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Attribution: Busy Bodies by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune, UT
Author: patd
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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runner up ‘toon for today in sync with and might explain today’s winner above
Attribution: Enlightenment Skips A Year by Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe, MA
Donald Trump’s hush money trial will stay in New York despite his efforts to change the venue, his social media company’s value has plummeted, and Japan is urging the world to rein in generative artificial intelligence.
and for kimmel fans
The University of Connecticut Huskies are March Madness champions once again, Trump is suing the judge in his hush money case for issuing a gag order, the judge released the questionnaire that will be used to vet potential jurors, Trump is now saying that he is not for a federal law against abortion, Lindsey Graham and Mike Pence went after Donald, the weaklings who worship him think everything he does is great, and we mourn the closing of the 99 Cents Stores on the West Coast by reading texts staffers sent their moms about this news.
back to thread topic consequences on one of the many must-dos according to editorial board’s
[…]
The House plans to consider a measure this week reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The law governing how federal agencies may collect and use data collected from overseas targets must be reauthorized, as it was in 2012 and 2017. Yet this time there is a pronounced danger that, in an understandable drive to strike the right balance between privacy and security, lawmakers could hollow out, rather than sensibly reform, an important tool to combat terrorism, cyberattacks and espionage.
The House is planning a vote on an amendment from Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) that would require the FBI to secure warrants before searching lawfully collected foreign intelligence data for references to Americans. This is data the National Security Agency gathers not in bulk, but on specific non-Americans believed to be operating outside the country and likely to communicate foreign intelligence information.
The program has been a vital tool in hunting down leaders of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, as well as detecting assassination and kidnapping plots on U.S. soil, Chinese spy rings, transnational repression, foreign election interference, and fentanyl supply chains. Section 702 allowed the government to identify the hackers behind the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline in 2021 and recover most of the ransom the oil company paid. Senior government officials have evidence of terrorist plots on U.S. soil that were foiled because the FBI had ready access to 702 data.
[…]
The House bill under consideration this week would codify into law every change the FBI made, so the next administration couldn’t unwind them. It would also ban the bureau from running searches for evidence of crimes unrelated to national security, require an FBI supervisor or attorney to approve all U.S. person searches and prohibit political appointees from being involved in the approval process. In addition, it would tighten up the part of the FISA law that federal investigators abused during the 2016 campaign to authorize surveillance on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Civil libertarians should take the win, but instead they’re insisting on a warrant requirement that could cripple the program. Getting a warrant can take days or weeks. Exceptions written into the warrant proposal — to allow searches when there’s an imminent threat, for certain cybersecurity purposes or if the U.S. person consents — are too narrow and impractical. The data gathered under 702 has typically been most useful in the early stages of an investigation, before probable cause can be established. At that stage, agents often know little about a U.S. person of potential interest beyond that they’re interacting with or being talked about by a foreign intelligence target.
Imposing a warrant requirement risks re-erecting the wall that existed between domestic law enforcement and foreign intelligence gathering before Sept. 11, 2001. The House should embrace 702 reform — not the mistakes of the past.
It’s hard to do as little as the Repuglican led House does day in and day out.
I can see a series of campaign posters inspired by the Obama HOPE poster. Start with Johnson (NOPE) and Dumbass (DOPE). The possibilities are endless.
pogo, who would you pick for the poster that says “COPE”?
Miss Liberty?
oops, forgot the other jimmy. here’s fallon for the NBCers
Jimmy addresses the latest news, like TV networks writing an open letter urging Biden and Trump to debate one another, a judge releasing the potential jury questionnaire for Trump’s hush money trial and the UConn Huskies winning back-to-back national championships.
“Arizona was admitted to the Union on Feb. 14, 1912, as the 48th state.”
How can a “state” law that was on the books before Arizona became a U.S. state be legal now?
The trip is a chance for Cameron to personally deliver the message he posted on social media last week in which he called on Western leaders to put pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans in Congress to approve additional aid for Ukraine, as Britain and the European Union have already done.
This is his only personal statement since the Arizona decision – at 1:40 am he goes on a binge against Pence???
