Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

a shape-shifting lizard creature from the planet Vulcan

That's actually Taylor Swift, yeah?

Based on how easily Trump and the conservative echo chamber were able to turn Anthony Fauci- who at one point was polling as more popular than Trump- into a punching bag, I’m concerned about how hard they are going to go after her. Especially with the added dimension of massive sexism that is always so successfully deployed against women in power

IDK, the Swiftie Army is not something I'd want to tangle with

🇯🇵 Statement from the Embassy of Japan on Taylor Swift’s Reported Travel from Japan to the United States ✈️🏈 Are you ready for it? pic.twitter.com/wFKadehTJk

— Japan Embassy DC🌸 (@JapanEmbDC) February 2, 2024

Will Jack Antonoff comply with his Congressional subpoena?

Xpost I mean, does it matter (from a legal perspective) how they go after her? Obviously I don't want anybody going through a harassment campaign from edgelord Republicans, especially not a Black woman, but public opinion isn't going to have any bearing on the case itself.

they're looking absolutely desperate with the taylor swift thing, just completely pathetic.

people were not "fans" of Dr. Anthony Fauci the way they are with Taylor Swift, they ain't gonna win this battle

tbh I'm surprised they didn't issue a statement that they're planning to send Air Force One to pick her up

Taylor has been given shoot to kill orders

Taylor Swift is...the Transporter.

speaking of which the other day this whole thing was brought up at the record store and an older guy started talking about how some art organization he was a part of in the 80s did a big event that was sponsored by Trump Tower and featured a speech by the man himself. apparently Trump arrived with some woman who clearly was not his wife, spoke for about 5 minutes and left, then just outright refused to pay a dime, which caused this organization to fold. I believe the way he put it was "fuck that guy, he's a huge asshole and I hope everyone knows it"

Taylor Swift should fly Concorde, which I recall is how Phil Collins was able to get from London to Philly in time to play both cities for Live Aid.

I remember that Collins stunt All Too Well

I do like the idea that someone like Taylor Swift can be so rich and successful that she owns a private decommissioned Concorde.

"Blank Space (Sonic Boom Remix)"

Here's the Wahington Post's latest on the Fani Willis stuff, it goes into lots of details of all the ins and outs. The bottom line is that the accusations may be ridiculous and technically unrelated to the actual case, but there are still many ways for this to go completely off the rails.

Gift link:

https://wapo.st/3UqCHCl

I'm sorry, but this is a don't shit (fuck) where you eat type situation and easily avoidable.

Even if there are no merits.

A love affair with someone you supervise automatically carries plenty of pitfalls. Often it's a bad idea. But this stuff happens everywhere all the time and I haven't heard a whisper that it wasn't consensual. The 'ethics' charges Trump's lawyers raised are all bogus afaics.

It's complete bullshit and a transparently craven move by the Trump team plus GA politicians to undermine the case. I just think it has a non-trivial chance of being consequential bullshit.

Took them long enough, but this is good news

BREAKING: Donald Trump is *NOT* immune from prosecution, DC Circuit rules.

Details TK pic.twitter.com/U0rgc5kNXd

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 6, 2024

Your move, Sam and Clarence.

and Ted and Alice

Photoshop that sucker!

I didn't pay attention in Civics/Gov't class, but how does SCOTUS decide whether to take up or decline to hear a case? Always seemed a mystery to me

whim

Until Taft led a successful effort to reform the cert process, they pretty much by law had to accept almost every appeal.

(four of nine them have to want to hear it)

(four of nine them have to want to hear it)

supposedly the justices discuss whether the case presents elements not adequately addressed by precedent and appropriately settled during appeal, thus requiring SCOTUS review. in reality, what f. hazel said.

I don't have much faith in the Supreme Court either but I don't think they're going to rule on the side of "the President can break the law"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG3V3CTUliI

I don't have much faith in the Supreme Court either but I don't think they're going to rule on the side of "the President can break the law"

― frogbs, Tuesday, February 6, 2024 1:56 PM

What, in the judicial histories of Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kav and Barrett, makes you think such a thing?

Biden if they ruled that way: "Oh great!" *immediately has them arrested for roffles*

Right, it's all an issue of timing. Give it a year, rule the (GOP) president can declare himself king for life

^^^That's what the Founding Father would have wanted... a Christian Monarchy

where is the lie?

(said everyone who never read a single founding document)

I saw a real document today that Ben Franklin signed. There were wax seals even. I didn't read it but I think I'm better than you guys now.

said everyone who never read a single founding document)

― badpee pooper (Eric H.),

srsly?

ferioufly

no, of course I'm not being serious

I love my irreligious Masonic founding fathers.

ferioufly

i love this post so goddamn much. like my entire mentality fees validated lol

also, the founders were radical dipshits about the even-possibility of tyranny and would have roasted trump on a fucking spit long before now. in my amateur student opinion.

Just a little something

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/intro-chesebro-docs

Hmm, sounds familiar:

During the interview with prosecutors, Chesebro cast himself as the latest in a long line of attorneys to be victimized by Trump and those around him. He blamed the campaign for throwing him under the bus in the years after the Capitol insurrection, suggesting that the campaign ordered him to stay quiet, while also casting him to the Jan. 6 Committee as a rogue attorney, all while refusing to pay his legal bills.

“It’s been a real lesson in not working with people that you don’t know and are not sure you can trust. It really went south for me,” Chesebro told prosecutors. “I had a wonderful apartment in NYC that I had to sell for a $2 million dollar loss, and lost almost all my net worth because of the attorney bill.”

if only there had been some clue that this might happen! lol

I mean if an upshot of everything Trump-legal-related are a bunch of arrogant types who happen to be lawyers getting constantly hosed by their client while even more arrogant types who happen etc. line up for inevitable future hosing, then I welcome these obvious idiots getting theirs.

Cheesebro can go fuck himself. He knew exactly what he was doing.

theorizing, in early stages, went even further than previously known, imagining a Jan. 6 that lasted for not hours but days, an intervention by Supreme Court justices that they presumed to be loyal to President Trump, and a vice president who upended his constitutional duties, allowing the U.S. to descend into chaos

Good to have documentary confirmation. There were open speculations about this train of events even before Jan. 6. Most likely they were fueled by leaks coming from people involved in the conspiracy, especially since the reach of the conspiracy by necessity extended to many hundreds of people, not all of whom were all that bright. Such huge conspiracies are impossible to keep secret and coups d'etat are always preceded by insistent rumors of a coming coup.

No matter what the indictments say are the charges brought by the special counsel, the reality was treason.

I think his own attorneys are clearly not happy with him, per this first story in the overall series:

Attorneys for Chesebro downplayed his involvement to TPM, casting him as a lover of legal theory who lacked both the influence and understanding to impact the Trump campaign’s plans. “If you meet him and ask one straightforward question you’ll get 12 different ways it could be,” Chesebro attorney Manny Arora said.

"He's a confused legal moron who drives us nuts but he's paying us for now."