Episode #70 of the Countdown podcast is up. And Keith posted a preview at YouTube.
A-Block (1:14) SPECIAL COMMENT:
- It goes without saying Trump should not merely already be under indictment — He should be under 24/7 guard in a SuperMax Prison. But he’s not. So we have to view last night’s leak about the Department of Justice considering a Special Trump Counsel as “good news.”
- CNN’s report says the Special Counsel would be appointed as soon as Trump officially declares he’s running. (He came close last night at one of his Cult Rallies.)
- CNN also reported something strange: that DOJ has hired two high-priced prosecutors in advance, just in case they do decide to prosecute. Are you kidding? Who does this? You don’t hire guys away from Law Firm Partnerships ‘just in case’.
- Plus CNN discovered one of the hirings [Dave Rody] because the guy UPDATED HIS LINKED-IN PROFILE!
- In actual stuff that’s happened, CREW, which got a New Mexico County Commissioner removed from office for insurrection based on the 14th Amendment, says it will sue to get Trump similarly barred from serving.
- All of which leads me to invoke 19th Century British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone and an immortal quote about him supplied by one of his fiercest critics, Henry Labouchere.
B-Block
- (14:14) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Calto, in New York
- (15:39) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Golly, I guessed right: Elon Musk IS willing to sell YOUR Twitter identity to somebody else. I think we call this “blackmail.”
C-Block (31:09) FRIDAYS WITH THURBER: “The Luck Of Jad Peters”
YouTube has a video of him reading this story.
As Keith says: Well, that’s all the damage I can do here for now. Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck.