Glenn Kirschner – Trump’s lawyers file brief w/Judge Cannon that includes declassification “sleight of hand”
Meidas Touch – BREAKING: Trump SPOTTED holding SECRETIVE MEETING on Golf Course [on 9/12] After Landing in DC
The Lincoln Project – Right Stuff
Ring of Fire – Trump Doesn’t Want To Pay For Special Master He Demanded
MSNBC – Chief Justice Confused By Questioning SCOTUS’s Legitimacy After Roe Decision
Beau – Let’s talk about security, Trump, and a talking point….
Yesterday, I saw my doctor for my annual visit. I’ve lost a little more weight since last year (some of it in my face, which is annoying, because on my cordless phones the answer/off puttons hit me right at the cheekbone, and now that the cheekbone is closer to the surface, I need to be reeally careful to not accidentally hang up), my blood pressure is the best it’s been in years, and my doctor tells me I look 10-15 years younger than I am. Not that any of that will prevent me from whining from time to time, but it may help cut down on any serious concern.
However, does anyone know anything about SpyKat? My Sunday message was returned with the message that her inbox was full, and I tried twice more (including yesterday) with the same result. The last time she commented or recommended was September 6. I have replied to that last comment hoping Disqus will notify her – although if she’s not checking her inbox, she may not see that either (unless they have a different email address for her.)
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CPR – Clear Creek County deputies shoot and kill man who asked for help after car crash
Quote – After getting stuck on a dirt road in Clear Creek County in June, Christian Glass called 911 for help. Instead, the 22-year-old was killed while locked inside his own car after a long, tense, confusing and chaotic confrontation played out between him and Clear Creek deputies and a handful of other agencies. Video footage was released by his family’s lawyers.
Click through for full story. Apparently the Clear Creek Sheriff’s Office is staffed with equal opportunity [insert epithet here]s. Glass was not a POC.
Daily Kos (David Neiwert) – Tragedy in small Michigan town once again demonstrates how lethal conspiracy theories can be
Quote – Responding officers first spoke with neighbors who had also reported gunfire. As they were doing so, they heard a gunshot from the Lanis’ house next door, and began moving toward it when Igor Lanis emerged from the front door, armed with shotgun. He reportedly fired at them and they fired back, killing him. It was the first time any Walled Lake police officer had ever shot anyone, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said. “I think there was danger to anybody,” Bouchard said. “He had his keys with him so who knows where he was headed. …This is terribly sad on so many levels.”
Click through for full story. There’s also a petition to sign. I note that the sister who was not present refers to QAnon as “demonic.” Some Christians do know where the demons are.
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Glenn Kirschner – DOJ subpoenas Trump henchman Stephen Miller. Is he a target of the grand jury investigation?
Meidas Touch – Every States’ TOP JUDGE warns Supreme Court about DESTRUCTION of Democracy in new filing
The Lincoln Project – Rematch
Farron Balanced – Intelligence Officials Warn Mar A Lago Could Be Crawling With Foreign Spies (another to file under NSSWWYFC)
Armageddon Update | Words Mean Stuff
Beau – Let’s talk about the GOP plan for student debt….
Yesterday, Lindsey Graham introduced a bill in the Senate to ban abortion at the federal level. This irritates me… but it doesn’t alarm me, because if they really wanted to pass it, they would wait until they have a majority in both houses, and some of them think that is going to be soon. This is political theater. And it is more likely to backfire than not. Also I need to give you all an update on James. the amputation has happened (he didn’t say anything about the process, so I’m going with “No news is good news.”) He is already confident that he made the right choice. Now the recovery begins. Incidentally, I have an appointment myself today – just for an annual checkup. Oh, and one other thing – the candidate running against Boebert is Adam Frisch. I’m not hopefull of beating Buck or Lamborn, bothe of whom are well established, but I think Boebert might be beatable. If you check Adam out, let us know what you think.
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Robert Reich – Who will bear the pain?
Quote – Get ready. The war on inflation is about to get ugly…. Who will bear this pain? Not corporate executives. Not Wall Street. Not big investors. Not the upper-middle class. The draftees into the war on inflation will be — already are — lower-wage workers. As the economy cools due to interest rate hikes, they will be first to be fired as the economy plunges and the last to be hired. The Fed is obsessing about a “wage-price” spiral — wage gains pushing up prices — when it should be worried about a profit-price spiral.
Click through for full article. All of this could be avoided if we used a different benchmark for the economy than the stock market. Usng the stock market is a little bit like doctors using the health of peole’s genitals as an indicator of their overall health. Not really representative.
AP News – Ken Starr, whose probe led to Clinton impeachment, dies
Quote – Ken Starr, a former federal appellate judge and a prominent attorney whose criminal investigation of Bill Clinton led to the president’s impeachment and put Starr at the center of one of the country’s most polarizing debates of the 1990s, has died at age 76, his family said Tuesday. Starr died at a hospital Tuesday of complications from surgery, according to his former colleague, attorney Mark Lanier. He said Starr had been hospitalized in an intensive care unit in Houston for about four months.
Click through for full obit. Please don’t dance in the streets. It’s tacky. And if you have any Republican neighbors you could be putting yourself in harm’s way.
