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Happy June! Well, it’s a nice thought, anyway. It’s Friday, and it’s time to take care of weekend business, sharing the stories positioned to spontaneously combust over the weekend. First, a new addition to the TrumpWorld Rogues’ Gallery: Rick Gerson.
By way of follow-up, well, maybe they are listening to his phone after all!
Reports of Dotard J. Trump’s trade war flailing draws Armando into the mix. It’s not just that what he proposes is stupid. It’s that it’s also nakedly “transactional and visceral,” and likely to get us the same in kind. Equally ridiculous: his order on energy production, his continuing griping about Sessions and efforts to get him to reverse his recusal, and his too-cute-by-half insider trading cues.
On the legal front, scary thoughts about how a smart Trump from another dimension might leverage the pardon power to gain access to Mueller’s grand jury materials. And, prosecutorial misconduct in the Inauguration Day protest trials, and the dangers of outsourcing your tyranny to private sector fascists, and other assorted jerkholes.