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The Final Four
Author: BobR
Date: 10/12/2022 13:16:01
It's 4 weeks until the midterm elections, and 2 years since TFG was booted from office. The effects of his 4 years in office, and contentious departure are still reverberating today. The Dumpster Fire is capitalizing on his own notoriety, holding rallies, while the consequences of his crimes continue to creep up on him. Yes, the arc of justice is long, and in this case seems to be extra-long, as we wait for some sort of punishing legal action to occur.
As expected, he's managed to get some lawyer to push his "Special Master" case to the SCOTUS, as yet another instance of his favorite delaying tactic. The DOJ hasn't yet agreed to hear the case, and the DOJ is arguing they shouldn't bother:
Meanwhile, at one of his latest rallies, he tried the "yeah but what about..." defense, and it hasn't gone well:
I'd say "oops", but you know his fervent followers don't care, and won't believe anything the "librul media" says.
Meanwhile, the Jan 06 committee will hold its final public hearing tomorrow night. They will be trying to tie up the loose ends with some new evidence, showing just how complicit TFG was:
Hopefully, all of this will give voters pause, especially those in the middle/undecided camp. Is this what they want from their elected officials? This is who the GOP is now, as one can easily discern by the slate of MAGA candidates on ballots across the country. Here's hoping we choose clear-headed, intelligence over fear and loathing.
As expected, he's managed to get some lawyer to push his "Special Master" case to the SCOTUS, as yet another instance of his favorite delaying tactic. The DOJ hasn't yet agreed to hear the case, and the DOJ is arguing they shouldn't bother:
The DOJ said in their latest filing that Trump "has no plausible claims of ownership or privilege in the documents bearing classification markings" and said that he has never represented in court that he declassified any of the documents -- "much less supported such a representation with competent evidence."
[...]
"Most notably, applicant has not even attempted to explain how he is irreparably injured by the court of appeals' partial stay, which simply prevents disclosure of the documents bearing classification markings in the special-master review during the pendency of the government's expedited appeal," the DOJ's Tuesday filing stated.
The department said Trump "has no basis to demand special master review" of any classified documents.
Meanwhile, at one of his latest rallies, he tried the "yeah but what about..." defense, and it hasn't gone well:
Trump, who is accused of illegally stashing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, claimed at a rally that the elder Bush “took millions of documents to a former bowling alley and a former Chinese restaurant where they combined them. So they’re in a bowling alley slash Chinese restaurant.”
“They put them together,” Trump said, per The Daily Beast. “And it had a broken front door and broken windows. Other than that, it was quite secure.”
[...]
What is Trump talking about? In the 1990s, the National Archives and Records Administration rented space at a former bowling alley and adjacent restaurant in College Station, Texas, to curate old documents for a planned Bush library at Texas A&M University, The Independent reports.
CNN’s Daniel Dale hit Trump with a heavy fact-check, noting that the facility was secure and Bush didn’t take the documents there himself ? NARA did.
I'd say "oops", but you know his fervent followers don't care, and won't believe anything the "librul media" says.
Meanwhile, the Jan 06 committee will hold its final public hearing tomorrow night. They will be trying to tie up the loose ends with some new evidence, showing just how complicit TFG was:
The probably final public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to highlight newly obtained Secret Service records showing how President Donald Trump was repeatedly alerted to brewing violence that day, and he still sought to stoke the conflict, according to three people briefed on the records.
The committee plans to share in Thursday’s hearing new video footage and internal Secret Service emails that appear to corroborate parts of the most startling inside accounts of that day, said the people briefed, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal records
Hopefully, all of this will give voters pause, especially those in the middle/undecided camp. Is this what they want from their elected officials? This is who the GOP is now, as one can easily discern by the slate of MAGA candidates on ballots across the country. Here's hoping we choose clear-headed, intelligence over fear and loathing.
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Comment by 
Scoopster on 10/12/2022 14:26:22
Scoopster on 10/12/2022 14:26:22
Mornin' all.. 
Comment by Scoopster on 10/12/2022 17:27:30
Scoopster on 10/12/2022 17:27:30
Justice Thomas: "Let's say I was a Prince fan. Which I was in the 80's"
— Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) October 12, 2022
Justice Kagan: "No longer?"
Comment by Scoopster on 10/12/2022 17:28:01
Where are all the peoples today?!
Scoopster on 10/12/2022 17:28:01
Where are all the peoples today?!
Comment by 
BobR on 10/12/2022 18:52:33
oh hey - I was out running some errands.
It's a lovely day to be outside here in the DMV
BobR on 10/12/2022 18:52:33
Quote by Scoopster:
oh hey - I was out running some errands.
It's a lovely day to be outside here in the DMV
Comment by 
Raine on 10/12/2022 19:21:14
sorry!
Been a strange day.
Raine on 10/12/2022 19:21:14
Quote by Scoopster:
Been a strange day.
Comment by Raine on 10/12/2022 19:24:29
Raine on 10/12/2022 19:24:29
TFG has some things to do next Wednesday:
Former President Donald Trump will have to answer questions under oath next week in a defamation lawsuit lodged by a writer who says he raped her in the mid-1990s, a judge ruled Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected a request by Trump's lawyers that the planned testimony be delayed. The deposition is now scheduled for Oct. 19.
Comment by Raine on 10/12/2022 19:43:51
Raine on 10/12/2022 19:43:51
HOLEE CRAP, they are reading the awards from the Sandy Hook family lawsuit.
I think we are at a half billion dollars so far.
I think we are at a half billion dollars so far.
Comment by Raine on 10/12/2022 20:08:25
Raine on 10/12/2022 20:08:25
965 Million dollars
Alex Jones is pretty much done. Even after the appeal, I don't see how he comes back.
Alex Jones is pretty much done. Even after the appeal, I don't see how he comes back.