Glenn Kirschner – The 3 most incriminating witnesses in new Trump indictment? Meadows, Pence and …. Trump himself!
The Lincoln Project – Unintelligent Life
MSNBC – ‘Fearless’: The judge Trump will face in Jan. 6 criminal coup trial
The Ring of Fire – Biden’s Biggest Election Threat Isn’t Trump It Is Voters Not Showing Up
Great Dane Finds a New Grandma On Hiking Trail
Beau – Let’s talk about Biden, complaints, and jobs….
Yesterday (actually Wednesday, but Heather Cox Richardson’s letters don’t arrive until after midnight), Richardson came up with an explanation why the military were slow to respond on January 6 which makes sense. Readers’ Digest version, they had gotten wind of Trump**’s considering using the Insurrection Act and were not sure whose side they’d be on – and didn’t want to be on the wrong side. I don’t know whether that’s original to her or whether it’s floating around. But it does make sense. The military were (quite reasonably) concerned about what Trump** might do, and at that point it wasn’t as widely known as it is now who was in on it. Also this week, our national credit rating was downgraded by Fitch Ratings Inc. (I never heard of them either, but I don’t run in those circles.) This is only the second time in history our credit rating has been downgradeed, the first being in 2011 by Standard & Poor. Both downgrades happened shortly after a fight in Congress over the debt ceiling – in other words, both were caused by Republicans in Congress – but both also happened during Democratic Presidencies. In 2012 Obama was reelected anyway. We’ll hope that the IQ of the American public has not degraded so much in the intervening 12 years as to hurt Joe’s reelection. Also yesterday, Colorado Public Radio reported that Colorado’s troll population has doubled. But not to worry. They’re talking about statues. Oh yeah, and Donald J. Trump** was arraigned. But you knew that.
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HuffPost Politics – The Republicans Still Defending Trump Would Be Totally Fine With This
Quote – Now, none of this is actually possible because Democrats, including Biden, and a small group of Republicans voted in 2022 to reform the Electoral Count Act to prevent the submission of phony elector slates and specify the vice president’s role as solely ceremonial. Most Republicans, however, opposed this reform. And in defending Trump today, they seem to think that it would be legal and fine for Biden to pressure elected officials to change vote totals, organize phony electors and for Harris to unilaterally steal the election for Biden.
Click through for logical conclusion. Not that we haven’t all figured it out already. But it’s well thought out all the way, and well said.
WDRB dot com (tip fro Crooks & Liars) – Kentucky woman convicted of mailing threats, racial slurs to neighbors sentenced by judge
Quote – The woman who mailed violent, racists threats to her neighbors in Lake Forest will spend nine years in prison for it. The case has been ongoing for about three years. According to court documents, Suzanne Craft sent a series of threatening letters to a family in the Lake Forrest neighborhood after being ordered to stay away from them. This happened between November and December 2020, prosecutors said.
Click through for details. Appears she has reached the “Find Out” part. I wonder whether nine years will be enough.
Food For Thought
Somewhere Glenn missed another day … but I see no need to apologize for this presentation.
Talking Feds – Trump INDICTED in BIGGEST CASE IN US HISTORY
The Lincoln Project – Frenzy
Thom Hartmann – Will Climate Change Turn The Day After Tomorrow Into A Documentary?
Robert Reich – 5 Crises Republicans Made up to Distract You
Dog Waits By Door For 2 Weeks To Meet This Cat
Beau – Let’s talk about Mitch McConnell and the future….
Glenn Kirschner – New indictment shows criminal cover-up: Trump co-conspirator says “boss” wants “servers deleted”
The Lincoln Project – Barbie Freakout
Long, but it’s Lawrence – and he has lots to say.
MSNBC – Lawrence: We now know who the star witness in the Trump docs case will be
Farron Balanced – Jack Smith Just Flipped A Crucial Trump Ally
This Cleftie Kitten Is A Teeny-Tiny Superhero
Beau – Let’s talk about the imagery and legacy of Jan 6….
Glenn Kirschner – Rudy Giuliani admits in court filing that HE LIED about GA election workers Shaye Moss & Ruby Freeman
The Lincoln project is so hot just now that some of them will have to take their time to get posted)
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – July 25, 2023
VoteVets – Travel Ban
Farron Balanced – Ted Cruz Picked A Fight With Barbie And Lost
Tiny Kitten Becomes An Adventure Cat Like His Brother
Beau – Let’s talk about the Senate and NATO….
Yesterday, I won’t say I overslept, becuse that implies I was planning to get up at a certain time, and I wasn’t. But I did sleep for a long time. I’m sure I needed it. But I did wake up in time to get ready for, and take in, a grocery order (which was rather a disappointment. But I did get everything I was actually out of, so at least I have time on my side.) Incidentally, I was also very late getting the Video Thread up – I had scheduled it for a day late and had to correct that, and I was late in discovering it. Sorry about that.
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The Daily Beast – Inside the DeSantis Doc That Showtime Didn’t Want You to See
Quote – The Daily Beast has obtained a transcript of that unaired documentary, “The Guantanamo Candidate,” which was anchored by Seb Walker, a longtime correspondent for the Emmy-winning newsmagazine. Among a number of insights into DeSantis’ past, the transcript features interviews with former prisoners and a former Naval staff sergeant-turned-Gitmo whistleblower who overlapped with DeSantis. All three allege inhumane treatment at the hands of the U.S. government, with the detainees directly implicating DeSantis—at the time, a junior-level military legal adviser—in approving and overseeing brutal measures…. Showtime’s decision to muzzle a report critical of a high-profile conservative politician also epitomizes the complaints that conservative politicians—including DeSantis—have habitually brayed in their crusade against so-called liberal “cancel culture.”
Click through for story. I can’t say I’m surprised that DeSaster didn’t want this to come out. Showtime – well, their defense woulf likely be the truth of the shade, but I can just see wanting to avoid an expensive lawsuit (especially since Republican candidates at all levels seem to be mostly deadbeats.) Of course VICE is not happy … but VICE is also apparently bankrupt.
Democratic Underground (quoted in full from Facebook, with permission) – Dear Jason Aldean – Father Nathan Monk
Quote – When I moved back to Tennessee a couple of years ago, I decided to stop by the corner store near my house to introduce myself to the neighbors. The lady working there was very friendly, and a guy was sitting in a rocking chair, going back and forth. It was country as hell, and I loved it. She starts to whisper in the way that Southern folks do when they are about to spill the sweet tea. She looks back and forth and then says, “Now, there is someone who lives on your street I wanna talk to you about. Now, sometimes, they dress as a man, but other times they dress as a woman…” I start to get nervous about what she will say next, but I bite my tongue and wait. “…well, you just better be okay with that. Because they are a nice fella and a sweet lady.”
Click through for full article, which is heartwarming. I’m not sure it’s even necessary to know what Nathan is responding to, but Jason Aldean (I don’t know for sure, but that’s probably him in the green T-shirt in the FFT) released a country song “Don’t Try That in a Small Town” (his “small town” is purely a majority white small town in the 1930’s or so) and it’s getting a lot of blowback. This is just one – but I think an outstanding one.
Food For Thought
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….
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….