Shannon Watts: Tonight's Zoom supporting Kamala has more than 100,000 participants.

Kamala just broke Zoom again.

Tonight's Zoom to support Kamala Harris is now the first EVER IN HISTORY to have over 100,000 participants.

#AnswerTheCall2024

https://x.com/shannonrwatts/status/1816634633808974241

Update to add, Wendy Davis:

Our #AnswerTheCall2024 call has broken a record for number of people ever to be on a zoom! Close to 150k people!!!! @KamalaHarris #KHive

https://x.com/wendydavis/status/1816634181545525657

A meme that seems appropriate right now...

Updated: Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of tax, gun cases, citing decision to toss Trump's classified docs case

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, asked federal judges on Thursday to dismiss tax and gun cases against him, citing a ruling in Florida this week that threw out a separate prosecution of former President Donald Trump.

The requests in federal court in Delaware and California underscore the potential ramifications of U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal Monday of the classified documents case against Trump and the possibility that it could unsettle the legal landscape surrounding Justice Department special counsels.

Both Hunter Biden and Trump were prosecuted by special counsels appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland. In dismissing the Trump case, Cannon ruled that the appointment of the special counsel who prosecuted Trump, Jack Smith, violated the Constitution because he was appointed directly to the position by Garland instead of being nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

Smith’s team has said the Justice Department followed long-establishment precedent — for instance, the Trump-era appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian election interference was upheld by courts — and has appealed Cannon’s dismissal to a federal appeals court in Atlanta.

https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-taxes-guns-justice-department-cannon-c403a3ed8e8f2b2f45ebcbd78d113aa3

Hunter Biden cites Trump special counsel ruling in effort to toss criminal cases

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, moved on Thursday to throw out his criminal conviction on gun charges and dismiss a separate case accusing him of tax evasion based on an argument that the special counsel prosecuting him was unlawfully appointed.

Biden's lawyers cited a federal judge's decision on Monday to dismiss the criminal case accusing former President Donald Trump of illegally retaining classified documents after leaving office.

Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon found the appointment of the special counsel in that case, Jack Smith, violated the U.S. Constitution because Congress had not given him the authority to pursue the case.

A different special counsel, David Weiss, secured Hunter Biden's conviction last month in Delaware federal court on charges he lied about his illegal drug use to buy a gun.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hunter-biden-cites-trump-special-counsel-ruling-he-seeks-toss-criminal-cases-2024-07-18/

Trump bandage vs John Kerry bandages.

The recent photos of Trump with a big white bandage on his ear at the RNC convention made me remember how Republicans at the 2004 RNC convention wore purple bandages to mock the three Purple Hearts John Kerry received while risking his life serving our country.

Since Republicans enjoy mocking the wounded, why weren't they wearing silly disrespectful bandages on their ears at this convention? Maybe Mike Lindell can make a My Small Ear Pillow for the occasion? Or maybe they just don't have any consistent moral framework? Just wondering...

REPORT FINDS BIDEN DEBATE CRISIS IS A BOGUS MEDIA CREATION

REPORT FINDS BIDEN DEBATE CRISIS IS A BOGUS MEDIA CREATION

A new multi-university research project found that the debate did nothing to change voter preferences and that Biden is actually doing a better job of holding on to his supporters after the debate than Trump.

A multi-university project called CHIP50, which includes Northeastern University, Harvard University, Rutgers University, and the University of Rochester, issued a new report concluding that the first presidential debate had no impact on voter preferences.

The report found:

The predominant pattern we see in the data is stability in voters’ preferences. Overall, 94% of those who chose Biden and 86% of those who chose Trump in our May survey still preferred the same candidate after the debate. There was a small rate of change from Biden to Trump or vice versa– less than 3% shifted in either direction. We observed more churn between those who favored either Biden or Trump and the “Other” category. About 4% of Biden’s and 6% of Trump’s supporters in the earlier wave shifted to “Other” post-debate. At the same time, 6% of “Other” shifted to Biden, and another 6% shifted to Trump.

The net effect of this churn was still quite small: out of a total sample of 1262 repeat respondents, there was a net shift toward support for Biden of 36 voters, and for Trump of 27 voters.
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More at link...

https://www.politicususa.com/2024/07/10/debate-crissi-report-bogus.html

Biden response to Trump's golf challenge. Excellent!

THIS is messaging! Keep it coming!!!





https://x.com/harryjsisson/status/1810852205605372008

Happy 4th of July to all!!!

As we celebrate gaining independence from a king we need to also do everything we can to make sure we don't let another wannabe king take over our country.

Celebrate today my friends, it's back to the work of saving democracy tomorrow.

Thinking of malaise! Beryl hitting Jamaica as Cat 4.

Stay safe malaise!!!


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Barb McQuade: Some good news in SCOTUS opinion

1. No immunity for unofficial acts; pressuring state officials, fake electors scheme, public statements made as a candidate likely qualify;

2. Immunity for official acts is only presumptive. Conduct must fall within “conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority.” Meetings with VP Pence still on the table.

3. POTUS need not be impeached and convicted first.

https://x.com/BarbMcQuade/status/1807803513843376337