39 thoughts on “Jail Her Anyway”

  1. remember this from oct 2020?

    There’s Already a Corrupt Presidential Kid. Her Name Is Ivanka Trump. (thedailybeast.com)

    The closing arguments of the 2020 campaign can be summed up as: Donald Trump wants to talk about Joe Biden’s family, while Joe Biden wants to talk about your family, and how to help it get through these times.
    And when I say Trump wants to talk Joe Biden’s family, I of course mean Biden’s son Hunter…. […]
    But where is the discussion and investigation into the various conflicts of interest and possible illegality that involves Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, who appears to have greatly profited from being a part of this White House? And these aren’t new allegations raised to be a political counterbalance to the recent ones against Hunter.
    Rather, as documented by the non-partisan watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), Ivanka’s unethical conduct dates back to early 2017 and ranges from her receiving trademarks from the Chinese government while her father was in talks with the Chinese president to a complaint filed by CREW in January 2019 with the Department of Justice to assess if Ivanka and husband Jared Kushner violated federal law by profiting from a tax program they had championed.
    If Hunter Biden had received a lucrative deal from a foreign country on the very same day his then-vice president father was meeting with the leader of that foreign country, Trump—and many in the media—would be calling that out as sleazy and possibly illegal. But Ivanka Trump has done that and worse and we don’t hear a peep. For example, in April 2017, on the very same day Trump dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Chinese government granted preliminary approval for Ivanka’s long-sought-after trademarks for her namesake fashion brand.
    Another jaw-dropping example of possible blatant corruption, as CREW detailed, came when Ivanka received preliminary approval for additional trademarks from China’s government on June 7, 2018. What else happened on June 7, 2018? Her father agreed to lift sanctions against the massive Chinese telecommunication company ZTE, which is partly owned by the Chinese government. The Trumps aren’t even trying to hide the conflicts!
    One of the most serious allegations flagged by CREW was in January 2019 when the organization filed a complaint with Trump’s Department of Justice addressed to then Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein asking “that the Department of Justice investigate whether Assistant to the President Ivanka Trump violated the primary federal conflict of interest law, 18 U.S.C. § 208, when she participated personally and substantially in a particular matter directly and predictably affecting her financial interests.”
    [continues]

  8. from politicususa in may:

    The state investigation is looking at the criminal activity of the entire Trump Organization, which includes Trump and his adult children, who all are officers or work for the Trump Organization.

    Ivanka Trump was already under suspicion for potential tax crimes related to her role in the jacking up of hotel prices at the Trump Hotel in DC for Trump’s inauguration.
    The investigation in New York state appears to be treating the Trumps like a crime family that is engaging in criminal activity as a course of business.

    Ivanka Trump and the rest of her family could be headed to prison.

     

    let’s hear it for schadenfreude, karma and  do-the-crime-pay-the-time amens

  10. Michigan Republican led panel rejects Former’s voter fraud claims.  WaPo.

    On Wednesday, a Republican-controlled state Senate committee issued a report forcefully rejecting the claims of widespread fraud in the state, saying citizens should be confident in the results and skeptical of “those who have pushed demonstrably false theories for their own personal gain.”

    The chairman of the Oversight Committee that produced the report, Sen. Ed McBroom, said in an accompanying letter that “at this point, I feel confident to assert the results of the Michigan election are accurately represented by the certified and audited results.”

    And yet…

    But the report also recommended changes to the election system, providing fodder for Republican officials who — like their counterparts in other states — are seeking to pass strict new voting rules, hoping to use a quirk in state law to sidestep an expected veto from the Democratic governor.

    Cynical pricks. 

  11. in case you missed this which was posted by jack last night.  it’s worthy of sending to friends & acquaintances of other persuasions for their edification

     

  12. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/24/surfside-building-collapse-miami-dade/

     
     
     
     
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  13. haunting

    David Keene, Former NRA President, Spoke At Fake Graduation (buzzfeednews.com)

    “An overwhelming majority of you will go on to college, while others may decide their dream dictates a different route to success,” said Keene. “My advice to you is simple enough: follow your dream and make it a reality.”

    Except, they can’t. The students aren’t real. James Madison Academy doesn’t exist.

    Without realizing it, Keene was actually addressing his comments to thousands of empty chairs set up to represent the estimated 3,044 kids who should have graduated high school this year and instead were killed by gun violence.

    click here for parts 2 & 3 

    The Lost Class 2/3 – YouTube

    The Lost Class 3/3 – YouTube

  14. even more haunting

    In a recent straw poll, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came out as Republicans’ first choice for the 2024 presidential election. But before you celebrate Republicans turning away from Trump, take a look at all the ways Ron DeSantis could be…so much worse!

