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Jan. 6 Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years
This defense – “I’m not a seditionist or terrorist, but was just hanging out with some seditionists and terrorists when sedition and terror broke out.” Reminds me a lot of this classic Onion headline – Why Do All These Homosexuals Keep Sucking My Cock?
Republicans Line Up to Help Big Pharma Protect High Drug Prices
Because every person in America doesn’t hate Republicans yet. ‘Go after it’: GOP strategists say Republicans need to hit Biden on drug pricing As President Joe Biden touts the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price talks, Republicans are searching for their own message that would resonate with voters on the downsides of his signature […]
Trump admits that he has no legitimate legal defense – everything rides on being President again
I think we all knew this, but now it is confirmed.
From a Monday morning New York Times report written by Alan Feuer, “Trump has made no secret in private conversations with his aides of his desire to solve his jumble of legal problems by winning the election. If either of the two federal trials he is confronting is delayed until after the race and Mr. Trump prevails, he could seek to pardon himself after taking office or have his attorney general simply dismiss the matters altogether.
And if he doesn’t win in 432 days he’ll probably submit quietly to the FBI and serve his time.
Related:
Former President Trump told conservative media personality Glenn Beck he would prosecute his political enemies if elected president again.
“You said in 2016, you know, ‘Lock her up,’” Beck reminded Trump of his statements about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016 during an appearance on his BlazeTV show Tuesday. “And then when you became president, you said, ‘We don’t do that in America. That’s just not the right thing to do.’”
“That’s what they’re doing,” Beck continued, asking the former president, “Do you regret not locking her up? And if you’re president again, will you lock people up?”
Trump, who dismissed the various charges he faces in Georgia, New York, Florida and Washington, D.C., said there is “no choice.” “Well, I’ll give you an example… The answer is you have no choice, because they’re doing it to us,” Trump said, adding that he “never hit Biden as hard as I could have.”
“I always had such great respect for the office of the president and the presidency … And then I heard he was trying to indict me, and it was him that was doing it,” he said.
DL Open Thread Wednesday August 30 2023
My prediction: All of the small government conservatives with blown down houses will be yelling about the government not doing enough.
Climate Change Fortified Hurricane Idalia Set to Make Florida Even More Unlivable
The boiling waters of the Gulf of Mexico have added to Idalia’s punch making it a category 4 storm expected to bringing 12 to 16 foot storm surge to a state already suffering under a Ron DeSantis Governorship.
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DEGOP Candidate Recruitment Sputters – Winner of Dem Governor Primary May Run Unopposed
While it is well known that the DEGOP is having problem raising money, Julianne Murray chaired DEGOP is also having significant problems raising candidates. While the DEGOP would typically have a collection of angry crackpots lined up to “take one for the team” and lose in each of the statewide races, this year the party’s cupboards are bare.
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Journalism fails miserably at explaining what is really happening to America
Will Bunch writing at the Philly Inquierer smacks down our failing media and gives a glimps of that newspapers once did very well …America is entering its most important, pivotal year since 1860, and the U.S. media is doing a terrible job explaining what is actually happening. Too many of us — with our highfalutin […]
Last week’s Israel poll results and this week’s poll
On the question of US support for Israel, a large majority of DL lurkers/commenters are Anti-Coonsian to some degree (79%). Whereas the Coonsian approach to Israel policy is to give Israel everything the Likud Party wants, no questions asked. DL lurkers/comments think that Israel is a pariah state that should be cut off OR support […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday August 29 2023
Delaware Superior Court dismisses pastors’ religious freedom lawsuit against Gov. John Carney
Pastors, who claimed COVID-19 lockdowns violated Constitutional rights, will appeal to Delaware Supreme Court
By Joseph EdelenPosted 8/28/23
WILMINGTON — A lawsuit filed against Gov. John Carney that claimed he denied religious freedoms to…
Earlier, as he informed Chutkan that the defense plans to file motions to dismiss for each conspiracy charge in the case as quickly as possible, Lauro argued that the prosecution’s entire case is political and told Chutkan that the defense may allege that the charges were brought in “retaliation” for Trump and his allies’ attacks on and investigations into the President’s son, Hunter Biden.
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Oops…. What are the odds? While I was typing that another campus shooting took place:
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Prof. Muqtedar Khan says:
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Top 10 Things Trump Might Have Done Differently
Our political memories are short, but you may recall that the Biden DOJ was desperate for Trump to just shut his fat mouth and go away quietly. They never would have prosecuted him if he acted even a little but normal. But Trump being Trump, that wasn’t in the cards.
In addition to simply shutting his fat mouth and quietly going away, there is a long list of things Trump could have done to avoid all his legal troubles. This is by no means an exhaustive list:
Trump could have…
- …left secret documents in the White House when he lost the election and stopped being President.
- …returned the secret documents when he was asked for them.
- …not shared secret documents with people at Bedminster golf club
- …not told his staff to obstruct justice.
- …not endorsed a “fake electors plan”
- …not fired up supporters to attack the Capitol.
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DL Open Thread Monday August28 2023
Congrats Libs! You made the Republicans turn into racist murders by being so liberal. Happy Now? All the rightwing nuts and centrist dipshits agree. Conservatives can’t be held responsible for anything because they have no agency. Like babies, all conservatives can do is react to liberals and the media. Vivek Ramaswamy blames the media […]
What are Trump’s real chances of winning?
What does “winng” even mean for Trump? We know it doesn’t mean being found not guilty in court because he isn’t really mounting a conventional legal defense. Winning, at this point, means getting close enough in the Electoral College to push this into some omnibus Supreme Court case that finds that Trump is indeed King. […]
Your Hot Takes on the GOP Shit Show
I’ll start…Far fewer Hunter Biden mentions than I expected.
Vivek helped himself among Republicans by being all fighty. Christie was terrible. Vivek knocked his off his ganme by out yelling him and blinding him with his tooth glare. DeSantis mostly disappeared into the hedges like the Homer Simpson meme and let the others attack Vivek. Haley made some actual points that will be widely ignored. All in all, the Republican Party was revelaed to be pretty awful. Pro-climate change, pro-rapists rights, pro-national abortion ban, anti-decency, and against weaponization of the DOJ unless they occupy the White House.
Handicapping Tonight’s GOP Shitshow
Trump is going to take part in tonight’s debate courtesy of Fox News showing clips of his greatness. That is all you basically need to know about the remaining nobodies in the stage. I’m going to watch as much as I can prior to puking. Here is what I’ll be looking for. Burgum: Who? Next. […]
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