His only reaction to AZ ruling is his national press secretary repeating that he supports states rights, allowing the interpretation that he supports this radical law criminalizing doctors with no rape/incest exception. So dumb.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump Apr 10, 2024, 1:40 AM Former Vice President (thank you President Trump!) Mike Pence has been doing a lot of talking about Abortion lately. He never felt I would be able to kill Roe v Wade and bring it back to the States where, according to all legal scholars, it belongs. He started at no abortion for any reason, and then allowing abortions for up to 6 weeks, then up to 15 weeks, and then, who knows? But it doesn’t matter because the Radical Left Democrats will never approve anything on this issue, and Republicans don’t have anywhere close to the number of Senators necessary to make it matter. Mike has been getting very bad advice from Mark Long, & others. That’s why he’s polling at 1%. With better advice, he would be polling at a solid 2%, and maybe even more!!! Everyone must ask Democrats if they would allow abortions in the 7th, 8th, or 9th month, or allow the execution of a baby after birth, as was suggested by the former Democrat Governor of Virginia. They are the Radicals, not the Republicans!
Kevin McCarthy Says He Lost Speakership Because Matt Gaetz Wanted To Hide Sex With Minor
This seems like a big deal to me, and it’s out this morning on CSPAN videotape:
“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker. It’s because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old … Did he do it or not? I don’t know.”
Y’all, Trailhand Dexter popped in here at sunrise. Good to see him, say hey.
This very curious guy was dying to find out the meaning of life so he went off to University, majoring in all sorts of courses which he thought might provide him with the answer, but nothing ever satisfied his need to know, so he wound up getting degrees from all the best universities in Europe—all to no avail. But one of his professors told him of a great Guru who lived in a cave high up in the Himalayas who must certainly have the answer he was so desperate to know. So the guy equipped himself and set out to find the Great Guru. He traveled night and day, finally reaching the Himalayas, got a Sherpa and proceeded to climb towards the Guru’s cave. For days on end he climbed until at last he reached the Guru’s cave where he found the Guru sunning himself in front of his cave. The guru greeted him warmly and asked the guy what was his mission. The guy says, “O great guru I have traveled halfway around the globe and I have climbed many days because I seek to know from you The Meaning of Life”.
The guru thinks a minute, blinks, and tells him, “Life—is a tree.”
The guy stares at the great guru and finally explodes, “ A TREE?? I’ve traveled halfway around the world and climbed this stupid mountain for weeks and you tell me that life is a damned TREE??”
The guru thinks, looks at the ground and then looks back up at the guy and says, “So life is NOT a tree?”
Stump really thought the voters were going to flock to his banner, but he is slowly coming to realize that he has become “old news”.
Here is Dexter’s comment from early AM. Always good to see you here Dexter, no matter what time of day or night.
Dexter
Arizona officials say no doctor, no patient, will be prosecuted under the Arizona draconian law just resurrected.
What is going to happen to both Netanyahu and Trump, both desperately trying to avoid prison. Netanyahu is more likely headed to prison eventually, as when he is thrown out of office he will face fraud and bribery charges which will be hard to dismiss. Trump will be headed off to the stripey hole if he loses the election, which he SHALL!
Joe Biden has been a great President but for still promoting the IDF’s civilian targeted bombings. Soon this must end. I am for Joe Biden for President all the way. Trump really has no chance. Trump belongs in prison.
Trump in Atlanta now just said, “Any Jewish person who votes for Biden should have their head examined”. Then pivots to “Nov. 5 will be Christian Visibility Day. Christians are going to come out like never before. It will be the most important day in the history of our country”
What’s become abundantly clear this election cycle is that Trump has a very dark authoritarian vision for America if he gets back in office. In March, he “truthed” about how Liz Cheney, a Republican who tried to hold him accountable for inciting the January 6 insurrection, “should go to Jail along with the rest of the Unselect Committee!” Members of the January 6 committee are taking Trump seriously, with Democratic representative Zoe Lofgrentelling the Los Angeles Times, “If he intends to eliminate our constitutional system and start arresting his political enemies, I guess I would be on that list. One thing I did learn on the committee is to pay attention and listen to what Trump says, because he means it.”
