Fucking yikes.
0/10 to the #Biden administration on this one.
We should be **joining** the ICC regime.
(Also what makes us think the ICC owes us assurances when we aren’t a party to it?)
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/21/biden-administration-response-congress-icc
McSweeneys nails it once again…
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-message-from-the-chancellor-on-the-recent-student-protest
(via @MichaelTBacon)
This is a very big deal. He had to comply with the law. And he did. Someone made Donald Trump do something he did not want to do. Someone made Donald Trump undo Trump mischief.
Excellent
I'm taking the win.
Something feels different this morning 🌄.
Workers in Tennessee voting to unionize. Ukraine aid finally getting a vote. Trump told to sit down and shut up in court. AG James calling BS on his fishy bond. Abortion rights getting on the ballot across the country.
Beginning to feel like we've had enough, and we're not going to take it anymore. The dog caught the car. We, the people, have the power, and we're not afraid. Lots more to do, but this morning there is hope.
The Hill also has the story of James filing asking the court to reject the bond:
“Based on KSIC’s policyholder surplus in its most recent annual financial statement of $138,441,671, the limitation of loss on any one risk that KSIC is permitted to write is $13.8 million,” the lawyers wrote. “The face amount of the bond exceeds this limitation by $161.2 million.”
The New York attorney general’s office has asked a judge to void the $175 million bond former President Trump secured to put off paying the larger monetary damage award in his civil fraud case. State lawyers said in court filings Friday that the former president and his co-defendants — the Trump Organization and its top…