DL Open Thread Wednesday March 30 2022
The Seven Hour Gap! THE SEVEN HOUR GAP, PEOPLE!! Why is it that the media can only understand a story if it includes an easy to grasp handle? Trump worked for months to overturn the election. There is copious evidence of that. He stood in front of a crowd of loons and declared it. But, now we have the SEVEN HOURS, so now they can cover it.
Sandy Hook families reject Alex Jones too little too late settlement offer. He is deeply sorry for his bullshit and offered $125,000 per family involved in the litigation. They rightly said – fuck off.
Garland has no fight in him, but here you go…
January 6 Panel Holds Navarro and Scavino in Contempt Then Politely Requests That Merrick Garland Do His Job and Arrest Them
The committee probing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously Monday night to hold former Trump advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for stonewalling the investigation.
The committee made their case that Navarro, former President Donald Trump’s trade adviser, and Scavino, a White House communications aide under Trump, have been uncooperative in the congressional probe into the 2021 insurrection and are therefore in contempt.
Trump is enjoying a de facto blanket pardon, which also seems to be covering Clarence Thomas. Trump complains the deep state is out to get him, but I think the deep state is extremely reluctant to prosecute any former president.
Oh, the reluctant-to-prosecute umbrella is much bigger than that. That South Dakota AG actually got away with killing a man through negligent driving, and South Dakota AG seems more than a couple of notches below former president.
Fun fact a committee of the SD on Monday voted to NOT recomend impeachment on a party line vote!
https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-reps-recommend-jason-ravnsborg-attorney-general-who-killed-joe-boever-not-be-impeached
Why is it that the media can only understand a story if it includes an easy to grasp handle?
Because busy and/or not-so-bright describes more than half the population, including most media executives.
Susan Collins will vote for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. First R to announce support.
I do not trust Susan Collins as far as I can throw her.
Same here. Wondering whether she’s just giving Sinema cover to vote No.
One reason Sinema might cite for voting No is because Jackson has no Republican support. So Collins may actually be giving Sinema cover to vote Yes. But who the hell knows what those two flakes will end up doing.