  15. A few days ago a number of you were having problems understanding the Critical Race Theory controversy. It is real simple actually, just remember this Lee Atwater quote. 

    You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nxxger, Nxxger, Nxxger”. By 1968 you can’t say “nxxger”—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff.

    Jack

  16. The 2024 election is way far off, We don’t even know who will be alive in 2024, let alone how any Republican Bubba will vote.
    One other thing I’ve noticed is we seem to get a lot of our political news/propaganda from late night comedians.  Given that most of them are dropout theater arts majors……….
    Then again the alternative seems to be journalism/fine arts majors.
    No wonder political discourse is screwed
    Jack

  18. craig or pogo,  doesn’t that suspension have more ramifications since he’s right now before a federal judge on something? if his appearance is as an attorney, i would think rudy won’t be able to continue with his federal ct activities until suspension is over –  unless he has viable license to practice in the state in the district/circuit of that fed court.

  19. good the court clearly laid out the reasons –  hope certain congress critters who are also activetly practicing lawyers read what the court said:

    NBC:

    In a 33-page decision, the disciplinary panel wrote: “We conclude that there is uncontroverted evidence that respondent communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020.”
    “These false statements were made to improperly bolster respondent’s narrative that due to widespread voter fraud, victory in the 2020 United States presidential election was stolen from his client,” the ruling continued. “We conclude that respondent’s conduct immediately threatens the public interest and warrants interim suspension from the practice of law, pending further proceedings before the Attorney Grievance Committee.”
    […]
    “This disciplinary proceeding concerns the professional restrictions imposed on respondent as an attorney to not knowingly misrepresent facts and make false statements in connection with his representation of a client,” the decision sates. “It is long recognized that ‘speech by an attorney is subject to greater regulation than speech by others.'”

  21. and to think bill clinton was totally disbarred just for lying about a blow job… 

    lying to help a former prez overthrow the gov’t should at least get more than a suspension.

    tar & feathers, public pillory maybe? 

  22. All I can say about Rudi is BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.  Moron.  What will his defense be – my lies weren’t knowing lies – I thought they were true?

  25. Dad’s plaque just added next to Mom’s.

    Donations:

    St. LUKES Methodist Church
    Attention Antony, Memorial Garden

    4851 S Apopka Vineland Rd

    Orlando, FL 32819

  27. Trudi’s lawyers’ response to the suspension of their client’s law license, which in effect tells Trudi that for the time being SD&STFU:

    Retired judges John Leventhal and Barry Kamins, who are representing Giuliani in the disciplinary proceeding, issued a joint statement defending him. “This is unprecedented as we believe that our client does not pose a present danger to the public interest,” it says. “We believe that once the issues are fully explored at a hearing Mr. Giuliani will be reinstated as a valued member of the legal profession that he has served so well in his many capacities for so many years.”

    To paraphrase Judge Haller – they are in the unique position of representing a client who says nuh-unh. 

  28. More from the Wapo article on Trudi’s suspension from practicing in NY.

    The committee of First Department Appellate Division judges that made the determination said Giuliani is not fit to continue practicing law after he “communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for [Trump] and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020.” The panel issued a 33-page opinion on the matter.

    The court’s disciplinary committee, which fielded multiple complaints against Giuliani and is overseeing arguments in the case, found that his conduct “immediately threatens the public interest and warrants interim suspension from the practice of law,” the opinion said.

    Those are some pretty harsh words.  
    My thought (call it advice if you’d like) is that Rudi really should consider reviewing Rule 11(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (adopted almost verbatim in almost every state) before opening that really grotesque mouth of his in a court room and relying on some anonymous blogger’s unverified account of what facts exist. He’s lucky the NYSB is saving him from himself and helping him avoid sanctions by a federal or state judge, depending on where each of his frivolous suits is pending, for violating Rule 11.
     

    (b) Representations to the Court. By presenting to the court a pleading, written motion, or other paper—whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it—an attorney or unrepresented party certifies that to the best of the person’s knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances:

    (1) it is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation;

    (2) the claims, defenses, and other legal contentions are warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for extending, modifying, or reversing existing law or for establishing new law;

    (3) the factual contentions have evidentiary supportor, if specifically so identified, will likely have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for further investigation or discovery; and
    …

    But the best advice to  him would be to sit down and shut the fuck up.

