45th President Of The United States, Donald Trump (Vol. 14)

[KaraK]

Byker28i said:

More calls coming for Justice Alito to recuse himself from anything to do with trump or insurrection cases.

Spoiler Alert! He won't. From his point of view why would he? He may or may not like trump specifically but a trump presidency gives him best conditions to carry out his own agenda. He's ticked Roe v Wade off the list but there's still Obergefell to go after (for a start).

[Byker28i]

KaraK said:

Byker28i said:

More calls coming for Justice Alito to recuse himself from anything to do with trump or insurrection cases.

Spoiler Alert! He won't. From his point of view why would he? He may or may not like trump specifically but a trump presidency gives him best conditions to carry out his own agenda. He's ticked Roe v Wade off the list but there's still Obergefell to go after (for a start).

You're right, but these people like to do their work anonymously until it's too late. The more they can be exposed, the more pressure put on them, the better

[Byker28i]

Quite a shocking report on how trump treats his female workers, how workers were harrassed when making complaints.

As seen in the Daniels hush money case, it was keep the allegations quiet at any costs, in trump workers case, with NDA's threats and at times huge financial counter claims in court, designed to break the people down and drop the cases. Pretty much his standard MO

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bully/

[KaraK]

Byker28i said:

KaraK said:

Byker28i said:

More calls coming for Justice Alito to recuse himself from anything to do with trump or insurrection cases.

Spoiler Alert! He won't. From his point of view why would he? He may or may not like trump specifically but a trump presidency gives him best conditions to carry out his own agenda. He's ticked Roe v Wade off the list but there's still Obergefell to go after (for a start).

You're right, but these people like to do their work anonymously until it's too late. The more they can be exposed, the more pressure put on them, the better

One thing I have to give to Alito is that at least he's open about who he is. It just so happens that "who he is" is a nasty piece of work.

While I agree that it's better than nothing to report on the repeated examples of stuff like this I've got what I feel are realistic expectations about the outcome - i.e. that nothing will actually happen. SCOTUS Justices are defacto unremovable - there's been what one impeachment in the 200 years of the court? (and IIRC that was unsuccessful) Their tenure is lifetime with a notional "good behaviour" caveat but they're the ones who mark their own behaviour and have resisted all efforts to change that.

[Matt Harper]

James Langford votes against the immigration bill he created, but it's not a cult....

[Mortarboard]

The GOP is slowly but surely eating itself.

M.

[KaraK]

Mortarboard said:

The GOP is slowly but surely eating itself.

M.

Doesn't mean they'll go away though - based on the existence of people like Boebert, Gaetz and Marge it appears when the poop comes out the other end it just takes its' seat in Congress and the cycle begins anew.

[off_again]

Byker28i said:

Quite a shocking report on how trump treats his female workers, how workers were harrassed when making complaints.

As seen in the Daniels hush money case, it was keep the allegations quiet at any costs, in trump workers case, with NDA's threats and at times huge financial counter claims in court, designed to break the people down and drop the cases. Pretty much his standard MO

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bully/

Of course this was going to be the case. Trump has to exist in a bubble and everyone outside of this is an enemy.

But he's well known as a bully and non-payer of his bills for years. Quite why anyone would want to work with or for him is beyond me:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elect...

[InformationSuperHighway]

LordLoveLength said:

paulguitar said:

LordLoveLength said:

You just know, with the levels of competence shown by his inner circle, and their age profiles, that much ‘deleted’ evidence on phones and PCs will have been recovered along with call logs, texts etc.

I’m sure digital forensic teams have recovered a mountain of evidence yet to be unsealed….

Very possible.

But this won't come out before the election, and the appalling truth is that he will probably win.

It won’t get to trial before the election granted, but some damaging bits could be unsealed hopefully…

Based on what we already know about him, I don't believe there is anything that is damaging enough for some folks.

"I could shoot someone in the head on 5th ave and people would still love me" or whatever he said.

[Voldemort]

[Voldemort]

[Byker28i]

George Conway has paid for and put up a billboard between magalardo and Doral that reads: 'Vote For Joe Not The Psycho.'
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-mocked-psych...


https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/179363476160...

[Byker28i]

Fake electors who tried to reverse trump's 2020 defeat in three swing states are poised to serve as electors again:

Republican activists in Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico who are nearly all under criminal indictment for casting electoral votes for Trump despite his loss, are set to reprise their roles this year, raising serious questions about what they might do if trump again loses their states.