Taking Trump literally and seriously doesn’t mean taking him credulously. One of the truths of autocrats is that they lie. As The Economist has noted, “the arsenal of deceit is highly effective at keeping malign leaders in power, which is perhaps why global democracy has been in retreat for the past decade.” That’s why the media needs to call a lie a lie, and not worry if doing so appears partisan, while making clear that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would mark a radical break from America as we know it. This isn’t just another normal presidential race. – Molly Jong-Fast
“In his call to “kill FISA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!”
“FISA and Section 702 have been essential to intercepting communications of dangerous foreign actors overseas, understanding the threats against our country, countering our adversaries, and saving countless American lives,” Johnson said in a letter to colleagues on Friday. “Our responsibility now is simple: maintain the tool but strictly prohibit future abuses.”
“In a sign of the trouble ahead for GOP leaders, however, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, has already said he would vote against the procedural vote expected Wednesday afternoon.”
“Additionally, Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote on X, “we are killing FISA,” in response to Trump’s Truth Social post. And Tennessee GOP Rep. Tim Burchett told CNN he will be voting no on the rule. When told that would kill it, he said, “good.”
“Johnson told members at a closed-door conference meeting Wednesday morning that he spoke with Trump Tuesday night. But, according to members, Johnson told them they didn’t discuss FISA.”
“The share price of Trump Media was down by more than 6% in midday trading Wednesday, putting the company’s market capitalization below $5 billion.”
“DJT shares were selling for $35.15 at 12:06 p.m. ET, well below the $70.90 that the stock opened trading at on March 26, its first day as a publicly traded company.”
Another banner day for tRUMPsky Media. Fluff and fold laundered, foreign money will be all that’s left pretty soon.
I wish all swing voters and media could read this. As a long time Trump watcher I agree with it so much I could have written it myself:
The Guardian: “Trump’s bizarre, vindictive incoherence has to be heard in full to be believed…
Watching a Trump speech in full better shows what it’s like inside his head: a smorgasbord of falsehoods, personal and professional vendettas, frequent comparisons to other famous people, a couple of handfuls of simple policy ideas, and a lot of non sequiturs that veer into barely intelligible stories….
Donald Trump said Wednesday he would not sign a national abortion ban if elected president, reversing a promise the former president made as a candidate in 2016 and stood by during his first term in the White House.”
“His latest shift on abortion is a remarkable position for a Republican presidential nominee and it is illustrative of Trump’s desire to make one of his greatest political liabilities disappear.”
Liar!
“DAVID HUME KENNERLY, the famed photographer who served in President GERALD FORD’s White House, resigned yesterday from the board of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, blasting the group for cowardice in rejecting Trump critic LIZ CHENEY as the recipient of its top yearly award, Daniel Lippman reports. Kennerly claimed in a letter to fellow trustees that Cheney’s nomination for the Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service was nixed largely out of fear that Trump would retaliate against the organization if he’s reelected. Cheney, herself a trustee, was rejected three separate times, Kennerly wrote, as other potential honorees declined the award.” Read the full letter
Like Congress having to work hard to do nothing, I imagine Dumbass and the gang who couldn’t shoot straight at Trump Media are having to work very hard to cut the price of DJTM stock by (only) half in 2 weeks from the IPO.
Good to see Dex poke his head back in. Try that more often Kimosabe.
“GLEAVES WHITNEY, the foundation’s executive director, said in a statement that the foundation’s executive committee, guided by legal counsel, believed it was not “prudent” to give the medal to Cheney given her flirtations with a presidential run. Giving her the medal during the election cycle, Whitney said, “might be construed as a political statement and thus expose the Foundation to the legal risk of losing its nonprofit status with the IRS.” Kennerly, a longtime board member, attacked that argument in his letter: “The historical irony was completely lost on you. Gerald Ford became president, in part, because RICHARD NIXON had ordered the development of an enemies list and demanded his underlings use the IRS against those listed.” “If the foundation that bears the name of Gerald R. Ford won’t stand up to this real threat to our democracy,” he added, “who will?” Asked for further comment, Kennerly confirmed the authenticity of the letter and said “it did not make me happy writing it,” while Whitney said “the trustees are meeting” to determine next steps for the Ford Medal. A spokesperson for Cheney didn’t respond to a request for comment.”
