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- I know federal courts don’t typically televise trials, but to punch down conspiracy theories, it would be prudent in the Trump trial. If it won’t, it should at least provide an audio feed. And NatZero should act it out it using sock puppets.
- After a series of subpoenas demanding compliance, a “soft” search of Mar-a-Lago that involved no weapons, and pampering at his arraignment that was done without a mug shot or handcuffs and for which he was allowed to surrender himself, MAGAts still claim Donald Trump is getting unfavorable special treatment.
- Parties that have a feasible agenda don’t try to censure an opposition legislative leader and fine him millions of dollars because he made a cogent, evidence-supported argument that your cult leader leveraged help from Russia to get elected. And Parties with leadership don’t take that shit seriously.
- Jack Smith is likely investigating the handling of classified material throughout the Trump term. If he was as careless with classified info while in office as he was after he lost the election, imagine what the Chinese delegation saw while he and Xi ate beautiful chocolate cake at Mar-a-Lago as he detailed the US military’s capability to strike Syria.
- Democrats need to recruit veterans and former intel officials for House and Senate races in swing districts to push the Trump camp’s disregard for national security. They can stand at the podium and say, “Trump’s carelessness risked my life, and you support him.”
- Ron DeSantis doesn’t want children to be exposed to adult subjects like sex, gender, LGBTQ issues as well as the ever-dangerous Drag Shows, but he allows children of any age on dozens of Florida’s nude beaches. Seems contradictory.
- I had a vision this week that Mark Meadows can provide eyewitness testimony of Trump yelling, “I don’t care what happens, Mark, I want those patriots out there to put me back in office,” which one could describe as motive.
- If you haven’t heard of Jasmine Crockett, start listening. She, Maxwell Frost, AOC and so many others as the next generation of Democratic leaders will always outmaneuver their GOP counterparts like Gaetz, Luna and Taylor
Greene, whose accomplishments are measured in podcast downloads.
- I know I’m counting chickens, but I think we need to figure out what happens if Trump gets sentenced to jail, either through a bond revocation or post-verdict. He can’t go into a “GenPop” prison. He can’t be put on house arrest at a golf club or Mar-a-Lago, where he’ll be treated like a martyr. Where’s he go where he’s not worshipped or threatened? I mean, Elba’s too nice nowadays.
- The Earth gains about 5,000 tons of space dust each year, but loses far more mass annually–including about 95,000 metric tons of hydrogen alone. No need for a new wardrobe for the weight loss, though, given the planet weighs roughly 5.97 x 10^21 metric tons.
- Reporters who hear Republican candidates say they would pardon Donald Trump need to ask if they would pardon Reality Winner, Edward Snowden or Robert Hanssen.
- Maddow’s going a little overboard on the Spiro Agnew stuff. We get it. He was corrupt; Trump is corrupt. Move on, please. You’ve got an hour a week; don’t waste a whole segment on homework from last century.
- DeSantis’s latest stumbles are recoverable; he could overtake Trump if Trump’s found guilty. But there’s nothing that’s going to fix the uncharming goofiness. Joe gets people; Ron repels them.
- CBS News headline, “Bear kills Arizona man in ‘highly uncommon’ attack,” made me ask what was highly uncommon about it. Did the bear have a knife? Nunchucks? Bears attack humans. True, it’s not something that happens everyday, but every day you see a bear, the odds go up dramatically that you’re gonna get attacked by a bear.
- If Donald Trump actually declassified the information found at Mar-a-Lago, he surely would’ve released the info to the public at the beginning of the scandal because HE deemed it was no longer needed for national security. (That would’ve shown Jack Smith, right?) He didn’t do that because he knows the material is still vital to national security, or was still valuable to him personally ($$$), and releasing it would devalue it.
- I see some piccatas and squares in Mrs. Jack’s future.
- Republicans like Jordan and Comer obviously think the GOP’s Congressional interference of hectoring an unflustered Hillary Clinton for 11 hours made a difference in 2016, so they’re stacking the deck now. But even show trials need evidence of …something.
- I’m calling Brendan Hunt–Coach Beard from Ted Lasso–to play Jack Smith in the movie.
- When I’m traveling through airports, I frequently wear a t-shirt featuring Bill (Just a Bill) from Schoolhouse Rock under the directive “VOTE!” It’s the shirt of mine that gets the most comments–about the message, the cartoon, or the need to do so this year in particular (for the last three elections)–from people, largely positive. On occasion, I see the scowl of a Trump voter who thinks I’m part of some George Soros plot. (I am, of course, but how would he know?)
