Glenn Kirschner – Chris Christie says Mark Meadows appears to be cooperating with federal prosecutors against Trump
The Lincoln Project – If the Shoe Fits
A lot of crap at this site – but this one could slmost have been made by the Lincoln Project
Tell It like It Is PAC – Trump’s Choice
Puppet Regime – Putin’s moment of truth has come
Bald Dog Turns Into The Fuzziest Teddy Bear
Beau – Let’s talk about a trillion trees and the GOP….
Glenn Kirschner – 8 SEARCH WARRANTS were obtained in investigation of Trump’s documents/obstruction/espionage crimes
The Lincoln Project – #HitlERA
PoliticsGirl – Dear White Women
Parody Project – Pence Man
Summer Campers Find Out They’re Going Home With Rescue Puppies
Beau – Let’s talk about the Michigan elector claims getting strange….
Glenn Kirschner – Has Mark Meadows flipped on Donald Trump? Here’s an important new data point
The Lincoln Project – They Would Be Ashamed of Him
Thom Hartmann – Russia Behind FAKE Hunter Biden Laptop Story? Shocking Revelations Revealed! [File under No s***, Sherlock]
Dog Obsessed With Water Goes to Waterpark (He’s a “yellow labmarine.”)
The Never Again Trump Song [parody of “Harrigan” by George M. Coham]
Beau – Let’s talk about Tupac….
Yesterday, I ran across a story which just tugged at my heartstrings. I expect it will do the same for all who love both animals and justice. I fund it at Democratic Underground,, but the poster provided their original source, and it doesn’t appear to be paywalled, so that’s what I’m linking to.
Cartoon –
Short Takes –
The New Yorker – Finally, the Trump Case We’ve Been Waiting For
Quote – And yet Republicans remain in such thrall to their Orange Jesus—the honorific that Party apostate Liz Cheney so memorably quoted one of his acolytes calling him during last summer’s January 6th hearings—that, with each new legal woe, his prospects of winning the 2024 G.O.P. nomination keep going up. Few if any of these cases are likely to be fully resolved before the start of next year’s Republican primaries. Trump’s campaign is now explicitly a race not just to retake the Oval Office but to save himself from criminal conviction. This convergence of campaign and courtroom is, as the former Republican National Committee counsel Benjamin Ginsberg said this week, “a toxic mix unprecedented in the American experiment.” Something’s gotta give.
Click through for article. I’m skeptical of the theory that additional crimiality increases his electoral chances, but I can’t dismiss it entirely.
Salon – Expert: Jack Smith can use “surprise” statute cited in Trump target letter for “enhanced penalties”
Quote – “The benefits for using Section 241 are three-fold,” Anthony Michael Kreis, a Georgia State University law professor, told Salon. “First, the statute isn’t novel in terms of applying it to election fraud. Second, is that the DOJ can go after the election fraud scheme and tie it to the insurrection for enhanced penalties. Third, the combination of the first two benefits allows Trump to be tried for January 6th without litigating whether his speech before the riots at the Capitol, which would be the basis of a free-standing incitement charge, is protected by the First Amendment.”
Click through for details. Yes, when conspiracy comes in at the door, many of the difficulties of proving direct participation or incitement fly out the window. The Insurrection Act may (may in the sense of “maybe” – IANAL) be able to be used to keephim out of office even if he isn’t directly charged with it, through conspiracy charges.
Food For Thought
Glenn Kirschner – Judge Cannon slow-walks Trump’s Florida trial while Georgia DA Fani Willis goes for the RICO
The Lincoln Project – Abuser
Forbes – Debbie Wasserman Schultz And RFK Jr. Clash When She Confronts Him Over Anti-Semitic Statements {The voice is spasmodic dysphoria]
Robert Reich – How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court
It Took Years To Get This Feral Dog Inside A House
Beau – Let’s talk about more info on Trump’s letter….
Glenn Kirschner – Judge Aileen Cannon sets NO trial date – thus far – in Trump’s documents/obstruction/espionage case
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party July 18, 2023
Robert Reich – Amazon Is up to More Shenanigans
Armageddon Update – NATO You Didn’t!!
Woman Spends Days Trying To Rescue A Tiny Puppy In The Woods
Beau – Let’s talk about two minutes on Fox….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump lavishes praise on Judge Aileen Cannon, hoping she will delay his federal trial in Florida
The Lincoln Project – Marge Endorsement
MSNBC – House GOP adds culture war amendments to defense bill
Bad Lip Reading – “DESANTIS FOR PRESIDENT”
Dog Refuses To Leave His Dad’s Hospital Bed
Beau – Let’s talk about what the White House can learn from the commentators….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump ‘s dangerous posts continue unabated; Jack Smith’s prosecutors now being threatened/harassed
PoliticsGirl – Why You Should Care About Ohio
MSNBC – Justice Kagan shares our crisis of faith in SCOTUS (Long, and I’ll understand not watching. But I found it so moving I didn’t want to pass it by.)
Liberal Redneck – White House Cocaine
Foster Dog Who Couldn’t Walk Decides To Run Up To Her Adopter
Beau – Let’s talk about the funniest veto in history….