“New abortion bill would also restrict contraceptives, IUDs, and create an abortion database”
“House Bill 3216, also known at the Oklahoma Right To Human Life Act, would overhaul how the state handles the few legal abortions it allows, creates a database within the Oklahoma State Department of Health that would track which women have abortions and how many they’ve had, would require doctors to submit written justification of an abortion under oath, moves some contraceptives currently available over the counter to needing physician approval, and restricts certain uses of intrauterine devices (IUDs).”
SFB has brown Jello inside the cranium. He will spout all sorts of garbage, like a two year old saying things to get a reaction. That is what he wants, and he gets it. I really doubt is in in this universe any more. He is grifting so much garbage, everything is just like what a four year old would do, glue some shiny stuff to a toy and “sell” it to mommy. There is no good way for him to exit a stage.
And it was never mentioned in all 3 hours of primetime shows on Fox last night, not once.
Boom! Another Biden ad in the making ..
At an Atlanta Chick-fil-A, Trump is asked whether physicians should face punishment for performing abortions. “Let that be to the states. Everything we’re doing now is states, and states’ rights. And what we wanted to do is get it back to the states. Because for 53 years, it’s been a fight. And now the states are handling it.”
This violates gag order to not talk about witnesses, posts this Avenatti attack, then adds..
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Thank you to Michael Avenatti—for revealing the truth about two sleaze bags who have, with their lies and misrepresentations, cost our Country dearly!
Do they have twitter in prison or did that clown escape
“A lot of people said that that’s why the Black people like me because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against, and they actually viewed me as I’m discriminated against,” the billionaire businessman said.
“The former president is no longer listed on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s 500 richest people, after the stock price for Trump Media – the parent company behind the former president’s social media company Truth Social – took a nosedive.”
“US consumer prices picked up again last month, vaulting to a 3.5% increase for the 12 months ended in March, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
“That’s up considerably from February’s 3.2% rate and marks the highest annual gain in the past six months. And while gas and shelter costs contributed more than half of that monthly increase, prices rose in pretty much every major category last month, the BLS said.”
ps – Price controls now, and an investigation into price gouging!
What happened to POTUS Joe’s price gouging “strike force”?
you overestimate the power of government
“Jackie Treehorn draws a lotta water in this town, you don’t draw shit, Lebowski!”
our non-functional Congress is letting a frontline ally languish because of a woman with a 4th grade level of education, that’s the power of government
As far as “price controls” go, they’re not really possible in a complex free-market economy, there are too many variables, one entity’s relief is another’s hardship
That’s why conservatives should support societal “safety-net” i.e. “welfare” programs, because they provide relief without attempting to manipulate market factors.
Patd, Lady Liberty or Lady Justice. Both are marginalized victims of MAGA World.
“One of Donald Trump’s county campaign chairs in New Hampshire lost his job as a police officer after threatening to kill his colleagues in a shooting spree, murder the department chief and rape the chief’s wife in retaliation for his suspension over his relationship with a high school girl, according to a newly released report from an internal affairs investigation.”
“Jonathan Stone, who is currently a second-term state representative, was announced as Trump’s Sullivan County chair by his campaign on June 27, 2023. The coup-attempting former president first came to know Stone during Trump’s 2016 run, when Stone gave him an inscribed AR-15 assault rifle at a campaign stop.”
Adolf has an AR-15? Is he allowed to possess firearms while out on bail?
~Fine folks on both sides~
Authors of the Day
Elmore Leonard.
Many books, great yarns.
Carl Hiassen.
Many books, great yarns.
John D. McDonald,
The Travis McGee series Many books and great yarns.
