Glenn Kirschner – Trump’s Mar-a-Lago IT director gets out from under a MAGA lawyer, gets a new lawyer & flips on Trump
The Lincoln Project – JV
Farron Balanced – Mental Health Expert Warns That Trump’s Mental State Poses Grave Threat To Country
Rocky Mountain Mike – Midday Jail In Georgia – featuring Mary in Ann Arbor
Kitten Brothers Knock Over Every Water Glass In Their House
Beau – Let’s talk about Trump’s internet problems…..
Yesterday, I had not watched the debate, so I read about it some, and was very glad I had not tried to watch it. I can give you a link to Wonkette’s sassy and NSFW liveblog, but seriously, reactions to it are all over the net, and easy to find. Also from Wonkette, its newsletter contained a link to a different site (called “Atlas Obscura”), specifically to an article about Eleanor Roosevelt including some facts which today are certainly little known. Anyone who like me admired the heck out of Mrs. Roosevelt from the first day I heard about her will be interested. I warn you that it’s a site which is easy to fall into and get lost for days. I mean that as a compliment. Also yesterday, Trump** fired Drew Findling, a name you may remember from Monday’s Open Thread. Gee, I wonder why /s.
Cartoon – 25 0825Cartoon.jpg
Short Takes –
New evidence bolsters downwinders’ claims as efforts to expand RECA advance in Congress
New Mexico Political Report – New evidence bolsters downwinders’ claims as efforts to expand RECA advance in Congress
Quote – Radioactive fallout from the Trinity Test site covered virtually all of New Mexico and reached as far away as Canada, according to new evidence. But the people who lived closest to the site, and have suffered the health consequences such as cancer, have not received any compensation from the federal government. The new evidence, along with new efforts to help residents of Missouri impacted by radioactive waste, may help New Mexico downwinders finally receive the compensation.
Click through for article. Almost 80 years and an opera and a few movies later, we are still dealng with the Trinity Project. (Of course, all those Republicans in office didn’t help a bit.)
https://otter.ai/u/R6n5K0u9-LkZMVFX_bT4XCbhUwk
Steve Schmidt – Tucker and Donald – a Dangerous Duo
Quote – The other travesty that took place last night was the bizarre interview between Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson. Here, I talk about why their message is so dangerous.
Click through direct to transcript. Steve is mostly posting videos now, and my link is not to his Substack page, but the transcript site. If you want, you can listen while you read, and the site wll conveniently highlight each word as it’s said. But you don’t have to. You can just read it. It’s not long.
Food For Thought
Yesterday, I started looking at cartoons for September. You may remember that when I took over, I went back 8 years (to 2013 at the time) intending tto reuse as many cartoons as possible made by TC and if one was out of date, or there wasn’t one, to make one. Now it is 2023 so I am up to 2015, and next month is September. There are cartoons for the first and the second (both usable.) That was when TC slipped into a coma which resulted in the loss of his left leg below the knee. So. In the past couple of years, I have made 8 or 10 historical cartoons for dates in September. That leaves a bunch to be filled in. I have been through the historical calendar and picked out some events – there was one day when there really was nothing, so I will be using one with no particular date which I made recently just because I thought of it for that day. If while making them I decide that the event I selected is not really that interesting, I will do some filling in with undated images I have made using the Bayeux app, and if necessary, from memes I have put together which have no particular date but are still applicable. I will need to frame those (I have already framed the Bayeux ones) but that’s much faster than starting from scratch. So it will be interesting. Benedict Arnold and William Wallace ate likely to turn up as well as Mary Queen of Scots. Maybe Karl Marx. We shall see. Also yesterday, I solve the New Yorker Name Drop on the second clue. That would not have happened had I not, when it was newly out, watched every minute of Ken Burns’s multi-part documentary on country music. That man can keep one spellbound for hours about a topic in which one has no interest otherwise.
Cartoon –
Short Takes –
Politico “Morning Money” – SCROLL DOWN to “What’s Biden’s Superman story?”
Quote – “Imagine a Superman movie where all Superman does is fly around Metropolis and never fights anybody,” [Adam Green] said. “That’s such a boring movie. If you want to position yourself as a hero, you have to have a villain in the story.”
Click through for a pretty short but definitely pointed article, which it took me an hour to find because of Politico’s linking system. Democrats don’t like demonizing anyone or even anything but Green is right. We have to find something – probably a policy rathr than a person or a group – or some behavior – because, while I am very happy woth “boring,” it’s a really tough sell.
