Friday July 21, 2023
Well, I have to ask what Trump’s game plan is. It seems to be to get re-elected and then pardon himself. That will work for Federal crimes, but not state. Maybe, he’ll run for governor in each state where he’s under investigation? In the meantime his defense seems to be nothing on the merits except to say, “Witch Hunt,” and “It’s a disgrace,” which are two handy phrases to use for any legal situation.
The other avenue open to him is to find one juror who won’t convict him. Given that some 30% of the population seems to believe his “It’s a disgrace” comments then maybe he can pull it off.
However, he has to pull it off in: Michigan, Georgia, Manhattan, New York, Washington DC, Florida, and possibly Arizona. Those aren’t good odds. Especially, when he’s committed crimes right out in the open with no apologies, and he’s admitted to them.
But he’s got friends in Congress. Mattie Gaetz is on the case. Yup, Mattie-boy is introducing legislation to defund Jack Smith. Way to go!
In other news Jim Jordan has been busy. He got Robert Kennedy Jr. to come in and testify about government crimes or something like that. I guess there wasn’t time to actually bring up any, or was it that there were none to find? Kennedy said he never said that the Covid vaccine was engineered to target blacks and Jews (or was it Covid? I forget.) Then the Dems on the committee played the video of him saying exactly that. He then said that he has never told anyone that they shouldn’t get the vaccine then the Congresswoman from the Virgin Islands read a direct quote where he said that.
Kennedy’s voice was very gravely. It sounded like too much smoking or drugs. Probably drugs as he has been addicted most of his adult life, having been found guilty of heroin possession.
But then we got to the meat of the meeting, and the reason why the Republicans called him in, and now I understand! Hunter’s laptop! I’ve never understood the right’s fascination with, and dwelling on, this subject, but now I do.
See, if we could find his laptop it would reveal things that would make millions and millions of people change their votes for Biden! Ah ha.
It seems to me like the end of The Raiders of The Lost Ark where the Nazis open the Ark of the Covenant and their faces melt off their skulls.
BTW as I think about all the cases against Trump, all the legal cases against him, and all the enablers and sycophants telling him what he wants to hear, I see Pigpen going over the hill in a swarm of depositions, subpoenas, motions, target letters nd grovelers trailing behind with the balloon, “With Hunt” over top.
Moving on. Sheldon Whitehouse at long last got a vote in the Judiciary Committee on his bill to set up ethics standards for the Supreme Court. It passed by one vote, but not before Chuck Grassley and Lindsay Graham had their say.
“It’s an attempt by the Dems to pack the court.”
Whitehouse replied, “The Court is already packed.”
“It will end democracy as we know it” or something like that. What? The comment is so out there that one is gobsmacked, and it’s hard to reply. The bill would give the Supreme Court 180 days (six months) to set up their own ethics committee and if they didn’t, then one would be imposed on them. Hum. Where’s the ending of democracy?
Women’s Soccer tonight at 9pm. Thank God.
Here’s one for you:
U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act. The legislation would create stringent stock trading bans and disclosure requirements for Congress, senior executive branch officials, and their spouses and dependents.
Granted I agree with the bill but what a pair. Then there is the bill to Senate Judiciary Committee advances Supreme Court ethics bill amid scrutiny of justices’ ties to GOP donors
20 hours ago — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance legislation that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of conduct. I heard a Republican screeching that it will never pass. What has this country come to.