Once upon a time, both parties had something of value to provide to America. See, there is a dire need for checks and balances in any ruling government. I don’t believe in handing out federal or state funding like candy, but we need carefully structured social programs that help and do not hinder economic and personal growth.
Balance.
Despite what the Republicans say, I truly think the government should care about the well-being of the citizens they represent—they make laws for crying out loud. Making laws about what I can or cannot do and how punishment is meted out? Doesn’t get more into the heart of “well-being” than that.
I mean, if you create a law that says I can be hanged for stealing a piece of bread, my well-being goes to hell in a handbasket rather quickly.
Besides, there is a symbiotic relationship when it comes to the government and its people—when you harm the body politic, you make the whole country sick.
Judge Cannon REVERSES HER OWN ORDER, Blames Prosecutor (youtube.com)
What does the GOP have nowadays?
Trump.
Let that marinate for a second.
They went from Roosevelt, Lincoln, and fricking Mr. Rogers to… Trump.
Sadly, the once proud Party O’ Lincoln is led by a squalling Orange Man Baby, devoid of sympathy, intellect, or soul.
Take responsibility?
Furgitabout it.
We come to Judge Aileen “Loose” Cannon, who, a few months ago, thought it would be super duper cool to reveal the names of protected witnesses and undercover agents.
Not today.
Cannon is currently reversing herself so fast her lips are smacking the back of her head from all the G-force. Could she be doing this so her dumb behind won't get booted off the Maralago document’s case? Perhaps, but she is also trying to blame Jack Smith for not telling her about the very laws she should be well-aware of being a federal judge and whatnot.
…Or as Newsweek put it in their headline: Aileen Cannon Chides Jack Smith 'Failure' in New Court Filing
Fucking Newsweek:
In a ruling on April 9, Cannon wrote that Smith had failed to provide adequate argument against a press coalition that was fighting to prevent the censorship of documents in the case. She pointed out Smith's alleged failure three times in one paragraph.
"The Special Counsel had two opportunities to raise these arguments and failed to do so in both instances. The Special Counsel's initial Seal Request failed to offer a governing legal framework or any factual support for the relief sought," she wrote.
"Later, in response to the Press Coalition's Motion, the Special Counsel failed to engage with—let alone refute—the Press Coalition's argument that the First Amendment attached to the subject materials."
She also criticized his alleged lack of compliance with the rules on sealing sensitive court filings.
"And this is to say nothing of the Special Counsel's failure to comply with this District's Local Rules on sealing, which the Court has emphasized repeatedly throughout this proceeding," she wrote.
Stupid Crooked MAGA Judge says what now?
Methinks the only reason Judge Cannon even backtracked was to save her own bacon from the frying pan, which is all MAGA idiots care about—not charity, intelligence, kindness, and certainly not law and order.
Speaking of which—
Point and Laugh: Trump loses tenth attempt to derail NY criminal trial.
🚨 Trump EMERGENCY APPEAL to STOP Criminal Trial DENIED (youtube.com)
So yeah, Donald has been trying to prevent his New York criminal trial from commencing with yet another frivolous motion and has been shot down for the tenth time.
Count ‘em…TEN!
Even a totally wasted and horny nightclub dude gives up on pursuing the hot, big-boobed Instagram model at the end of the bar after the third, “Get out of here loser before my super muscular Body Guard boyfriend smashes your face.”
Trump sure seems to love to top from the bottom, and I am sure he will ask Sir for another soon.
What was Trumpy Dumpy crying about in court? His gag order. Maybe if the gag came tethered to a ball he would like it more?
Not kink-shaming, just saying…
Anyhoo—
Trump's gag order, the focus of Monday's hearing, bars him from interfering with the trial by making statements about witnesses, jurors, prosecutors, and the family members of District Attorney Alvin Bragg and state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan.
Trump's public statements about the case are merely "intemperate and rude," defense attorney Emil Bove told the judge, citing language from last year's Court of Appeals decision in Trump's DC election interference case.
Prosecutors "are not alleging that any of President Trump's statements rise to the level of incitement," or causing a clear and present danger to others, Bove argued.
Bove also repeated previous defense arguments claiming that the gag harms not only Trump, but the public, which has a right to hear the former president's unfiltered opinions on key witnesses.
The public especially has the right to hear Trump denounce the Democratic leanings of the trial judge's daughter, Loren Merchan, a political consultant who has worked for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, he said.
The attacks on Merchan are part of a motion to recuse the judge and should be fair game, Bove argued.
The top appellate lawyer for Bragg, Stephen Wu, countered on Monday that Trump's statements "predictably lead to a barrage of attacks" by the former president's followers.
"There has already been difficulty in finding witnesses in our case to come in and testify, including witnesses who are doing nothing more than testifying about record keeping for the company," Wu said, an apparent reference to current or former employees at Trump Organization.
"They know what their name in the press may lead to," Wu told the appellate judge.
With just one delay bid yet to be decided, odds remain good that the trial will stay on course for jury selection to start April 15.
HA!
We are laughing!
Oh, and in case you were wondering, I cited Newsweek above to illustrate how modern-day Big Media plays the game. The title made it seem Cannon had a valid gripe against Jack Smith and his “failures”, but reading the actual article proved otherwise.
They know the pithy title will stick for far longer than the article's facts—it’s how the Mandela Effect takes root and germinates. We are told lies that become facts that become undisputed events.
Contemporary Republicans and the media are masters at this.
Reminder—the MSM is not your friend.