It's all in the open now - anything allowed to let the GOP win
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/23...

[Byker28i]

Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Richard Blumenthal have introduced the No Foreign Emoluments Without Congressional Consent Act, which would enforce the Constitution's explicit language banning foreign emoluments by prohibiting the President, Vice President, Cabinet officials, Members of Congress, and other senior federal officials from accepting payments from foreign governments — including through business transactions — without first obtaining the consent of Congress.

The President and other officials would be prohibited from accepting foreign payments without Congressional approval during the entire time they are in office and for two years after leaving office.

https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-re...

[Byker28i]

KaraK said:

Byker28i said:

KaraK said:

Byker28i said:

More calls coming for Justice Alito to recuse himself from anything to do with trump or insurrection cases.

Spoiler Alert! He won't. From his point of view why would he? He may or may not like trump specifically but a trump presidency gives him best conditions to carry out his own agenda. He's ticked Roe v Wade off the list but there's still Obergefell to go after (for a start).

You're right, but these people like to do their work anonymously until it's too late. The more they can be exposed, the more pressure put on them, the better

One thing I have to give to Alito is that at least he's open about who he is. It just so happens that "who he is" is a nasty piece of work.

While I agree that it's better than nothing to report on the repeated examples of stuff like this I've got what I feel are realistic expectations about the outcome - i.e. that nothing will actually happen. SCOTUS Justices are defacto unremovable - there's been what one impeachment in the 200 years of the court? (and IIRC that was unsuccessful) Their tenure is lifetime with a notional "good behaviour" caveat but they're the ones who mark their own behaviour and have resisted all efforts to change that.

Alito is still working hard for trump/GOP as are trumps appointees

The Supreme Court's decision in Alexander v. SC NAACP. By a 6–3 vote, the majority REVERSES a district court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander. Alito writes; all three liberals dissent.

In a solo concurrence, Clarence Thomas declares his belief that racial gerrymandering claims should be deemed non-justiciable political questions, permanently prohibiting federal courts from scrutinizing allegedly racist redistricting.

Justice Kagan writes that Alito has effectively transformed his earlier dissent in Cooper v. Harris into the law now, making it nearly impossible for federal courts to strike down racist gerrymanders.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-807...


Remember there's been at least two redistricting this year because GOP gerrymandered to disadvantage black voters, who mostly vote Dem despite trumps claims

[Byker28i]

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The response from a former russian held contractor, reminding people that trump left him and Paul Whelan to rot in russian jails when he was wrongfully detained
https://twitter.com/trevorrowdyreed/status/1793808...

[Byker28i]

Alina Habba said yessterday that liberals were using a "stupid little catchphrase" that "no one is above the law" to justify the prosecution of trump.

[PomBstard]

Byker28i said:

It's all in the open now - anything allowed to let the GOP win
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/23...

And it’s this that I just don’t understand. Trump and co have all said what they’re going to do, and none of it is related to actually governing or making coherent policy, so what does the Trump Voter actually think they’re getting? Is it really just the fact that he’s Not The Other Guy??

I know all the acolytes and other hangers on are in it for the money but do all the ordinary Americans who will vote for him really not care about either who he is, what he’s done, or that he doesn’t give a monkeys about anyone else but himself?

Clearly the answer is,”No” but then, why?

[nordboy]

Byker28i said:

Alina Habba said yessterday that liberals were using a "stupid little catchphrase" that "no one is above the law" to justify the prosecution of trump.

I'm stunned that Habba is still on this Trump train (well, not stunned, I don't think she's actually that intelligent). Surely she must realise that at some point Trump will absolutely discard her and she'll end up in court, probably disbarred and will disappear into oblivion? Even if he does become the next President.

Trump will treat her exactly the same way and the rest of his previous lawyers/ spokespersons. Why any lawyer would want to attach themselves to that is beyond me.

[Bonefish Blues]

nordboy said:

Byker28i said:

Alina Habba said yessterday that liberals were using a "stupid little catchphrase" that "no one is above the law" to justify the prosecution of trump.

I'm stunned that Habba is still on this Trump train (well, not stunned, I don't think she's actually that intelligent). Surely she must realise that at some point Trump will absolutely discard her and she'll end up in court, probably disbarred and will disappear into oblivion? Even if he does become the next President.

Trump will treat her exactly the same way and the rest of his previous lawyers/ spokespersons. Why any lawyer would want to attach themselves to that is beyond me.

Could she get off before she's kicked off though - that's the nature of the beast, I think?