Glenn Kirschner – Trump Admits to Georgia Election Crimes; Brookings Institute Publishes Piece on Trump’s GA Crimes
VoteVets – Hurts
Thom Hartmann – The “Businessman‘s Conspiracy” Authoritarian Plot Is Close
RepresentUs – John Oliver on How to Fight Voter Suppression
Robert Reich – Trump & Biden BOTH Use This Law to Prevent Asylum
Mrs. Betty Bowers – “Bringing Integrity To Christian Homemakers” Awards Dinner
Beau – Let’s talk about water in the southwest US….
Yesterday was fairly quiet. I organized my morning meds for the next two weeks (which I should have done Saturday … but that’s why I keep an extra) and I’ll organize the evening meds today (which I should have done Saturday, but that’s why I keep two extras.)
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PoliticusUSA – Sidney Powell Implicates Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise, and Justice Alito In Plot To Overturn The Election
Quote – Sidney Powell is not a reliable narrator, but her point, if true, is that the purpose of the 1/6 attack on the Capitol was to buy time so that Justice Alito could intervene and block the certification of the election.
Click through for actual wording. Isn’t this … interesting. And then there’s this.
Crooks and Liars – Biden White House Won’t Assert Executive Privilege To Help Donald Trump
Quote – This was the greatest threat to our democracy since the Civil War and we need answers. Let’s see where this goes….with the subpoenas flying fast, I suspect we will get our answers about Executive Privilege pretty quickly, especially when they start wanting to talk to Donald Trump and his kids directly.
Click through for what details exist. IANAL, but those who are point out that (a) he can claim executive privilege regarding what happened during his administration, and (b) though he can claim it, it is not automatic, as some things are not subject to it, and that is not his decision to make.
AP News – In redistricting, big say for big cities in DC power balance
Quote – Robust growth in the liberal strongholds of New York and metropolitan Chicago are poised to give Democrats an edge as their political maps are redrawn to adjust for changes in population over the past decade. While both New York and Illinois are losing congressional seats, their urban booms mean the newly drawn districts are likely to favor Democrats, adding to the party’s national total and making up for probable losses elsewhere.
Click through for more information. I certainly hope this analysis is on point. (I have hopes for my state as well, but those are unrelted to this.)
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Glenn Kirschner – House Investigation of 1/6 Insurrection Issues 4 Subpoenas. Here’s an Overview of the Legal Issues
Really American – Richest Americans Pay Under 9% Taxes
Robert Reich – Democrats Have to Make This Choice
Puppet Regime – Angela Merkel’s Farewell Song
Parody Project/Freedom Toast – NO BUSINESS
Beau – Let’s talk about Missouri, a petition, and critical thought….
Glenn Kirschner – Evidence Against Bannon for Seditious Conspiracy Mounts, Superseding Indictments Coming Per Wray
Meidas Touch – John Heilemann DESTROYS Republicans who sold their soul for Trump
Really American – Republicans Try And Block Voting Rights
politicsrus – Debt Ceiling HD
Rocky Mountain Mike – Hidden Valley DNA
Cat Welcomes Home Soldier (awesome)
Beau – Let’s talk about our man in Haiti, Daniel Foote…. EXACTLY!
Bonus Glenn Kirschner on Stephanie Miller
The Lincoln Project – Last Week In The Republican Party
Meidas Touch – “A F**king Moron”: Eichenwald SLAMS ‘sociopath’ Tucker Carlson for anti-vax show. Kurt Eichenwald is a brilliant and passionate writer. He is also an epilectic. I bring this up because it has happened that vile people have targetrd him by tweeting or otherwise sending him strobe light videos which induce seizures. And I so admire his courage that he is still out there swinging.
MSNBC – Surprises At Trump Moneyman Hearing. Some of this we know.
Christo Aivalis – Trump Family Lawyer QUITS ON THEM During Trial
Really American – Vaccinated Tucker Bashes Mandates
Robert Reich – Democrats Have to Make This Choice
Beau – Let’s talk about Biden not following the science….
Glenn Kirschner – More Indictments Coming From NY DA Vance, Per Today’s Hearing in Weisselberg/Trump Org. Court Case
The Lincoln Project – Brian Kemp Laugh Track
politicsrus – Afghanistan Truth HD
RepresentUs – The Freedom to Vote Act Summary and Explanation. This is not the JohnLewis Act – it is the one which originates in the Senate … and therefore has a chance of passing. And it’s likely the best we are going to get. Ask yourself would we be better off with it or without it before picking at what it doesn’t do.
Robert Reich – 10 Years Since Occupy – What Did We Learn?
Armageddon Update – 9-11: We Forgot to Never Forget
Founders Sing – Here They Come Again
Beau – Let’s talk about Biden, mistakes, and the 1950s…. I rest my case (I’m blue in the face from repeating it myself, though nit as well as this presentation.)
Yesterday, I listened to the opera on the radio (an even more obscure one than last week) but mostly just got ready for my long day today… and by the time wou read this I was be on the road. Yes, I promise to drive safely.
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Law & Crime – North Carolina Court Issues Permanent Injunction Against State’s Voter ID Law Because of ‘Discriminatory Purpose’ Against Black Residents
Quote – “The majority of this three-judge panel now concludes that the evidence presented to the Court, when viewed in the totality of circumstances, points to the conclusion that S.B. 824 was enacted in part for a discriminatory purpose and would not have been enacted in its current form but for its tendency to discriminate against African American voters,” the court concluded… “[T]his Court permanently enjoins the law in full,” the judges noted.
Click through for details and some background. You may already have seen this good news, but not in this much detai.
Reuters – Amid high security, small pro-Trump crowd rallies at U.S. Capitol
Quote – About 100 to 200 protesters showed up, some carrying the flags of the right-wing group Three Percenters over their shoulders. It was far fewer than the 700 people organizers had expected and the thousands who brought mayhem to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Hundreds of officers patrolled the Capitol grounds and a black eight-foot-high (2.44 m) fence that surrounded the white-domed building for about six months after the attack was reinstalled, reflecting unease about a potential repeat of Jan. 6. One hundred National Guard troops were on standby.
Click through for the story. I assume everyone knows this by now, butI still didn’t think it right to ignore it.
The Guardian – Jared Polis becomes first sitting governor to marry in same-sex wedding
Quote – “The greatest lesson we have learned over the past 18 months is that life as we know it can change in an instant. We are thankful for the health and wellbeing of our family and friends, and the opportunity to celebrate our life together as a married couple,” Polis and Reis said in a joint statement…. Reis told the Colorado Sun that Polis proposed last winter while the couple battled Covid-19 in their Boulder home. Right before Reis was hospitalized, Polis got down on one knee.
Click through for a bit more, including photo. Mazel tov, my governor. Mazel Tov. L’Chaim!
Food for Thought –
Glenn Kirschner – Given the FBI Failures in Both the Kavanaugh & Nassar Investigations, the FBI Needs New Leadership
Represent Us – The Freedom to Vote Act will save our democracy (This is the one originated in the Senate – it’s not as good as the one named after John Lewis, but it’s close, and it has a chance.)
Meidas Touch – OMG! These GOP Comments Will DISGUST You
The Lincoln Project – Governor Freedumb
Ring of Fire – Q Followers Question Their Beliefs After ALL Their Predictions Fail. One swallow doesn’t make a summer … and one Qnut doesn’t make an awakening. But, yes, even one is good news.
Really American – Milley Helped Prevent Nuclear War
Beau – Let’s talk about soft language and sensationalism…. Ah. So this is how he does it. I wish I thought anyone and everyone COULD do it.