Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Some Critics Suggest Trump's Death Squad Plans Are Legally Problematic
Defenders, however, point out that these Official Acts are clearly constitutional according to the Roberts Court.
Both sides journalism could get exciting!
Both sides journalism could get exciting!
Rudy Disbarred
Small pleasures where we can find them.
Rudy Giuliani's association with former President Donald Trump has cost him his law license.
Giuliani was disbarred on Tuesday in a decision handed down by the Appellate Division First Department in New York.
I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT BUT I WON'T DO... Anything?
Just reiterating, this is completely incoherent messaging for "normie voters".*
Gonna put this Kick Me sign on my back, and I promise you, America, I WILL NOT TAKE IT OFF.
*I define normie voters as people who pay enough attention to the news to have a basic sense of what is going on, but who don't really get the weird nuances that only people who make following politics their hobby do.
Use It
OK I know it's all Calvinball and all of this is just "Republican presidents can do what they want, Democratic presidents can do nothing at all," but going out there asserting that he has absolute power but he REFUSES TO USE IT - not even for good things - is maybe not the best approach.
Chickenshit Club
Use the power when you have it.
A lawyer representing victims of two fatal Boeing 737 Max crashes has told the BBC that the US government is preparing to offer the plane maker a "sweetheart plea deal".Not just Boeing.
Paul Cassell, who says he got the information "directly from the Justice Department", added that the deal includes a small fine, three years of probation and independent safety audits.
Monday, July 01, 2024
Some Bright Spots
Malarkey Joe has official acted this guy:
Steve Bannon reported to prison on Monday to serve out the four-month sentence resulting from his 2022 conviction on charges of contempt of Congress.
The former White House adviser to Donald Trump and influential right-wing radio host surrendered himself to the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, a low-security prison where he will serve out his sentence.
There's Always Money In The Banana Stand
For anything but paying teachers or other useful thinngs.
An A.I. platform named Ed was supposed to be an “educational friend” to half a million students in Los Angeles public schools. In typed chats, Ed would direct students toward academic and mental health resources, or tell parents whether their children had attended class that day, and provide their latest test scores. Ed would even be able to detect and respond to emotions such as hostility, happiness and sadness.
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Los Angeles agreed to pay a start-up company, AllHere, up to $6 million to develop Ed, a small part of the district’s $18 billion annual budget. But just two months after Mr. Carvalho’s April presentation at a glittery tech conference, AllHere’s founder and chief executive left her role, and the company furloughed most of its staff. AllHere posted on its website that the furloughs were because of “our current financial position.”
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Los Angeles agreed to pay a start-up company, AllHere, up to $6 million to develop Ed, a small part of the district’s $18 billion annual budget. But just two months after Mr. Carvalho’s April presentation at a glittery tech conference, AllHere’s founder and chief executive left her role, and the company furloughed most of its staff. AllHere posted on its website that the furloughs were because of “our current financial position.”
Presidential Immunity
Do what you gotta do to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, Joe.
If You Come For The King
I really am just sitting here with my jaw dropped as we somehow moved from "if you criticize Biden, the bad orange man will win" to "obviously Biden is incompetent and must drop out yesterday."
If he doesn't drop out, you can't walk that one back!
I never want messaging lectures from the Sensible Center again.
If he doesn't drop out, you can't walk that one back!
I never want messaging lectures from the Sensible Center again.
I Am An Expert On French Politics
Actually I really know nothing about the politics of any country except the US and UK. Any pronouncements I make about any other country is just me mostly talking out my ass. This is true of most Americans who talk about the politics of other countries.
HOWEVER, this is a blog, and I get to talk out my ass sometimes. Macron's electoral problems are hardly a secret. "Do unpopular things and people will love us anyway because we are smart and sensible" only works if you define "people" as "certain powerful interests and their various aligned news outlets."
As for why he called the election: either he's fine being president with a far right parliament, for whatever reasons, or he thought "I am the man to protect you from the extremes ON BOTH SIDES" was a winner and well...
HOWEVER, this is a blog, and I get to talk out my ass sometimes. Macron's electoral problems are hardly a secret. "Do unpopular things and people will love us anyway because we are smart and sensible" only works if you define "people" as "certain powerful interests and their various aligned news outlets."
As for why he called the election: either he's fine being president with a far right parliament, for whatever reasons, or he thought "I am the man to protect you from the extremes ON BOTH SIDES" was a winner and well...
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