  30. A link to the Trudi SD&STFU decision.

    Here’s one of my favorite parts:

    Respondent repeatedly stated that dead people “voted” in Philadelphia in order to discredit the results of the vote in that city. He quantified the amount of dead people who voted at various times as 8,021; while also reporting the number as 30,000[*8]. As the anecdotal poster child to prove this point, he repeatedly stated that famous heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier continued to vote years after he was dead and stated on November 7, 2020 “he is still voting here.” The public records submitted on this motion unequivocally show that respondent’s statement is false. Public records show that Pennsylvania formally cancelled Mr. Frazier’s eligibility to vote on February 8, 2012, three months after he died.

    As for respondent’s argument that his misstatements were unknowing, respondent fails to provide a scintilla of evidence for any of the varying and wildly inconsistent numbers of dead people he factually represented voted in Philadelphia during the 2020 presidential election. Although respondent assured the public that he was investigating this claim, respondent has not provided this tribunal with any report or the results of any investigation which supports his statements about how many dead voters he claims voted in Philadelphia in the 2020 presidential election. Respondent claims his statements were justified because the state of Pennsylvania subsequently agreed to purge 21,000 dead voters from its rolls in 2021. This fact, even if true, is beside the point. This statistic concerns the whole state.
    Purging voter rolls does not prove that the purged voters actually voted in 2020 and per force it does not prove they voted in Philadelphia. It does not even prove that they were dead in November 2020. Moreover, the number of statewide purged voters (21,000) bears no correlation to the numbers of dead voters respondent factually asserted voted in Philadelphia alone (either 8,000 or 30,000). Clearly any statewide purging of voters from the voting rolls in 2021 could not have provided a basis for statements made by respondent in 2020, because the information did not exist. Regarding Mr. Frazier, respondent claims he reasonably relied on the reporting of a “blogger.” The blog article provided on this motion, however, never claims that Mr. Frazier voted in the 2020 election. Nor could it, because the claims made in the article (in which respondent was quoted) are based upon an alleged review of public records from 2017 and 2018.[FN8]

    Respondent made these false statements at least twice before the AGC brought this motion; first at a November 7, 2020 press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping and again during the November 25, 2020 meeting of the Republican State Senate Majority Policy Committee in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Despite the unequivocal evidence provided in this very motion, that Mr. Frazier is not on the Pennsylvania voting rolls, respondent continued to endorse this fictionalized account in the March 4, March 11 and March 14, 2021 episodes of his broadcast radio show Chat with the Mayor, all of which aired after this motion was brought.

    I guess he really believes that if you repeat a lie enough times it becomes teh truth.  Idiot.

  32. Wasn’t the voting machine company suing him, too?
     
    ”…valued member of the legal profession…”   Ha!

  33. There 618,000 and counting who will not be voting, again.   How many in red states, and more importantly, how many in purple states that might now turn blue? Willful ignorance of the virus may be the undoing of the GQP.

  34. https://www.instyle.com/news/deb-haaland-the-first

    Sec. Deb Haaland

    A really nice interview in In Style magazine –

    “…three days after she graduated college in 1994 at age 34, Haaland became a single mother to Somáh, her only child. “We kind of grew up together,” says Haaland, adding that they occasionally subsisted on food stamps to get by. When Somáh was young, Haaland decided to attend law school at the University of New Mexico, so she taught her child how to ride the city bus to get to and from school. She also supplied Somáh with a cellphone, even though Haaland didn’t have one until she was 42. During this period, Haaland got her first taste of activism.“

    “Historically, Native women were the decision-makers in their tribes, but since the onset of colonization, they have, in a sense, become invisible. They are the most underrepresented group in an already marginalized community…”

  36. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/24/texas-wendy-davis-trump-train-lawsuit/

    “The plaintiffs argue the Trump supporters engaged in political intimidation when they surrounded the Biden campaign bus in October, in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, and that police “turned a blind eye to the attack.”

    “Many of the defendants who are named in the filing were linked by their social media posts of the incident in which their license plate numbers are visible.“

    “The second lawsuit was filed against law enforcement who “turned a blind eye to the attack — despite pleas for help — and failed to provide the bus a police escort…”

  38. https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/24/politics/pelosi-announces-january-6-investigation/index.html

    So, yesterday’s story was correct.

    “This morning, with great solemnity and sadness, I’m announcing that the House will be establishing a select committee on the January 6 insurrection,” Pelosi said. “The select committee will investigate and report on the facts and the causes of the attack and it will report recommendations for the prevention of any future attack.”

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