And just to add to that in Bush v Gore they issued a stay on counting the ballots on December 7, had oral arguments on December 11, and issued their ruling on December 12.
Now we have to wait until April to hear Trump's absurd objection that he is immune to all prosecution that the lower court unanimously overturned.
We are not heading to a good place. People should be lighting fire to the Supreme Court over this decision. Nothing but blatant corruption to cover up an insurrection.
We're fucked. We know big money can buy big judges.
Might want to apply for SS now if you can so you can collect while the agency is still functioning. And make all those costly doctor appointments now in case Medicare / Obamacare is quickly privatized.
Have an emergency stash of various currencies, update the old passport, and start a small international import/export business so that you have a "legitimate" reason for leaving the Country after November.
Invest in surveillance-related companies if you must participate in the economy. They have a great future.
Never hurts to be camouflaged, so stock up on the red and white clothing, too.
Learn some rudimentary Russian and/or Chinese, especially the words "Great Leader."
Thankfully DeadCo has normalized deadheadness and weed is corporate, so that probably won't be a reason for sending you off to a detention camp, but that Phil Lesh guy was always a well-known subversive troublemaker, so you might want to unsubscribe to this website.
A year ago, when Mr. Trump was charged criminally for the first time, in Manhattan, and then, over the course of the next five months, was indicted three more times — in Florida, Washington and Georgia — it seemed as if he would spend much of 2024 in front of a jury. Now, however, if events break his way, he could go to trial only once before the election in November.
In that case, a state judge in Manhattan set a start date of March 25 for the former president’s trial on charges of arranging hush-money payments to a porn star in an effort to avert a scandal on the eve of the 2016 election.
And on Friday, a federal judge in Florida is set to hold a hearing to reset the clock on Mr. Trump’s other federal trial — the one in which he stands accused of mishandling dozens of classified documents after he left office. That trial was scheduled to start in May, but now may or may not take place before Election Day.
The Georgia case is also mired in pretrial clashes that have cast doubt on when, or even whether, it will proceed.
We're fucked. We know big money can buy big judges<<<
We are f'd!
Not sure if it's all about money. I suspect both money and koolaid fully compromise Thomas, and perhaps Alito as well, but 'm not as sure about the others ... although wouldn't be surprised if there are skeletons in their closets that could be used as extortion.
But even 2/9 might be enough for the rest of the non-liberal wing to be sucked into an unconscious vortex of denial that prompts them to overcompensate by intentionally seeking to be "above the fray" and pretending it's all business as usual with nothing-to-see-here regarding the slow-motion emergency that is unfolding.
More sinister possibility: there's been a series of threats by Putin's operatives / proxies that have targeted the 1-2 beyond Thomas and Alito to fold.
Leonard Leo, Federalist Society co-chairman and board member of Opus Dei's Catholic Information Center, facilitated the appointment of Supreme Court justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
christofascism is the plan
legislating through the courts is how they're gonna do it
I think it is about the money. I think the billionaire class is terrified they will have to pay for the debt we ran up during Covid and for the coming Social Security and Medicare shortfalls. It's really not much as a percentage of GDP but that is how they roll, and that is who SCOTUS hangs out with. They think all the rest of the stuff with Trump is manageable and it doesn't effect them, but they have no problem risking burning the place down to save a few percentage points of their wealth that they and the next three generations can't spend.
We just went to see this documentary at a local theater. It's worth your time (25 minutes) to watch it. It's free on you tube. It was made by a guy raised in the evangelical movement but curious about how it all went sideways and how religion went political / MAGA.
“Spiritual Warriors: Decoding Christian Nationalism at the Capitol Riot” ---- is a 25-minute documentary on Christian Nationalism and its role in the Capitol Riot, as well as the continuing threat it poses to our pluralistic democracy.
Video footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot shows a myriad of religious symbols and actions. Why do you have groups of Christians, as a riot is going on just yards away from them, singing praise and worship music? Why are people blowing shofars? Why are people speaking in tongues as tear-gas grenades detonate all around them?
In this new documentary based on three years of research, ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor describes the central role the New Apostolic Reformation, a relatively new charismatic Christian movement, played in instigating the Capitol riot. The NAR continues to be a force in American politics and will wield considerable influence going into the 2024 election.