HuffPost – Many Americans Still Wrongly Think Guns Make Us Safer
Quote – Though the poll found that percentages of Americans who believe that false claims are “definitely” true is small, the portion who think they are “probably” true is substantial. Overall, between half and three-quarters of the country belong to what KFF CEO Drew Altman called the “muddled middle,” saying that the false claims were “probably” either true or false. Perhaps most striking of the poll’s findings is the incorrect belief, held by many Americans, that guns make them safer.
Click through for discouraging story. These beliefs are mostly based on gut feelings, which are the hardest beliefs to change. They are impervious to facts and science. I’ve had a few of my own, and you probably have too.
Food For Thought
Glenn Kirschner – Judge FINALLY imposes gag order on Trump in his Georgia RICO case
The Ring of Fire – Trump Lawyers Beg Judge Cannon To Punish Jack Smith For ‘Derailing’ Trump’s Campaign
Robert Reich – It’s Time to Roast Starbucks
Liberal Redneck – Trump, Fani Willis, and Georgia (more after the commercial)
Sisters Rescue A Kitten At The Indy 500
Beau – Let’s talk about blended wing aircraft and dads….
Glenn Kirschner – Donald Trump posts that he’s fighting “7” cases? Are more state indictments on the way?
Thom Hartmann – Trump’s Most Dangerous Crimes You Don’t Know About…!
Joe Biden – Fought Back
Farron Balanced – Trump Lawyer Yells At Fox Host For Not Loving Trump Enough
Tiny Dogs Who Were Chained Up Insist On Getting Adopted Together
Beau – Let’s talk about government shutdowns, continuing resolutions, and more….
Yesterday, I was able to keep up with Hilary, but I had to hunt for it. I may be misremembering, but it seems to me we don’t have to search for news on hurricanes and tropical storms in The South – instead it’s challenging to avoid updates. That may have something to do with “If it bleeds, it leads,” since there are few or no fatalities from Hilary. And that has to do both with the storm losing power and also with the measures taken by governments to prepare. I did find a WaPo article which i was able to see and read, I assume because it’s been so long since I have tried that its server forgot me. The overall impression was “Major cleanup, but lives spared.” Incidentally, thee’s another storm in the Gulf heading for Texas.
Cartoon –
Short Takes –
PolitiZoom – Poll Shows MAGAs Trust Trump More Than Their Own Mother
Quote – However bizarre, it’s true. A recent CBS News/YouGov poll show that Trump voters aka MAGAs, trust their Mango Messiah above family, church leaders and other conservative figures — and by no small margin, we want you to know. By a considerable margin. He may be Trumpty Dumpty to you and me but to them he is the God of their understanding. Take a look and try not to let your jaw hit the laptop, those keyboards are hard…. They may trust Ben Shapiro or Franklin Graham or Mom or brother to some extent but not like they trust Trumpty. Yes, it is enough to make you sick.
Click through for article. I’ve always thought that all humor is based on some kind of incongruity – and this is so incongruous that it ought to be hysterical – but it isn’t (at not least in the humorous sense.) When my mom was alive, there were people I might have tructed more than I did her on some particular topics – quantum physics, for instance – but not on “common sense” matters. Incidentally, it gets stranger the farther you read, and the trend continues into the comments.
Axios – Trump’s bail set at $200,000 in Georgia 2020 election case
Quote – Former President Trump’s bail has been set at $200,000 in the Fulton County prosecution over his alleged efforts to subvert 2020 election results in Georgia.,,,
Monday’s court filing, signed by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Trump’s lawyers, also includes strict conditions on witness intimidation.
“The defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice,” per the court filing.
“The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media,” the order adds.
Click through for likely even more details than I had. Of course he will post the bail., and of course he will violate tha conditions. And that will be when it gets intresting.
Food For Thought
[I think Glenn means “in to” rather than “into” – and hope that gives you a chuckle. It did me.]
Glenn Kirschner – Trump to turn himself into GA authorities. Here’s how DA Fani Willis CAN give Trump a speedy trial.
PoliticsGirl – This Must Stop
VoteVets – AWOL
Armageddon Update – Year Of The Weasel!
Tiny Stray Kitten Follows Guy Home And Never Leaves
Beau – Let’s talk about Santos, fundraising, and another indictment….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump supporter arrested for threatening judge presiding over Trump’s DC trial for elections crimes
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – August 15, 2023
The Ring of Fire – Trump’s Rivals Refuse To Call Out His Biggest Weakness
Trae Crowder for ATTN – The South is So Gay
Kitten Shows Up On Couple’s Boat And Stays Forever
Beau – Let’s talk about Hawaii and theories….