Aileen Cannon, a MAGA activist in a black robe whose rulings in Trump's favor were eviscerated on appeal, is the only judge whom he hasn't attacked or tried to get kicked off his case.
That fact should probably feature prominently in news stories about his latest effort to get Chutkan to recuse. #trump #media #trumpindictment
New dog-whistle just dropped...
"Accused J6er says he can't get a fair trial in DC because there aren't enough 'bricklayers and plumbers'"
Michael Brock, a January 6 defendant, is complaining that there's no way he can get a fair trial in Washington, D.C., reported CBS News' Scott MacFarlane. The reason? His jury pool is unlikely to have bricklayers or plumbers in it.Brock, who lives in Mississippi, is accused of using a metal rod to b...
"Virginia election candidate responds after leak of tapes showing her performing sex acts with husband: 'It won't silence me'"
This race could decide control of the VA lege so these scumbags released revenge porn to hurt Gibson, the Dem. It's disgusting.
I donated to her campaign here, and urge you to do the same. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sg-web?refcode=home-cta
The gun-loving wingnut gamer who released those classified docs so his friends would think he’s cool is going to spend a looooong time in prison.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/politics/us-government-intel-leak/index.html
#guns #gamers #idiots
Two points:
Impunity tested US democracy and that’s worked out very poorly so we might as well give accountability a shot.
And like all other indictments, it should only create peril for others who repeatedly and openly break the law.
Cannot stress enough how the campaign against ERIC — a group that helps state register new voters and clean up their existing voter rolls — is based *entirely* on easily debunked claims from a far-right conspiracy blog, Gateway Pundit.
It's unclear whether Republican officials embracing those claims actually believe them — despite Republican election officials informing them that they're false — or if they're just catering, cynically, to extremists in their base. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/09/texas-voting-eric/
New podcast!
@josephineklee on how well-funded RW groups are 'weaponizing' Christian youth--and why their embrace of violent rhetoric is so dangerous
And @natashalennard on the brutal--and in one horrific case, deadly--police repression of the movement to stop Atlanta's #CopCity project
https://weve-got-issues.simplecast.com/episodes/josephine-lee-natasha-lennard
Joshua Holland is joined by The Texas Observer's Josephine Lee to talk about how the campus culture wars, which are fueled by deep-pocketed conservative donors, have shifted from an emphasis on "free-market" economics to a violent form of Christian Nationalism. Then, Natasha Lennard shares her reporting for The Intercept on the movement to stop the "Cop City" project in Atlanta.
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