Once the Proud Boy types are deputized into the National Guard with the promise of big guns and uniforms -- and they are allowed and encouraged to pull over and detain certain people -- we can easily revert to a total police state.
Add loyalty oaths and 24 hr surveillance and license plate readers and facial recognition and big data and AI in the mix, don't be surprised when a drone follows your car back from the concert and you wake up in a "camp."
"I don’t want to say the mainstream media is covering up Trump’s cognitive disability, but they certainly aren’t covering it like the 5-alarm fire it is."
Biden's age aside, and the current frustration about Gaza, do we think that Trump has GAINED any new moderate-independent voters compared to where he was in 2020? It's an honest question. Has Trump gained more voters since then?
I don't think so, I think Trump has lost voters. What we see now in the primaries means nothing for November. The primaries are where all the koolaid drinkers show up for their Orangutan. Polls might show Trump ahead of Biden, some polls anyway, but I see that changing later this year. Obviously we need to make sure everyone who opposes Trump gets themselves out there to VOTE. Vote vote vote vote vote.
It seems like the media wants to paint a picture that more voters will support Trump as a way of congratulating him for escaping justice. I think that's a bullshit front. Let's see how people react when the NY state case seizes his property because he can't pay his fine later this month.
Anyway, it's going to come down to us, voting. These fuckers want us to give up on elections and think that elections are an unnecessary and outdated pain in the ass. Nope. Elections is what we do, and what we must do. Vote.
As always it's going to come down to a few states. Biden will win the popular vote but will he win it in enough of those states. Right now I say doubtful. The founding fathers made a huge mistake with the electoral college. They were trying to level the playing field but instead it became a big fuck you to majority rules.
~63% of eligible Americans are registered to vote, and ~66% of them voted in the last presidential election... that leaves a lot of non voters out there!
Trump is just a loser in so many ways. The only election he won was because the FBI director comes out one week before the election and basically calls Hillary Clinton a crook. Trump squeaked by in that one but certainly hasn't won anything since and his coattails have proved to be negative coattails. He hasn't added any new voters for himself; just keeps driving people away. The press loves to hype the "horse race" of the presidential election. Don't buy the hype. Biden will smoke his ass again.
To say i'm disappointed in our court system would be an understatement, but Trump will still stand trail in all these cases. We will get to see what juries think. Looks like most of these trails are going to end up being after Trump losses the election. That is a travesty, but we really need to keep Democrats in the Presidency to get the SCOTUS back on track. This Democracy is a long game and it is far from over. Don't fall for all the Trump hype, guy is the biggest loser of his generation.
The Right has developed concrete plans to make America into a much nastier place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal order. That’s what is on the ballot in November
What would a second Trump presidency look like? What happens if the Reactionary Right returns to power?
Over the past few months, different factions on the Right have presented detailed plans for what they want to do the next time they get back to the White House. Among them, “Project 2025,” launched in April 2022 under the leadership of the Heritage Foundation, stands out because it unites much of the conservative movement and the machine of think tanks as well as activist and lobbying groups behind the goal of installing a more effective, more ruthless rightwing regime.
Like many leaders of the reactionary right—Mike Johnson, Mike Davis, Stephen Miller, and so on—the currentheadoftheHeritageFoundation has a dull, forgettable name: KevinRoberts. He has a winsome smile, a doctorate in U.S. history, a background in academia, and a well-earned reputation as a nice guy. Who could have imagined that this bright, friendly Gen Xer would be leading a Christian conservative counter-reformation—a crusade to end American democracy?
Didn't know that Calvin Ball was written into the constitution. What a fucking joke.
SCOTUS ruled today that only Congress can disqualify the President under the 14th Amendment, but that isn't what they said in way back when in 2006
"only Congress can enforce the 14th Amendment, States get nothing." Last time Congress did that, with the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006, the Supreme Court told them in Shelby County v Holder "no, you can't do that, States have rights.
