Glenn Kirschner – Absurd claim by Trump’s attorney that Trump only “technically” violated the Constitution
The Lincoln Project – Us vs. Trump
Democracy Now – “It’s a Way of Reparations”: Why Henrietta Lacks Settlement Matters for Bioethics & Racial Justice
The Ring of Fire – Trump’s Defense Strategy Could Result In A Very Quick Conviction
Shelter Cat Works At A Museum Now (Let it run all the way to see Indy’s full name)
Beau – Let’s talk about the Wisconsin Supreme Court….
Yesterday, the forecast predicted snow after 8:00 pm. Not unexpected in April ( or even in May), but for most of last week snow had been in the prediction for yesterday, and then for a couple of days it wasn’t predicted, and them it came back at the last minute. Also, within 6 days – next Monday – we’re supposed to expect a high of 80°F. Again, not entirely unexpected in April. As a person who grew up on the San Francisco Peninsula, the weather here continues to surprise me. One of the reasons I wanted to live in Colorado was that I wanted to experience four seasons. I just didn’t expect them to be all in the same week.
Last night NBC projected
Cartoon – 05 veto RTL + Passover
Short Takes –
Axios – Trump pleads not guilty to 34 counts in hush-money case
Quote – Former President Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree in a Manhattan criminal court related to 2016 hush money payments…. The historic indictment of the only president to be impeached twice has unified the Republican Party around him. Nearly every Republican in elected office has defended Trump and decried the indictment as politically motivated — with only a few prominent GOP defectors…. While that message is playing well with GOP voters, a new CNN poll indicates that 60% of Americans approve of the indictment.
Click through for more information. Here it is – the story we’ve all been waiting for – and now we can take a deep breath and start waiting for the next thing – whatever that may be. There are many possibilities.
Mother Jones – This Race Could Decide the Fate of Democracy in Wisconsin—and the 2024 Election
Quote – [I]f Daniel Kelly, a former conservative justice who criticized Hagedorn as “supremely unreliable” and was defeated by a liberal justice in April 2020, had still been on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Trump’s effort to overturn the election in Wisconsin likely would have succeeded, plunging the state and the nation into a constitutional crisis. Now Kelly is running again for his old job against Janet Protasiewicz, a progressive judge in Milwaukee County[.]
Click through for details. I’ve written about this before. Yesterday was the day. Robert Reich and Mary Trump also weighed in (with similar views.)
Food For Thought
Glenn Kirschner – EVEN MORE classified documents found in Trump’s office, & these docs had been uploaded to the cloud!
Thom Hartmann – Did Far Right Turn Religion Into Authoritarian Cult?
Politics Girl – Wanna Save Democracy? (Yes, the primary is over now – Janet Protasiewicz won the open primary, and that’s good. But she won with a plurality, not a majority, and now we need to win the general. As far as I can gather from what I have found about the candidates, Wisconsin could really use its own Stacey Abrams right now.)
Parody Project – Parody of Mac the Knife about Jack Smith Special Prosecutor
My deer are getting high on Nitrous Oxide (NOS–laughing gas). Watch them lose their minds!
Beau – Let’s talk about Larry Hogan and the GOP….
Glenn – J6 hearing testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson presents both “smoking gun” and “loaded gun” evidence
Meidas Touch – BREAKING NEWS: Sources confirm Trump lunged in SUV at wheel on Jan 6th to go to Capitol (I never doubted it for an instant.)
MSNBC – In Wisconsin, A Portrait Of America’s Broken Democracy
CNN – Law professor who taught Merrick Garland predicts he will indict Trump
Farron Balanced – Ted Cruz Flips Out After Sesame Street’s Elmo Gets A COVID Vaccine
Beau – Let’s talk about people wanting more people….