Trump's Troubles

Barely a step above the National Enquirer now days.

 

A nice thought to start the week…..

Let's take stock of TLG's life:

1. Goes to trial on the 15th on felony criminal charges with two more trials to follow,
2. Currently on the hook for $450M + $93M (and growing) fines that he's appealing,
3. Watching a fortune from Truth Social wither away while he's forbidden to sell for another 5+ months,
4. Seeing his poll numbers drop as he continues to be an unhinged asshole, and
5. Still shits in a diaper.
6. (Related to 5) hasn’t had sex with Melania in years…
7. Others?

 

Yet they adore him anyway

 

Stable genius!

 

Having recently read a bit more about this I've decided to stop calling him anything other than Diaper Don.

 

You can not turn over a stone and not find a Russia connection to Diaper Don. It would be funny if it weren't so scary.

 

It would be funnier if the GOP weren't so intent on making him the next president. They really have no one else they feel like would do a better job of representing them than a conman who is compromised by Russian investment? How surreal this all has been.

 

He's so adept at creating chaos there's never a straight story and nailing down one lie springs into another. Fox and right wing news organizations refuse to challenge him, leaving half the country believing anything he says, while Republicans who call out his BS lose support. The perfect storm for corrupt authoritarianism.

 

Good point. Then when you continue to peel back the layers of lies the refrain from the other side is "are we still talking about this?" .Meanwhile Trump has said/done a dozen other crazy things to push the initial thing out of people's minds.

 

Four legal developments/observations.

First, and most significantly, the NY App Ct has denied Trump's attempt to delay that trial. Not surprising. It was meritless. One related point I did not know is that DT's solid ethical attorney - Susan Necheles, isn't signing the crazy filings like this one. Will be curious to see what her role will be allowed to be:





Second, the DC Circuit has rejected one legal challenge to conviction for J6 criminals - that the interior of the Capitol was a "public forum". Common sense.



The Fischer case remains before the USSC, though they seemingly narrowed review that would make it less likely they will eviscerate the statute as the insurrectionists hope. They seem more inclined to run out the clock than rule substantively in the insurrectionists' favior, but who knows. Here is Marcy explaining the legal issue:

SCOTUS Takes Up January 6 Obstruction Challenge - But with Unknown Scope - emptywheel




It’s possible, though, that SCOTUS will also review a more contentious issue: the definition of “corrupt purpose” in the statute. Fischer addresses that deeper in the petition. While some courts have limited Section 1512(c)(2)’s scope by a particular definition of the critical mens rea element—“corruptly”—they have not defined it uniformly. See Miller, 605 F. Supp. 3d at 70 n.3. And the D.C. Circuit’s lead opinion declined to define it all, even while stating that “corrupt intent” limited Section 1512(c)(2)’s reach. Compare Pet. App. 17a-18a with Pet. App. 20a. The lead opinion nonetheless acknowledged three potential definitions:

1. Corruptly means conduct that is “wrongful, immoral, depraved, or evil.” Pet. App. at 18a (quoting Arthur Anderson LLP, 544 U.S. at 705, discussing 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)).

2. Undertaken with a “corrupt purpose or through independently corrupt means, or both.” Pet. App. 18a-19a (quoting United States v. Sandlin, 575 F. Supp. 3d 16, 30 (D.D.C. 2021) (citing United States v. North, 910 F.2d 843, 942-43 (D.C. Cir. 1990) (Silberman, J., concurring and dissenting in part)).

3. Conduct that involves “voluntarily and intentionally [acting] to bring about either an unlawful result or a lawful result by some unlawful method, with a hope or expectation of either financial gain or other benefit to oneself or a benefit of another person.” Pet. App. 19a (quoting Aguilar, 515 U.S. at 616-17) (Scalia, J., concurring).

 

Trump doing yeoman’s work to win support of “The Jews” and “The Blacks”

Trump Drops New Theory On Why ‘Jewish People’ And ‘The Black People’ Vote For Democrats In Stunning Interview

 

This is so blatant. If he isn’t elected president he is going to be reemed by the SEC. Stock pump and dumping is not going to end well for diaper Don.

 

1. In before the news outlet gets attacked..he still said it.
2. Yet his worshippers adore him anyway.

 

Mediate isn’t biased, they have conservative opinion pieces and it’s run by Dan Abrahams but they do report on things people say and MAGA ilk and their leader think (and fortunately for us) say terrible things non stop.

 

Trump has one hope of getting elected: RFK, Jr. Apparently, RFK hates Biden more than he wants to win the election (or support what's best for the country), and he is remaining in the election to try to see Biden defeated. Not really the best of motivations, especially when in helping Biden getting defeated, he is helping a dangerously unqualified con-man get elected president.

RFK Jr. Adviser Makes Shocking Admission about Campaign’s True Goal

 

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So, how stupid do you have to be to vote for a candidate who isn't smart enough to pick their own V.P., and so corrupt that he can't help but turn the selection process into grifting for cash? Time for the Diaper Don to accept the title of Crooked Donald, taking it back from Hillary.

Trump asks supporters to help pick his running mate. He really just wants their money.