Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

How can republicans represent us when they don’t trust women?

Accountability, motherfuckers.

I’m pretty sure there’s only one Jack Smith.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

“Can i answer the question? No you can not!”

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

After roe, women are no longer free.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

This really is a full service blog.

Prediction: the GOP will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

No Justins, No Peace

Battle won, war still ongoing.

The words do not have to be perfect.

We are builders in a constant struggle with destroyers. let’s win this.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

Some judge needs to shut this circus down soon.

Take hopelessness and turn it into resilience.

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Model Prosecution Memo

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*Friday afternoon is always a good time for speculation, and some smart, respected people got together and created a model prosecution memo related to the Trump classified documents.

(*Friday was when I wrote this, then pulled it.)

I believe they had released this quite some time ago, but apparently it has been updated.

I’ll be interested in what some of our attorneys think about this.  And what everyone else has to say, of course!

Model Prosecution Memo for Trump Classified Documents

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I know a lot of these names, but not all of them.

Open thread.

Update: I just saw that the esteemed Tom Levenson is composing a post in the back room, so I pulled this and will put it up later!

 

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Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Tapes. Espionage. Indictments. Convictions. Prison.

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It’s Friday, and it’s very quiet.  Hmm.

Open thread.

Update: the consensus seems to be that this is Thursday, dammit.

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Open Thread: Is This For Real?

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I have been working all day and I just saw this tweet:

Does god love us this much?

CNN article

Update: So Trump wouldn’t let Corcoran search Trump’s office, so Corcoran didn’t want to sign off on the document saying they had done a diligent search, but he was willing to the the female attorney sign off?  What a piece of shit.

Open thread.

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Witnesses or Targets Open Thread

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I love this tweet:

There’s a magical place called Mar-a-Lago – where men enter as lawyers and emerge as witnesses.

Slight correction from me:  Why “Witnesses” and not “Targets”?

Gosh, a girl *gets busy with a new garden project, and suddenly there are three new attorney changes.  Yikes!

What did I miss?   Open thread.

Update:  *get your minds out of the gutter, not that kind of “gets busy”.  Phrasing.

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Are We Tired of Winning?

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Thought experiment.

Think for a minute about how you would have felt – how we all would have felt – if the verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case had been a hung jury.

It would have felt like one more body blow.  It would have been discouraging.  It would have been demoralizing.  We would be thinking that as long as a MAGA could be on the jury in any case, Trump would always walk, just as he always has before.

Thankfully, that’s not what happened.

I have never understood why, if something is a big Joe Biden deal of a problem, having the problem fixed isn’t an equally big Joe Biden deal.  Is it just human nature?

I can’t imagine why I am thinking about this today, but I am.

Open thread.

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Should We Have An ‘Office’ Pool?

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The obvious question:  how many days before Trump violates the order?

If you want to participate:

Pick a number between 1 and 14, inclusive, or you may choose never.

You may also weigh in on what you think the consequences will be if he violates the order.

Winners get a hearty handshake and a pat on the back.

Totally open thread.

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Friday Night Q & A with (the other) Jack Smith

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Sometimes, on this wild ride into “interesting times” – complete with accompanying time warp – I think it helps that there are little things that add some structure, that add some predictability to this wild ride.  At midnight you get the new Wordle.  At 7 pm you get the new Waffle.  On Sundays at 7 pm, you get the Deluxe Waffle.  On (most) Friday evenings, we get the Q & A with (the other) Jack Smith.

Tonight’s Q & A was especially fun.  He’s sensible, and clearly he’s knowledgable and doesn’t get his information only from the public domain.  He’s certainly not the real Jack Smith, but I find helpful anyway.

I was surprised to hear that the 8 false electors were given immunity without having to admit that they had done anything wrong.  At first blush, I’m thinking “Huh?”  But I read his answer to the question below, and I think that makes total sense.  She’s going after the architects, the ones who talked them into being on the false slate of electors, and pulled them into this illegal act.

The answer to this one (below)  surprised me.  I guess he’s only admitting to “closer”, but it seems like the first time he was willing to even go that far.

Nice to hear someone (besides us!) say that Roberts should ask him to resign.  But I’ll take the Senate investigation and referral to the DOJ.  You have to think that a rule follower and protector of institutions like Merrick Garland is horrified by the corruption of the Supreme Court.  Pretty sure that the whole “na na na na na, you can’t touch us” routine is not going over well with Garland.

 

That’s how I feel about his twitter account, too.

This “Jack E. Smith” appears to have legitimate sources who might indeed by close to the investigation (for real!).  But he has been very circumspect about timing, never committing to specific predictions about timing, because of course if he is way off that would give up the game.

Tonight for the first time he has gotten less coy, and more specific, which makes me go hmm!

For instance:

And this!

From his lips to dog’s ears!

Any other outlets that provide safety valves for you guys?  Besides Balloon Juice, of course!

Open thread.

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