Price-fixing is illegal, and we’ve had rarely enforced anti-monopoly legislation on the books for a hundred years or so, haven’t seen a mega-grocery retailer merger not achieve regulatory approval, yet 🤔
i’ve never read “Frankenstein” so i picked it up, goddamn Shelley has a way with words
ok enough outta me
vote blue, bring a friend
bring two 🫡
I’ve had a copy around for years but also have never read it. It’s one of life’s little oddities. Maybe I saw too many Frankenstein’s monster movies.
I read someone’s comment on a post that Plumpty could fire his attorneys at the 11th hour and cause a delay in the trial. I’m sure he would if he could, but will he?
And then not pay them because they didn’t finish the job. Sounds about right.
Not sure how that works in a NY criminal case, but in EB it wouldn’t buy him a continuance. It would allow him to find out what pro se means.
runner up ‘toon for today in sync with and might explain today’s winner above
Attribution: Enlightenment Skips A Year by Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe, MA
Colbert opines ““So are you saying members of the jury can’t have seen any news about Donald Trump’s crimes?” a bewildered Colbert asked on Tuesday. “His crimes are the news!” as reported at https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/stephen-colbert-spots-trumps-most-baffling-legal-claim-yet/ar-BB1lnaTP and in hi-DUHf here:
Donald Trump’s hush money trial will stay in New York despite his efforts to change the venue, his social media company’s value has plummeted, and Japan is urging the world to rein in generative artificial intelligence.
and for kimmel fans
The University of Connecticut Huskies are March Madness champions once again, Trump is suing the judge in his hush money case for issuing a gag order, the judge released the questionnaire that will be used to vet potential jurors, Trump is now saying that he is not for a federal law against abortion, Lindsey Graham and Mike Pence went after Donald, the weaklings who worship him think everything he does is great, and we mourn the closing of the 99 Cents Stores on the West Coast by reading texts staffers sent their moms about this news.
back to thread topic consequences on one of the many must-dos according to editorial board’s
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/09/fisa-section-702-warrant-congress/?itid=hp_opinions_p002_f006
It’s hard to do as little as the Repuglican led House does day in and day out.
I can see a series of campaign posters inspired by the Obama HOPE poster. Start with Johnson (NOPE) and Dumbass (DOPE). The possibilities are endless.
pogo, who would you pick for the poster that says “COPE”?
Miss Liberty?
oops, forgot the other jimmy. here’s fallon for the NBCers
https://youtu.be/-2lbqwonSF0?si=WUZyHOkxzcNa92tF
Jimmy addresses the latest news, like TV networks writing an open letter urging Biden and Trump to debate one another, a judge releasing the potential jury questionnaire for Trump’s hush money trial and the UConn Huskies winning back-to-back national championships.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/arizona.html
“Arizona was admitted to the Union on Feb. 14, 1912, as the 48th state.”
How can a “state” law that was on the books before Arizona became a U.S. state be legal now?
The trip is a chance for Cameron to personally deliver the message he posted on social media last week in which he called on Western leaders to put pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans in Congress to approve additional aid for Ukraine, as Britain and the European Union have already done.
Blinken and Cameron urge Congress to approve aid for Ukraine, calling it critical for world security – The Washington Post
Trump Defends Abortion Stance By Attacking Pence?
This is his only personal statement since the Arizona decision – at 1:40 am he goes on a binge against Pence???
His only reaction to AZ ruling is his national press secretary repeating that he supports states rights, allowing the interpretation that he supports this radical law criminalizing doctors with no rape/incest exception. So dumb.
Kevin McCarthy Says He Lost Speakership Because Matt Gaetz Wanted To Hide Sex With Minor
This seems like a big deal to me, and it’s out this morning on CSPAN videotape:
VIDEO —
https://x.com/cspan/status/1778047586366087220
Y’all, Trailhand Dexter popped in here at sunrise. Good to see him, say hey.