The problem isn't the presidential elections, it's all your local representatives senators council aldermen judges sheriffs school boards etc... that's where the movements need to happen. You say go vote it's more important now than ever but really it's always important, not just when we have a candidate we don't like
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cultivate kindness
Or we're busy celebrating the
Or we're busy celebrating the end of Mitch McConnell's leadership of the GOP Senate.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
I just can't believe how
I just can't believe how fucking corrupt this court is. Not numb yet.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: gypsy tailwind
writing was on the wall
mitch made this all happen
and announces he's resigning leadership
mic drop
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
Mitch would rather step down
Mitch would rather step down than deal with the fallout of the election. That ought to be a warning sign for everyone
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
And just to add to that in
And just to add to that in Bush v Gore they issued a stay on counting the ballots on December 7, had oral arguments on December 11, and issued their ruling on December 12.
Now we have to wait until April to hear Trump's absurd objection that he is immune to all prosecution that the lower court unanimously overturned.
We are not heading to a good place. People should be lighting fire to the Supreme Court over this decision. Nothing but blatant corruption to cover up an insurrection.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Woz
The corruption is insane.
The corruption is insane. Heard the Colorado ballot case 45 days after filed. Jack Smith filed the immunity request 138 days ago......
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i agree with Mary Trump. Sad
i agree with Mary Trump. Sad day in this country.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
We're fucked. We know big
We're fucked. We know big money can buy big judges.
Might want to apply for SS now if you can so you can collect while the agency is still functioning. And make all those costly doctor appointments now in case Medicare / Obamacare is quickly privatized.
Have an emergency stash of various currencies, update the old passport, and start a small international import/export business so that you have a "legitimate" reason for leaving the Country after November.
Invest in surveillance-related companies if you must participate in the economy. They have a great future.
Never hurts to be camouflaged, so stock up on the red and white clothing, too.
Learn some rudimentary Russian and/or Chinese, especially the words "Great Leader."
Thankfully DeadCo has normalized deadheadness and weed is corporate, so that probably won't be a reason for sending you off to a detention camp, but that Phil Lesh guy was always a well-known subversive troublemaker, so you might want to unsubscribe to this website.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Strangha
No need to delay until April.
No need to delay until April. That's bullshit. Sad day.
^ El Nino and Woz make excellent points on timing.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Dave
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Dave
A year ago, when Mr. Trump
A year ago, when Mr. Trump was charged criminally for the first time, in Manhattan, and then, over the course of the next five months, was indicted three more times — in Florida, Washington and Georgia — it seemed as if he would spend much of 2024 in front of a jury. Now, however, if events break his way, he could go to trial only once before the election in November.
In that case, a state judge in Manhattan set a start date of March 25 for the former president’s trial on charges of arranging hush-money payments to a porn star in an effort to avert a scandal on the eve of the 2016 election.
And on Friday, a federal judge in Florida is set to hold a hearing to reset the clock on Mr. Trump’s other federal trial — the one in which he stands accused of mishandling dozens of classified documents after he left office. That trial was scheduled to start in May, but now may or may not take place before Election Day.
The Georgia case is also mired in pretrial clashes that have cast doubt on when, or even whether, it will proceed.
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I'm telling ya, get ready for
I'm telling ya, get ready for DJT47... not routing for it and won't be voting for it but I'll be I'll be surprised if it's not the case
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: That’s Nancy with the laughin’ face
Well, with Presidential
Well, with Presidential immunity, Joe could order an assassination.
and while that would be a terrible thing to do,it would be far worse for Trump to become dictator.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: 19.5 Degrees
We're fucked. We know big
We're fucked. We know big money can buy big judges<<<
We are f'd!
Not sure if it's all about money. I suspect both money and koolaid fully compromise Thomas, and perhaps Alito as well, but 'm not as sure about the others ... although wouldn't be surprised if there are skeletons in their closets that could be used as extortion.
But even 2/9 might be enough for the rest of the non-liberal wing to be sucked into an unconscious vortex of denial that prompts them to overcompensate by intentionally seeking to be "above the fray" and pretending it's all business as usual with nothing-to-see-here regarding the slow-motion emergency that is unfolding.
More sinister possibility: there's been a series of threats by Putin's operatives / proxies that have targeted the 1-2 beyond Thomas and Alito to fold.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: gypsy tailwind
Leonard Leo, Federalist
Leonard Leo, Federalist Society co-chairman and board member of Opus Dei's Catholic Information Center, facilitated the appointment of Supreme Court justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.
christofascism is the plan
legislating through the courts is how they're gonna do it
theocracy ruled by a dictator
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
American-style Taliban ruled
American-style Taliban ruled by an oligarchy.
