Glenn Kirschner – Even Trump’s own appointee, Judge Cannon, is now ruling against him. Can it get much worse for Trump
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – September 12, 2023
PoliticsGirl – Georgia Indictment
Thom Hartmann – Can This Really Stop The Billionaires? w/ Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Little Old Man Dog Was Shaking Like A Leaf Until…
Beau – Let’s talk about a tale of 3 impeachments….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump continues spewing his jury-pool-poisoning lies. When will prosecutors & judges limit his lies?
Thom Hartmann – If the GOP obstructs…the Dems Plan To Inflict Maximum Political Pain
MSNBC – Velshi: Donald Trump’s ‘banana republic’
Scared Ketchup – The Trump Show Ep 14 PROMO w/cohost MTG (AI PARODY)
Couple brings home a blind pup. Then came the surprise.
Beau – Let’s talk about Wisconsin and the GOP not getting the answer they wanted….
Glenn Kirschner – More & more defendants are pointing the finger at Trump, & the flipping WILL begin accelerating
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party – September 5, 2023
MSNBC – Trump tells Republicans to impeach Biden or ‘fade into oblivion’
Patrick Fitzgerald – The Donald Called Down To Georgia –
Hungry Cat Went to a Store with a Leaf to Buy Fish, Then the Seller Did Something Unbelievable! (hanky alert)
Beau – Let’s talk about the Treasury report and you….
Glenn Kirschner – Judge orders that Donald Trump’s Georgia state RICO trial will be televised
The Lincoln Project – Electile Dysfunction
The Ring of Fire – Trump’s Legal Team Gets Scolded Before Judge Rules Against Them
Parody Project – Not You, Ron-Ron – A Parody
Woman Finds Stray Mama Cat And Kittens Outside Her Office
Beau – Let’s talk about impeachment in Wisconsin….
Well, yesterday, they did it. The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions (but you can bet any important body part you can think of that this applies to any selection process. If not now, it will.) In the interest of avoiding profanity, I’ll stop there. In other news … New York City’s “Free Shakespeare in the Park” is doing “Hamlet” this year. FSitP has never shied away from using the dynamincs of race, and this year is no exception. Hamlet and his relatives are all black – Polonis and his family, white or mixed. They decided not to show the ghost of Hamlet’s father, but instead to represent him by his voice through loudspeakers (which also obscure the direction from which his voice is coming – making it seem to come from anywhere and everywhere. Visual projections add to the effect.) The voice actor is not seen, nor credited. But Daily Beast reveals that the actor is in fact Samuel L. Jackson. Wow. PBS Great Performances featured their “Much Ado” a few years ago. I surely hope they pick this one up.
Cartoon – 30 KBJ RTL
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HuffPost – In Speech On Bidenomics, Biden Tries To Turn The Page On Reagan (And Every President Since)
Quote – Biden embraced the insult the Wall Street Journal Opinion page gave to his economic plans — Bidenomics. “I did not come up with the name,” Biden noted. But he would now embrace it to tout what the White House sees as significant economic achievements and a new vision of economic policy for the country. He denounce[d] the old supply-side economics that have dominated American policy-making since Ronald Reagan put them in place in 1981. But then Biden explained how his policies actually mark a break with this economic model — and while he didn’t say it, how they break with the policies of both Obama and Bill Clinton.
Click through for story. The speech is attracting a lot of attention, as it should. Enough attention? Not yet really possible to tell.
Daily Beast – Inside the Dem Playbook to Stymie GOP Impeachment Efforts
Quote – Lefty groups like the Congressional Integrity Project and Facts First USA were first formed in 2020 and are doing much of the heavy lifting for the White House, as Biden and his staff attempt to stay out of the political fray—at least publicly. “The impeachment efforts are not legitimate,” said David Brock, a longtime Democratic operative who launched Facts First USA. “They’re basically 100 percent driven by the idea that the Republicans believe that the impeachment of Trump hurt him politically. So the fact that they have the power to do it, they’re gonna do it, whether they have the facts on their side or not.” Brock, who was famously a right-wing reporter in the 1990s before converting to the Democratic side, said he’d seen this as a long time coming—a sort of slow onramp of Republican ire against the Biden administration that he only expects to grow ahead of next year’s elections.
Click through for details. I find this reassuring – and unexpected, though i should have expected it. Joe thinks of everything.
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Glenn Kirschner – Donald Trump goes out for ice cream while the folks he told to attack the US Capitol go to prison
PoliticsGirl – Why Less Tax is Actually More Tax
Farron Balanced – Kevin McCarthy Goes Absolutely Nuts When Reporter Asks About George Santos
Robert Reich – The One Thing That Would Make Elections Better For Everyone
This Cat’s Obsessed With One Movie
Beau – Let’s talk about Biden’s impeachment and the GOP Senate….
Glenn Kirschner – Federal judge REFUSES to hold Trump and his team in contempt. Here’s why the judge was right
The Lincoln Project – Gold Medal Ceremony
Ring of Fire – A Fight Is Brewing Between House And Senate Republicans Over Biden Impeachment
Brent Terhune – They’re Trying To Distract Us
Woman Finds Stray Mama Cat And Kittens Outside Her Office
Beau – Let’s talk about running the country like a business…. (I’ve been saying this for decades, but not NEARLY so well. And notice how the Socratic method really brings this home.)
Yesterday, I got an update from Axios that there are now Federal charges against David DePape (he had already been charged at the state level). This does not constitute double jeopardy because federal and state are separate “sovereigns.” This is a good sign. Also Faithful America (you mem remember they recently put up a web page against false peophets) now has a new page – 20 Resources to Resist Christian Nationalism. And, I’m sorry to say, even if we win the midterms in landslides, we are going to need every oone of those 20. Well, at least I gor=t confirmed to see Virgil this Sunday. I really like having the confirmation early.
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Civil Discourse – In Praise of the Federal Judiciary
Quote – Judge Berman Jackson unflinchingly defined who the good guys are and who the bad guys are. That’s a line that has become blurred in public discourse as the former president and his supporters make claims about the people who overran the Capitol and engaged in violence that range from calling them tourists to insisting they were patriots exercising their rights. But today Mr. Head heard the truth from the bench about Officer Fanone, and it’s important for all of us to hear it too: “[Fanone] was protecting the very essence of democracy, the peaceful transfer of power after a democratic election. He was protecting America. That’s who Officer Fanone was. That’s what Officer Fanone was doing. You made choices over and over again to go after him and not disengage.”
Click through for essay. Judge Berman Jackson is, sadly, not the entire Federal Judiciary (if only they were all at least as good as she), but she is certainly a fine representative of it. Her name has come up repeatedly this year, and always for something praiseworthy.
Project on Government Oversight – Study Shows POGO’s Oversight Trainings Increase Congressional Capacity
Quote – Designed for veterans and beginners alike, our monthly seminars feature lessons from some of the most accomplished current and former congressional oversight experts and practitioners, and provide opportunities for congressional staff to ask questions in an off-the-record environment. Although seminars are generally targeted toward committee staff, much of the information shared during these seminars is also helpful to staff in personal offices in their investigations. These nonpartisan training sessions are open to Hill staff regardless of party, chamber, or position, and we also welcome staffers from the Government Accountability Office and Congressional Research Service. These seminars feature current and former members of Congress or congressional staffers from both parties, and we do our best to get panelists from both the House and Senate.
Click through for article. POGO is justifiably proud of their training program(s). It’s too bad that, if the GOP takes over, it will probably have to be scrapped.
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