This very curious guy was dying to find out the meaning of life so he went off to University, majoring in all sorts of courses which he thought might provide him with the answer, but nothing ever satisfied his need to know, so he wound up getting degrees from all the best universities in Europe—all to no avail. But one of his professors told him of a great Guru who lived in a cave high up in the Himalayas who must certainly have the answer he was so desperate to know. So the guy equipped himself and set out to find the Great Guru. He traveled night and day, finally reaching the Himalayas, got a Sherpa and proceeded to climb towards the Guru’s cave. For days on end he climbed until at last he reached the Guru’s cave where he found the Guru sunning himself in front of his cave. The guru greeted him warmly and asked the guy what was his mission. The guy says, “O great guru I have traveled halfway around the globe and I have climbed many days because I seek to know from you The Meaning of Life”.
The guru thinks a minute, blinks, and tells him, “Life—is a tree.”
The guy stares at the great guru and finally explodes, “ A TREE?? I’ve traveled halfway around the world and climbed this stupid mountain for weeks and you tell me that life is a damned TREE??”
The guru thinks, looks at the ground and then looks back up at the guy and says, “So life is NOT a tree?”
Stump really thought the voters were going to flock to his banner, but he is slowly coming to realize that he has become “old news”.
Here is Dexter’s comment from early AM. Always good to see you here Dexter, no matter what time of day or night.
Dexter
Arizona officials say no doctor, no patient, will be prosecuted under the Arizona draconian law just resurrected.
What is going to happen to both Netanyahu and Trump, both desperately trying to avoid prison. Netanyahu is more likely headed to prison eventually, as when he is thrown out of office he will face fraud and bribery charges which will be hard to dismiss. Trump will be headed off to the stripey hole if he loses the election, which he SHALL!
Joe Biden has been a great President but for still promoting the IDF’s civilian targeted bombings. Soon this must end. I am for Joe Biden for President all the way. Trump really has no chance. Trump belongs in prison.
Trump in Atlanta now just said, “Any Jewish person who votes for Biden should have their head examined”. Then pivots to “Nov. 5 will be Christian Visibility Day. Christians are going to come out like never before. It will be the most important day in the history of our country”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/donald-trump-2024-election-none-of-this-is-normal
“Authoritarian” is a weak sauce of a word. It’s totalitarian and you have to double it up with dictatorship.
https://www.britannica.com/question/What-is-totalitarianism
That’s their ticket.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/politics/trump-fisa-speaker-johnson-house-republicans/index.html
“In his call to “kill FISA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!”
“FISA and Section 702 have been essential to intercepting communications of dangerous foreign actors overseas, understanding the threats against our country, countering our adversaries, and saving countless American lives,” Johnson said in a letter to colleagues on Friday. “Our responsibility now is simple: maintain the tool but strictly prohibit future abuses.”
“In a sign of the trouble ahead for GOP leaders, however, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, has already said he would vote against the procedural vote expected Wednesday afternoon.”
“Additionally, Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna wrote on X, “we are killing FISA,” in response to Trump’s Truth Social post. And Tennessee GOP Rep. Tim Burchett told CNN he will be voting no on the rule. When told that would kill it, he said, “good.”
“Johnson told members at a closed-door conference meeting Wednesday morning that he spoke with Trump Tuesday night. But, according to members, Johnson told them they didn’t discuss FISA.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/10/trump-media-stock-shares-drop-by-more-than-6percent.html
“The share price of Trump Media was down by more than 6% in midday trading Wednesday, putting the company’s market capitalization below $5 billion.”
“DJT shares were selling for $35.15 at 12:06 p.m. ET, well below the $70.90 that the stock opened trading at on March 26, its first day as a publicly traded company.”
Another banner day for tRUMPsky Media. Fluff and fold laundered, foreign money will be all that’s left pretty soon.
I wish all swing voters and media could read this. As a long time Trump watcher I agree with it so much I could have written it myself:
The Guardian: “Trump’s bizarre, vindictive incoherence has to be heard in full to be believed…
Watching a Trump speech in full better shows what it’s like inside his head: a smorgasbord of falsehoods, personal and professional vendettas, frequent comparisons to other famous people, a couple of handfuls of simple policy ideas, and a lot of non sequiturs that veer into barely intelligible stories….