I'm sorry kids....
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
good luck with enforcement.
good luck with enforcement.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
I think it is about the money
I think it is about the money. I think the billionaire class is terrified they will have to pay for the debt we ran up during Covid and for the coming Social Security and Medicare shortfalls. It's really not much as a percentage of GDP but that is how they roll, and that is who SCOTUS hangs out with. They think all the rest of the stuff with Trump is manageable and it doesn't effect them, but they have no problem risking burning the place down to save a few percentage points of their wealth that they and the next three generations can't spend.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
We just went to see this
We just went to see this documentary at a local theater. It's worth your time (25 minutes) to watch it. It's free on you tube. It was made by a guy raised in the evangelical movement but curious about how it all went sideways and how religion went political / MAGA.
“Spiritual Warriors: Decoding Christian Nationalism at the Capitol Riot” ---- is a 25-minute documentary on Christian Nationalism and its role in the Capitol Riot, as well as the continuing threat it poses to our pluralistic democracy.
https://youtu.be/0Ev0P92-fqs
Video footage from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot shows a myriad of religious symbols and actions. Why do you have groups of Christians, as a riot is going on just yards away from them, singing praise and worship music? Why are people blowing shofars? Why are people speaking in tongues as tear-gas grenades detonate all around them?
In this new documentary based on three years of research, ICJS Protestant Scholar Matthew D. Taylor describes the central role the New Apostolic Reformation, a relatively new charismatic Christian movement, played in instigating the Capitol riot. The NAR continues to be a force in American politics and will wield considerable influence going into the 2024 election.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
Like the Super Bowl, you can
Like the Super Bowl, you can't see the strings, but they are there. The jokes on all of us
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
>good luck with enforcement.<
>good luck with enforcement.<
Once the Proud Boy types are deputized into the National Guard with the promise of big guns and uniforms -- and they are allowed and encouraged to pull over and detain certain people -- we can easily revert to a total police state.
Add loyalty oaths and 24 hr surveillance and license plate readers and facial recognition and big data and AI in the mix, don't be surprised when a drone follows your car back from the concert and you wake up in a "camp."
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: gypsy tailwind
>> I think this is about the
>> I think this is about the money...... <<
I think you maybe thinking waaay too small
sustaining the billionaire status quo is a big duh
this is way bigger
billionaires want to act as oligarchs, they need an autocrat in order to achieve that
christofascism is already in place in the courts
so now they're all working together to achieve their ultimate goal, power and control
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
i mean, try to be realistic
i mean, try to be realistic here. i also DO think they are a threat. but what are they going to do? jail or kill 25% of the entire population?
who's gonna mow your lawn?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MarkD
Glad I'm not 50 yrs younger.
Glad I'm not 50 yrs younger.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: gypsy tailwind
they've literally said they
they've literally said they'll jail perceived political enemies, journalists, dissidents etc...
they've stated they will inact the insurrection act of 1807, deploy the us military against citizens to suppress protests
or perceived civil disorder
dude said he would be a dictator on day 1
my question is why wouldn't he?
internment camps, Muslim bans
shit goes on and on...
well documented if you want to know
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: pride of cupertino
This is not yet the time for
This is not yet the time for people to give up and say this is a done deal. We need to vote.
If the vote is stolen, then we have a problem. Right now Trump is praying that enough people won't bother to vote.
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It's not a done deal, but make no mistake, it's exactly what's in motion
after the latest scotus fuckery stall tactic for trump
courts aren't gonna save us, we gotta do it
vote against every maga all the way down the ballot to dog catcher
again, here's their plan if you care to know
https://www.project2025.org/
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: joy
I don’t want to say the
"I don’t want to say the mainstream media is covering up Trump’s cognitive disability, but they certainly aren’t covering it like the 5-alarm fire it is."
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: pride of cupertino
Biden's age aside, and the
Biden's age aside, and the current frustration about Gaza, do we think that Trump has GAINED any new moderate-independent voters compared to where he was in 2020? It's an honest question. Has Trump gained more voters since then?