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Glenn Kirschner – New criminal investigation: this one of Trump’s Save America PAC. Yet still no indictments
Meidas Touch – BREAKING: Trump STOOGES Stephen Miller and Brian Jack SUBPOENAED by DOJ for Jan 6
Ring of Fire – 195 Election Deniers Are On The Ballot This November
Robert Reich – The Truth About “Quiet Quitting”
Ojeda Live – Steve Bannon in Handcuffs!
Beau – Let’s talk about Memphis and how it can change….
Yesterday, I added a video to the video thread after it had already published, because the breaking news in it appeared to me to be significant at lease. It was regarding an unplanned trip to DC made by Trump, in his jet, oddly dressed, with no publicity. The trip was late Sunday afternoon, and as of late Monday afternoon, there was still no word about it from the Trump** camp. The way Trump** broadcasts all of his movements down to the tiniest detail, the absence of publicity alone suggests that, whatever the trip was for, it must have been for some reason that was bad news for Trump**. And bad news for him is good news for us. That and one other thing inspired me so that I finished the September cartoons. (The other thing that cheered me was what Nameless posted about.)
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Salon – Biden’s speech worked: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans agree MAGA is a threat to democracy
Quote – President Joe Biden gave a speech… [which] led to a great deal of media worrying about whether Biden’s speech was “divisive” or could backfire by recasting the fight to save democracy in “partisan” terms. There was reason to be worried. Americans tend to distrust politicians, viewing their public proclamations as political noise better dismissed than taken seriously. But in this case, it appears Biden’s choice to give the speech worked to focus voter attention on the very real threat to democracy posed by Trump and the MAGA movement.
Click through – Of course he wasn’t going to reach active MAGA pushers, and eventually we shall have to deal with them. For now, the important thing is to get ALL non-MAGAs aware of the clear and present danger it reppresents.
CPR News – 4 things we learned from the first-ever release of data that shows how Colorado DAs prosecute cases
Quote – Eight district attorneys across the state — some representing rural areas, some from suburban districts and two representing Denver and Aurora — voluntarily participated in a year-long data project to shed some light on the secrecy behind prosecutions across the state in hopes of seeing how their offices could improve how they operate. The data, linked on eight different prosecutor websites, reveals some differences in how prosecutors treat white defendants and defendants of color, including Black and Hispanic.
Click through for full story. To me,though the results are predictiable (and not great), the most hopeful thing about this story is that the participants instigated it themselves because that wanted to/thought they should be more transparent. That is hopeful.
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Glenn Kirschner – DOJ appeals Judge Cannon’s ruling in Trump’s theft of classified documents case (Sound is better – still a bit soft, but no echo)
Meidas Touch – Beto RALLY brings FORMER REPUBLICAN to tears in POWERFUL video
The Lincoln Project – DJ Trump
DOJ – This Week at Justice – September 9, 2022
Armageddon Update | The Bourne Stupidly
Beau – Let’s talk about Trump’s nuclear documents….
Added after posting because it is brand new and potentially very important:
Yesterday, I visited Virgil, who returns all greetings. Neither of us had a lot to say, but we enjoyed each others company. The drives down and back were uneventful, and I seem to have finally mastered the difference in what one can and cannot bring in and what one must or need not present between here and all the other facilities. I still have a couple of questions (in my mind) about the dress code, which is visibly more lenient here. But since it’s easy to prepare by the stricter rules, I’ll probably just do that unless a need arises.
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PolitiZoom – Laurence Tribe – Trump Must be Charged with Espionage and Obstruction in Washington D.C.
Quote – National Defense and security forum Just Security along with Philip Lacovara and Dennis Aftergut, reminds us that drumpf’s all-star lineup of corrupt judges in Florida and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, many of who he appointed for the sole purpose of getting him out of hot water when the nation inevitably learned of his crimes, should not be a factor in the DOJ’s prosecution of der Gropinfuhrer for his theft of Nation Security secrets, but that The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the venue with jurisdiction over Washington D.C., where the crime actually occurred, should be where drumpf is indicted and tried.
Click through for full article. It’s not just the judges … it’s also the juries. A fair jury is going to be much easier to seat in D.C. than in Florida.
The Warning – They saved the Capitol and killed the enemy
Quote – The passengers and crew of United 93 were combatants. They represented the greatest virtues of patriotism and sacrifice in a defining moment. They defended their country and should be recognized and decorated accordingly…. There is something called a brevet. It is arcane and no longer in use [JD note – I believe it may still be available for certain battlefield promotions – emergency use, as it were], but has a long tradition in the US military. It should be used again to properly recognize the fierceness, valor and sacrifice of the men and women of United 93 who were the equals of the men who stood their ground at Lexington, Bastogne and Gettysburg. They died as Americans fighting back against a foreign enemy. They huddled, organized, voted and formed an American armed force, and attacked the enemy and killed him. They saved the Capitol of the United States and thousands of lives.
Click through for story and passion. I agree with him. I’m an unpaid subscriber, so usually I get a half or a third of his articles, but this one arrived in full, and appears to be available in full at his site for all, including non-subscribers.
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