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-maga-rallies-have-morphed/ar-BB1lnQRG?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=d414af9b559b40fbbb63e3a92a69562e&ei=54
What, they’re going on another week-long recess in April?
Do Nothing Congress? More like a Disappearing Congress!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/politics/trump-fisa-speaker-johnson-house-republicans/index.html
“Conservatives deal another blow to Speaker Johnson, defeating FISA rule after Trump push”
Adolf is calling the shots DB’s this was one of those “personal vendettas.”
“In his call to “kill FISA,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!”
The American people will have their personal vendetta with tRUMPsky and his MAGAts in November. May a blue tsunami take them all under.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/politics/trump-says-he-wouldnt-sign-federal-abortion-ban/index.html
Donald Trump said Wednesday he would not sign a national abortion ban if elected president, reversing a promise the former president made as a candidate in 2016 and stood by during his first term in the White House.”
“His latest shift on abortion is a remarkable position for a Republican presidential nominee and it is illustrative of Trump’s desire to make one of his greatest political liabilities disappear.”
Liar!
“DAVID HUME KENNERLY, the famed photographer who served in President GERALD FORD’s White House, resigned yesterday from the board of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, blasting the group for cowardice in rejecting Trump critic LIZ CHENEY as the recipient of its top yearly award, Daniel Lippman reports.
Kennerly claimed in a letter to fellow trustees that Cheney’s nomination for the Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service was nixed largely out of fear that Trump would retaliate against the organization if he’s reelected. Cheney, herself a trustee, was rejected three separate times, Kennerly wrote, as other potential honorees declined the award.” Read the full letter
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018e-c50a-d904-afbe-d59a1d1a0000
Like Congress having to work hard to do nothing, I imagine Dumbass and the gang who couldn’t shoot straight at Trump Media are having to work very hard to cut the price of DJTM stock by (only) half in 2 weeks from the IPO.
Good to see Dex poke his head back in. Try that more often Kimosabe.
“GLEAVES WHITNEY, the foundation’s executive director, said in a statement that the foundation’s executive committee, guided by legal counsel, believed it was not “prudent” to give the medal to Cheney given her flirtations with a presidential run. Giving her the medal during the election cycle, Whitney said, “might be construed as a political statement and thus expose the Foundation to the legal risk of losing its nonprofit status with the IRS.”
Kennerly, a longtime board member, attacked that argument in his letter: “The historical irony was completely lost on you. Gerald Ford became president, in part, because RICHARD NIXON had ordered the development of an enemies list and demanded his underlings use the IRS against those listed.”
“If the foundation that bears the name of Gerald R. Ford won’t stand up to this real threat to our democracy,” he added, “who will?”
Asked for further comment, Kennerly confirmed the authenticity of the letter and said “it did not make me happy writing it,” while Whitney said “the trustees are meeting” to determine next steps for the Ford Medal. A spokesperson for Cheney didn’t respond to a request for comment.”
https://www.politico.com/playbook
https://www.fox23.com/news/new-abortion-bill-would-also-restrict-contraceptives-iuds-and-create-an-abortion-database/article_16657b96-cba7-11ee-99fd-032cd643a12c.html
“New abortion bill would also restrict contraceptives, IUDs, and create an abortion database”
“House Bill 3216, also known at the Oklahoma Right To Human Life Act, would overhaul how the state handles the few legal abortions it allows, creates a database within the Oklahoma State Department of Health that would track which women have abortions and how many they’ve had, would require doctors to submit written justification of an abortion under oath, moves some contraceptives currently available over the counter to needing physician approval, and restricts certain uses of intrauterine devices (IUDs).”
SFB has brown Jello inside the cranium. He will spout all sorts of garbage, like a two year old saying things to get a reaction. That is what he wants, and he gets it. I really doubt is in in this universe any more. He is grifting so much garbage, everything is just like what a four year old would do, glue some shiny stuff to a toy and “sell” it to mommy. There is no good way for him to exit a stage.
And it was never mentioned in all 3 hours of primetime shows on Fox last night, not once.