I don't think so, I think Trump has lost voters. What we see now in the primaries means nothing for November. The primaries are where all the koolaid drinkers show up for their Orangutan. Polls might show Trump ahead of Biden, some polls anyway, but I see that changing later this year. Obviously we need to make sure everyone who opposes Trump gets themselves out there to VOTE. Vote vote vote vote vote.
It seems like the media wants to paint a picture that more voters will support Trump as a way of congratulating him for escaping justice. I think that's a bullshit front. Let's see how people react when the NY state case seizes his property because he can't pay his fine later this month.
Anyway, it's going to come down to us, voting. These fuckers want us to give up on elections and think that elections are an unnecessary and outdated pain in the ass. Nope. Elections is what we do, and what we must do. Vote.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: BlackPeter
king Trump VIII
king Trump VIII
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: BlackPeter
X
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Bob
As always it's going to come
As always it's going to come down to a few states. Biden will win the popular vote but will he win it in enough of those states. Right now I say doubtful. The founding fathers made a huge mistake with the electoral college. They were trying to level the playing field but instead it became a big fuck you to majority rules.
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It's all about getting people out to vote!
~63% of eligible Americans are registered to vote, and ~66% of them voted in the last presidential election... that leaves a lot of non voters out there!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: billionyearoldcarbon
Trump is just a loser in so
Trump is just a loser in so many ways. The only election he won was because the FBI director comes out one week before the election and basically calls Hillary Clinton a crook. Trump squeaked by in that one but certainly hasn't won anything since and his coattails have proved to be negative coattails. He hasn't added any new voters for himself; just keeps driving people away. The press loves to hype the "horse race" of the presidential election. Don't buy the hype. Biden will smoke his ass again.
To say i'm disappointed in our court system would be an understatement, but Trump will still stand trail in all these cases. We will get to see what juries think. Looks like most of these trails are going to end up being after Trump losses the election. That is a travesty, but we really need to keep Democrats in the Presidency to get the SCOTUS back on track. This Democracy is a long game and it is far from over. Don't fall for all the Trump hype, guy is the biggest loser of his generation.
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Speaking of tRump; (his love
Speaking of tRump; (his love for Pootin)
https://www.facebook.com/reel/715072180608839
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Druba
More ripping on rump;
More ripping on rump;
https://www.facebook.com/reel/672251368312964
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What “Project 2025” Would Do
What “Project 2025” Would Do to America
The Right has developed concrete plans to make America into a much nastier place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal order. That’s what is on the ballot in November
What would a second Trump presidency look like? What happens if the Reactionary Right returns to power?
Over the past few months, different factions on the Right have presented detailed plans for what they want to do the next time they get back to the White House. Among them, “Project 2025,” launched in April 2022 under the leadership of the Heritage Foundation, stands out because it unites much of the conservative movement and the machine of think tanks as well as activist and lobbying groups behind the goal of installing a more effective, more ruthless rightwing regime.
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-project-2025-would-do-to-america
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The “Cowboy Catholic”
The “Cowboy Catholic”
Like many leaders of the reactionary right—Mike Johnson, Mike Davis, Stephen Miller, and so on—the current head of the Heritage Foundation has a dull, forgettable name: Kevin Roberts. He has a winsome smile, a doctorate in U.S. history, a background in academia, and a well-earned reputation as a nice guy. Who could have imagined that this bright, friendly Gen Xer would be leading a Christian conservative counter-reformation—a crusade to end American democracy?
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/project-2025-the-cowboy-catholic
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: El Nino
Didn't know that Calvin Ball
Didn't know that Calvin Ball was written into the constitution. What a fucking joke.
SCOTUS ruled today that only Congress can disqualify the President under the 14th Amendment, but that isn't what they said in way back when in 2006
"only Congress can enforce the 14th Amendment, States get nothing." Last time Congress did that, with the Voting Rights Act renewal in 2006, the Supreme Court told them in Shelby County v Holder "no, you can't do that, States have rights.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: (~)};)StealYourFace
don't count on the courts or
don't count on the courts or DOJ, or a jury of our peers to save us
gotta vote folks.
(before they completely take that right away)
Good luck America and Thanks for all the Phish...
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: fishcane
The problem isn't the
The problem isn't the presidential elections, it's all your local representatives senators council aldermen judges sheriffs school boards etc... that's where the movements need to happen. You say go vote it's more important now than ever but really it's always important, not just when we have a candidate we don't like