Glenn Kirschner – Jordan, Gaetz & others in Congress go after FBI/Chris Wray to help Trump AND to protect themselves
The Lincoln Project – Bidenomics: Inflation Edition
MSNBC – Court orders New York to redraw congressional map
Rep. Porter Plays “JeoparDOD” to Expose Waste at the Pentagon
No One Wanted to be Friends with This Rescue Camel
Beau – Let’s talk about the GOP looking for alternatives to Trump….
Glenn Kirschner – DOJ changes course, will NO LONGER defend Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
Thom Hartmann – New Hate Group Wants To “Liberate” Your Children
MSNBC – Florida suffers consequences of DeSantis political games with public health
Liberal Redneck – Sound of Freedumb
Chonkiest Tomcat Appears In Woman’s Living Room
Beau – Let’s talk about Tuberville and the Marines….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump files a brief telling Judge Cannon to set NO trial date in his federal prosecution in Florida!
The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party July 11, 2023
Farron Balanced – What Happened To Trump Truckers Who Ran Biden Supporters Off The Road? (Aspen has gained weight, but is still grumpy. Haddie, sadly, has passed away.)
Puppet Regime – What’s Vladimir Putin reading these days?
Bird Laughs Like An Evil Villain Chasing Her Family Around The House
Beau – Let’s talk about Michigan GOP infighting….
Glenn Kirschner – Special Counsel Jack Smith investigates Trump’s conspiracy to seize state voting machines
Meidas Touch – Former CIA Director BLASTS Trump in POWERFUL New Ad
MSNBC – U.S. attorney contradicts GOP and IRS whistleblower claims in Hunter Biden case
Armageddon Update – HOT BEE SUMMER!!
Cat Likes Dad More Than Mom
Beau – Let’s talk about Rudy, Trump, and a new direction….
Glenn Kirschner – Trump co-conspirator Walt Nauta finally gets lawyer, pleads not guilty. Is there still time to flip?
The Lincoln Project – Bidenomics is Working
Thom Hartmann – This Sheriff Is Giving YOUR License Plate Info To Extremist Groups & He’s NOT Alone
Robert Reich – We Need Affordable Childcare, Now
Scared Dog Who Approached Rescuers Is The Most Trusting Girl Now
Beau – Let’s talk about SCOTUS not retiring….
Yesterday, I managed to solve the New Yorker’s “Name Drop” on the first clue without even an opera being involved. Succeed or fail, when you get to the answer, the quiz will say something snarky, which today for me was “The world needs more trivia heroes like you.” It got a chuckle out of me. I do have some trivia knwledge, but it’s very specialized, and I am absolutely no “trivia hero.” ALso yesterday I learned – and I’m sorry – from Beau that “Captain Kori”‘s pirate ship has left the dock. If that means nothing to you, you should probably ignore it. But if you do recognize the name and want more information, here it is. I won’t be putting it in the video thread.
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Raw Story (via Archive Today) – Opinion | Neuroscientist sounds the alarm on the right wing, the GOP and the ‘contagious sociopaths’ who live among us
Quote – One cannot talk about contagious sociopathy without considering righteousness – a term describing the phenomenon by which malicious acts – including harming and killing others – are justified as long as the bad actor can consider the ‘victims’ to be an enemy. This is a bedrock of the Trump and MAGA attacks on the Left and any that criticize or oppose them. I have written and said it before and I will do so again: The contagious spread of sociopathy has provided us with potential and actual leaders who embody the worst that humanity has to offer according to moral, legal, religious/spiritual, and societal norms…and they continue to run on this platform.
Click through for full opinion. If you thought thatBandy Lee and Mary L. Trump were sounding “Fire!” at the three-alrm level … how many alarms is this!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – Grand jurors who will consider Trump charges to be selected Tuesday
Quote – Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who oversaw the special purpose grand jury, will preside over Tuesday’s selection of the two grand juries for this term of court. Each panel will have 23 grand jurors, plus three alternates. One panel will meet Mondays and Tuesdays, the other Thursdays and Fridays. Both will work in secret and are expected to decide whether to hand up indictments in hundreds of cases. It is unclear which one will consider the much-anticipated election-meddling case.
Click through for details including procedural details. I appreciate those, since knowing them helps make sense of the process for us on the outside of it.
Food For Thought
Glenn Kirschner – DC Bar committee recommends Rudy be DISBARRED for “destructive” efforts in Trump election challenge
The Lincoln Project – Bidenomics is Working
Thom Hartmann – His Death Squads Killed Thousands Yet He Was Just Nominated For New Commission…WTF?
MSNBC – What to expect from Friday’s first pre-trial conference in Trump classified docs
Hopeful Owl Mom Fosters Two Abandoned Chicks
Beau – Let’s talk about Trump, Obama, Raskin, and McCarthy….
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….