Boom! Another Biden ad in the making ..
At an Atlanta Chick-fil-A, Trump is asked whether physicians should face punishment for performing abortions. “Let that be to the states. Everything we’re doing now is states, and states’ rights. And what we wanted to do is get it back to the states. Because for 53 years, it’s been a fight. And now the states are handling it.”
This violates gag order to not talk about witnesses, posts this Avenatti attack, then adds..
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Thank you to Michael Avenatti—for revealing the truth about two sleaze bags who have, with their lies and misrepresentations, cost our Country dearly!
Do they have twitter in prison or did that clown escape
“the” 🙄
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/09/trump-media-stock-price-dip/73260727007/
“Trump no longer on Bloomberg Billionaires Index after Truth Social stock plummets”
“The former president is no longer listed on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s 500 richest people, after the stock price for Trump Media – the parent company behind the former president’s social media company Truth Social – took a nosedive.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/markets/markets-fall-cpi-inflation-report/index.html
“Dow closes 422 points lower after a surprisingly bad inflation report”
Correction: Greedflation
“US consumer prices picked up again last month, vaulting to a 3.5% increase for the 12 months ended in March, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
“That’s up considerably from February’s 3.2% rate and marks the highest annual gain in the past six months. And while gas and shelter costs contributed more than half of that monthly increase, prices rose in pretty much every major category last month, the BLS said.”
ps – Price controls now, and an investigation into price gouging!
What happened to POTUS Joe’s price gouging “strike force”?
you overestimate the power of government
“Jackie Treehorn draws a lotta water in this town, you don’t draw shit, Lebowski!”
our non-functional Congress is letting a frontline ally languish because of a woman with a 4th grade level of education, that’s the power of government
As far as “price controls” go, they’re not really possible in a complex free-market economy, there are too many variables, one entity’s relief is another’s hardship
That’s why conservatives should support societal “safety-net” i.e. “welfare” programs, because they provide relief without attempting to manipulate market factors.
Patd, Lady Liberty or Lady Justice. Both are marginalized victims of MAGA World.
posting this ‘cause i like Rosie Tucker
indie pop-rock with clever poetic lyrics
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fired-police-officer-new-hampshire_n_6616de8ce4b0999df35397ba
“One of Donald Trump’s county campaign chairs in New Hampshire lost his job as a police officer after threatening to kill his colleagues in a shooting spree, murder the department chief and rape the chief’s wife in retaliation for his suspension over his relationship with a high school girl, according to a newly released report from an internal affairs investigation.”
“Jonathan Stone, who is currently a second-term state representative, was announced as Trump’s Sullivan County chair by his campaign on June 27, 2023. The coup-attempting former president first came to know Stone during Trump’s 2016 run, when Stone gave him an inscribed AR-15 assault rifle at a campaign stop.”
Adolf has an AR-15? Is he allowed to possess firearms while out on bail?
~Fine folks on both sides~
Authors of the Day
Elmore Leonard.
Many books, great yarns.
Carl Hiassen.
Many books, great yarns.
John D. McDonald,
The Travis McGee series Many books and great yarns.
Price-fixing is illegal, and we’ve had rarely enforced anti-monopoly legislation on the books for a hundred years or so, haven’t seen a mega-grocery retailer merger not achieve regulatory approval, yet 🤔
https://farmaction.us/2023/10/12/food-price-fixing-is-still-rampant-dojs-agri-stats-lawsuit-could-change-that/
i’ve never read “Frankenstein” so i picked it up, goddamn Shelley has a way with words
ok enough outta me
vote blue, bring a friend
bring two 🫡
I’ve had a copy around for years but also have never read it. It’s one of life’s little oddities. Maybe I saw too many Frankenstein’s monster movies.
I read someone’s comment on a post that Plumpty could fire his attorneys at the 11th hour and cause a delay in the trial. I’m sure he would if he could, but will he?
And then not pay them because they didn’t finish the job. Sounds about right.
Not sure how that works in a NY criminal case, but in EB it wouldn’t buy him a continuance. It would allow him to find out what pro se means.
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