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kpete's JournalCharles Pierce: Trump judge delivers on the usual priority: dismantling the "administrative state"
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So if I am denied entry to a swimming pool because I have open, festering sores all over my torso, then I really am being “detained” on the sidewalk? If they won’t let me into the movie theater because of my visible case of the Black Death, I really have been “quarantined” in the parking lot? I am neither a lawyer, nor do I play one on this blog, but this does not impress me as legal reasoning. But, Lordy, does it make sense as politics.
You see, Judge Mizelle is one of those folks that the Federalist Society sent up the pneumatic tube that led from its labs to the White House. She clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and was rated as “not qualified” by the American Bar Association. She was 33 when she was nominated and confirmed as the 2020 lame-duck session was winding down. She was eight years out of law school and had never tried a case of any kind. Her husband was chosen to be acting general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security through his connection to that noted devotee of the Constitution, Stephen Miller. She had no experience, but she had the golden resume.
MORE:
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a39753211/mask-mandate-airplanes-trump-judge/
Dear Fox News viewer, turn off Tucker Carlson, get off the couch and go exercise.
Dana Milbank in today's Toast.
To the extent declining testosterone levels are a problem, the correct solution would be to address a major cause: rising obesity. Instead of shining a red light on your private parts, dear Fox News viewer, turn off Tucker Carlson, get off the couch and go exercise.
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2022/04/morning-thread_0887212761.html#comment-5832116095
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/18/tucker-carlson-testicle-tanning-masculinity-wrong/
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Text message trove shows Oath Keepers discussing security details for Trump associates
Top members of the Oath Keepers now facing seditious conspiracy charges chatted for days about providing security for some of the highest-profile figures associated with Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election, according to a newly released trove of text messages.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000180-3f0c-de92-addf-ff5fb1390000
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The Oath Keepers also exchanged messages that referenced members of Congress. Rhodes, in particular, asked an associate for the cell number of Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) who was described by members on the text chain as being in need of security during the attack on the Capitol. Jackson was the White House physician before he was elected to Congress in 2020.
“Dr. Ronnie Jackson — on the move. Needs protection. If anyone inside cover him. He has critical data to protect,” one unidentified person wrote.
“Help with what?” Rhodes replied. “Give him my cell.” (A spokesperson for Jackson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.)
In a Jan. 3 exchange, Meggs mentioned that unidentified allies mentioned the Oath Keepers “on the call with congressmen” and “wanted to say thank you all for providing and protecting us.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/oath-keepers-security-trump-jan6-00026157
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1516378469881585665?s=20&t=BljoagRUS4s82FUcgZbwwg
When everything a source says is a lie - Do NOT Engage - Because that only spreads their propaganda
DO NOT AMPLIFY RIDICULOUS PROPAGANDA MESSAGEShttps://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1516046796673499145?s=20&t=oGYw7xAfLjgRGfxT98Fxww
First we came for the history books...
https://twitter.com/EandPCartoons/status/1515865193611509771?s=20&t=MPWufQJx654hXREBkN9JzQ
Not to mention all those Marxist math teachers who put the signs in the textbooks.
@HowleyReporter-Seen on Fox and Friends, Newsmax, OAN, C-Span, CBS, Alex Jones
The Globalist Left has built a coalition of pedophiles, Chinese Communists, subversive Jewish lawyers and propagandists, pedo schoolteachers, the Deep State, violent black militants, illegal immigrant criminals and morbidly obese anxiety-ridden cat women. Talk about "Progress"!
https://twitter.com/BradMossEsq/status/1515876036801712128?s=20&t=IYBbpSTocFVJr7PHcA_zCA
MAGA Family Values
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1514713494490386436?s=20&t=esEbG5bhCxdh7StrXmzMMg
High-Ranking Proud Boy Is Now Snitching for the Feds
Federal prosecutors appear to have made their biggest breakthrough yet in their sprawling investigation into the violent riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A high-ranking Proud Boy has flipped, agreeing to testify in any and all cases where his testimony might be “deemed relevant by the government.”
It’s the latest example of the government strengthening its case against the far-right street-fighting gang that’s become a national household name since its leaders and dozens of members have been charged in relation to the Capitol riot.
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“Donohoe’s guilty plea is a significant development in the case against the Proud Boys defendants,” said Barbara McQuade, who served as the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. “His agreement to cooperate means that any trial against other Proud Boys members will include his testimony, which will be important evidence for the prosecution.”
His cooperation could also “signal his ability to provide information up the chain to organizers and leaders who planned the attack,” said McQuade, specifically whether Proud Boy leaders had any communication with former President Donald Trump’s inner circle in the run-up to Jan 6.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qeq9/proud-boy-flipped-cases-january-6
One doesn't see this righteous indignation often enough.
Turn on the volume. You want this timeline cleanse.Meanwhile, in Missouri, State Representative
@IanMack03007724
gives one of the most powerful speeches I have ever heard.
"Can I tell you, if I were your brother, I would have been afraid to tell you too... because of stuff like this!" Mackey said, referring to the anti-trans bill. "This is what you're focused on, this is the legislation you want to put forward! This is what consumes your time. I would have been afraid to tell you too. I was afraid of people like you... For 18 years I walked around with 'nice' people like you who took me to ball games, who told me how smart I was, and they went to the ballot and voted for crap like this!"
https://twitter.com/LynzforCongress/status/1514792068765286412?s=20&t=b3Zbkbf9MEU0jrTwzfObDw
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/14/2092025/-Watch-openly-gay-Democrat-tell-anti-trans-Republican-colleague-exactly-what-he-needs-to-hear
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