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  1. https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1836565850687406158
  2. Chuckle: https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1836565850687406158
  3. The pressure is on this biscuit to drop out. New scandal scheduled to drop soon. True to grifting nature, he will name his price, the GOP will pay and he’s likely to be history. The window for him to drop out closes tomorrow.
  4. Numerous Teamsters locals have endorsed Harris as have black Teamsters and others. As regards the non endorsement, follow the money.
  5. I swear this board makes Texags appear just moderately backwards: https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/
  6. How Roberts Shaped Trump’s Supreme Court Winning Streak https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/us/justice-roberts-trump-supreme-court.html Behind the scenes, the chief justice molded three momentous Jan. 6 and election cases that helped determine the former president’s fate. Last February, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sent his eight Supreme Court colleagues a confidential memo that radiated frustration and certainty. Former President Donald J. Trump, seeking to retake the White House, had made a bold, last-ditch appeal to the justices. He wanted them to block his fast-approaching criminal trial on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, arguing that he was protected by presidential immunity. Whatever move the court made could have lasting consequences for the next election, the scope of presidential power and the court’s own battered reputation. The chief justice’s Feb. 22 memo, jump-starting the justices’ formal discussion on whether to hear the case, offered a scathing critique of a lower-court decision and a startling preview of how the high court would later rule, according to several people from the court who saw the document. The chief justice tore into the appellate court opinion greenlighting Mr. Trump’s trial, calling it inadequate and poorly reasoned. On one key point, he complained, the lower court judges “failed to grapple with the most difficult questions altogether.” He wrote not only that the Supreme Court should take the case — which would stall the trial — but also how the justices should decide it. I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently” from the appeals court, he wrote. In other words: grant Mr. Trump greater protection from prosecution. In a momentous trio of Jan. 6-related cases last term, the court found itself more entangled in presidential politics than at any time since the 2000 election, even as it was contending with its own controversies related to that day. The chief justice responded by deploying his authority to steer rulings that benefited Mr. Trump, according to a New York Times examination that uncovered extensive new information about the court’s decision making. This account draws on details from the justices’ private memos, documentation of the proceedings and interviews with court insiders, both conservative and liberal, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because deliberations are supposed to be kept secret. The chief justice wrote the majority opinions in all three cases, including an unsigned one in March concluding that the former president could not be barred from election ballots in Colorado. Another case involved a highly unusual switch. In April, the chief justice assigned Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. to write a majority opinion saying that prosecutors had gone too far in bringing obstruction charges against some Capitol rioters. But in late May, the chief justice took it over. During the February discussions of the immunity case, the most consequential of the three, some of the conservative justices wanted to schedule it for the next term. That would have deferred oral arguments until October and almost certainly pushed a decision until after the election. But Chief Justice Roberts provided crucial support for hearing the historic case earlier, siding with the liberals. Then he froze them out. After he circulated his draft opinion in June, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the senior liberal, signaled a willingness to agree on some points in hopes of moderating the opinion, according to those familiar with the proceedings. Though the chief justice often favors consensus, he did not take the opening. As the court split 6 to 3, conservatives versus liberals, Justice Sotomayor started work on a five-alarm dissent warning of danger to democracy. In his writings on the immunity case, the chief justice seemed confident that his arguments would soar above politics, persuade the public, and stand the test of time. His opinion cited “enduring principles,” quoted Alexander Hamilton’s endorsement of a vigorous presidency, and asserted it would be a mistake to dwell too much on Mr. Trump’s actions. “In a case like this one, focusing on ‘transient results’ may have profound consequences for the separation of powers and for the future of our Republic,” he wrote. “Our perspective must be more farsighted.” But the public response to the decision, announced in July on the final day of the term, was nothing like what his lofty phrases seemed to anticipate.
  7. I’m not sure why most haven figured out if Haitians really ate pets, they would fly under the radar and feast on the strays in Springfield while leaving family pets alone. Think, people.
  8. Dems build momentum in Texas But several recent polls show Cruz struggling to cross the 50-percent mark, making the Texas Senate race a potential bright spot for Democrats as they battle to hold their slim majority in the upper chamber. “If you’re Ted Cruz or a Ted Cruz fan, if in the closing months of an election, you’re not at 50 percent and you’re not closing that margin up towards 50 percent, that’s going to be problematic,” Loyd said. https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-build-momentum-texas-senate-100000336.html
  9. There a quite a few things I don’t know Just learned today was a freak off is.
  10. Didn’t know satchel had a shelf life. I’ll try to do better.
  11. It is simply outrageous that it is mostly men writing these statutes that imperil the lives of women in ways that none of them will ever have to worry about experiencing.
  12. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8eETknA/
  13. I hope the blowback to this will be epic enough that it reignites a national movement to abolish the electoral college.Yeah, I know, I know…
  14. The youngster in my house explained to us what rizz means. It’s a play on the word, charisma - as in, she rizzed me first, Dad.
  15. Once we understand that we live in a red voting state that is not demographically red, we can work to make the latter fact work in our favor.
  16. What is it these undecided Republicans are mulling?
  17. I do. Somebody in his family is a narcissist and it’s not him. He’s been clear that he doesn’t share his wife’s conservative East Texas political proclivities:
  18. Patrick told her to cut the shit; that he had a locker room of black men to lead and to quit crapping on his brand.
  19. I notice that has become routine in areas where politicians are trying to enlarge their territory. Judicial candidates in Dallas County rarely identify as Republicans.
  20. 20% of Haitian Americans voted for Trump on ‘16. There are over 700k registered Haitian voters in Florida, the largest number in the country. Don’t be surprised if this bloc’s turnout proves to be determinative in November.
  21. Seriously. To think that one who aspires to be POTUS would would publicly declare his hatred for an entertainer is scary.
  22. On a more serious note, I’ve thought about this quite a bit over the last couple of days. If my candidate took to social to tell the world that he hates a private citizen who has done nothing to him, knowing that he could cause said citizen harm, I don’t think I could in good conscience vote for that candidate.
  23. If Trump is only up by 4 in Iowa, we could be talking an Obama style blowout in a couple of months.
  24. As I wrote some time ago, at some point Elon is going to blame his Asperger’s.
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