time explaining why the US economy performs so significantly and consistently better under Democratic presidents. But the figures speak for themselves.
March 25, 2024

https://www.project-syndicate.org/co...rankel-2024-03

BTW, this dude doesn't even mention the historically dramatically superior USA Stock Market gains under Dems like Joe Biden vs Repubs.

Just ask Trump how that feels right about now.

[EihTooms]

When I have repeatedly characterized the RealClearPolitics polling service site as "demonstrably Winger-Leaning", this is what I am referring to:

As of this writing, the RCP Poll of Polls Consensus for Trump vs Biden has Trump ahead by 1. 7 points. Yes, that is less than half of a normal +/-MoE for most polls, which means it is considered a statistical tie. But this is where it sat all weekend, giving the pundits on the Sunday political shows fodder to praise Trump's lead and slam Biden for being behind.

So where were these three latest polls from Morning Consult and You. Gov showing Biden ahead of Trump on all three of them and all three of them posted on the 538 Polling site by Sunday but none of them showing up on RCP in time to be factored into their Poll of Polls Consensus yet?

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/

See:

Polls ending March 23,2024.

Morning Consult.

March 19-21.

Morning Consult.

March 16-19.

You. Gov.

None of those three polls made it to that RCP Poll of Polls Consensus for Trump vs Biden in time for the Sunday political programs, yet Morning Consult and You. Gov routinely appear on that RCP site. If I didn't know better, why I might conclude RCP is holding back those three polls showing Biden ahead of Trump until they can get their hands on another Rasmussen, Emerson or Harris Poll that can run in to save the day for them keeping Trump ahead of Biden for those Sunday political shows to feast on. LOL.

Meanwhile, even without those three frequently cited polls now showing Biden ahead of Trump, that slim 1. 7 point advantage for Trump over Biden would not exist without them including that Selzer Poll showing Trump up 7 points over Biden. Whatever the hell a Selzer Poll is. I had to scroll back more than 5 months to see another Selzer Poll in an RCP Trump vs Biden Consensus. So apparently they trot one of those oddball polls out of nowhere whenever their beloved fellow Winger-Leaning Rasmussen, Emerson or Harris polls are not available to save the day for them.

https://www.realclearpolling.com/pol...trump-vs-biden

[Spidy]

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), promptly calls it quits and resigns from the "Repub House Clown Show", and follows "the parted Red Sea", left by Rep. Joe Buck (R-CO) and will be walking out the doors, come April, 19th, 2024.

So if Gallagher, leaves on April 19th, it means, there is no special election and the Repubs can't get his seat back. Does seem like Mike Gallagher, is giving Trump and the MAGA House Repubs, the "middle figure" on his way out the door?

GOP Rep. Mike Gallagher To Resign Early From House - HuffPost
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-...ushpmg00000003

George Desantos, Joe Buck and now Mike Gallagher...next up?

Right about now, one the greatest songs by Rock and Roll Legends, Queen, does come to mind, at a time like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqyUAtzS_6M

Anywho, what with MTG, looking to oust yet another speaker from the House, in christo-fascist Mike Johnson, the Repubs fall, into further disarray and dysfunction. And if the trend continues, it shouldn't be long before the Dems retake the House, much less Repubs garner a "cohesive" majority to pass more silly votes for "impeachment", just to please their idolater.

Not that it matters to your expose, but the "BLT group" is a bunch of low-life Trump co-conspirators who got together at the BLT restaurant in his DC hotel.

https://themoscowproject.org/dispatc...ion/index.html

Thanks, much appreciated!

That article was very informative and definitely help filled in a few blanks w/r to Mr. Parnas testimony.

I do like your apt "BLT" description though, "...is a bunch of low-life Trump[sters] co-conspirators..." . Very apropos, even if was unintentional!

[EihTooms]

Muller Report
Anybody here remember the Muller Report? Anybody here that actually read it, or only the fake synopsis by Trump Attorney General and Trump.

Protector at that time, William Barr, who has since denounced him? And much of the report was redacted. Yeah, Muller made weak responses to congress, but the report published was comprehensive and did NOT exonerate Trump, as Muller has said.

Of course, the world will never forget it.

It was another not so puzzling instance where whatever DOJ or Congress is in session at the time it is decided a Repub should be appointed Special Council to investigate another Repub.

But, oh don't worry about any possible favoritism, downplaying or bias in that. Just to show you how fairly "Bothsider" the entire system is, they will ALSO assign a Repub to investigate any Dem suspected of wrongdoing.

Lolololol. Rigged in favor of Repubs much?

Well, anyway, try as he might not too, Repub Mueller still found and cited at least 10 criminally indictable acts committed by Trump with the qualifier that he wasn't going to indict Trump for those obvious crimes because, you know, another Repub administration DOJ once upon a time scratched out a memo in crayon that a sitting potus should not be indicted for a crime.

So he strongly suggested Congress set about its duty to Impeach him for those crimes and then let The Law proceed with indictments of him after he gets his ass put out of the White House.

That was way way way back in olden times when Team Trump and the Repub Majority Leader in the Senate understood and bluntly stated that a former potus could and should absolutely be indicted for crimes he committed as potus. Ancient history in the minds of the MAGA now, if you can call whatever they have in their skulls minds.

LOL. I remember the immediate victory lap Trump took when his Repub AG Barr lied his ass off about what the Mueller Report actually reported, basking in the glow of "he found no Collusion"! Uh. Mueller clearly stated he wasn't even looking for "collusion" exactly since there is no law against it anyway. But, of course, it was Team Trump's deep and intense collusion with Russia that made it impossible for the FBI to ignore it and avoid investigating it without being accused of utter dereliction of their duty to protect the American people from a probable Russian Asset and virulent America-hating Insurrectionist sitting right there in The Oval Office a tiny percentage of the time and at his failed golf resorts the rest of the time.

And, clearly, they were 100% on the right track about that.

[Beijing4987]

Anybody here remember the Muller Report? Anybody here that actually read it, or only the fake synopsis by Trump Attorney General and Trump.

Protector at that time, William Barr, who has since denounced him? And much of the report was redacted. Yeah, Muller made weak responses to congress, but the report published was comprehensive and did NOT exonerate Trump, as Muller has said.