Jack Smith is doing his part; now we need to do ours and elect Harris as President of the United States. Remember, no one is coming to save us - we are in charge of our future.
Chris, I love your upbeat, positive message. I'm sadly cynical, so I welcome your reminder that it's up to us to get Democrats and like-minded others to vote for Democrats up and down the entire ballot. When Democrats vote, we win.
I have a 15 year old son in HS, he wants to be an astrophysicist. I have to be positive, but we also send out post cards to swing states - in our case Arizona. But, here is something uplifting for you: we have seen record numbers of new voters register since Harris was elevated; the largest group is young black women. Those new voters are not being polled.
I am a retired Physicist. It warms my heart to know a15 year old aspires to be a Physicist. Congratulations dad. You are doing a great job raising him.
Daughter of a retired physicist here, I went against all his recommendations and became a chemical engineer. Physics was fun but chemistry, especially advanced chemistry was funner.
My son is taking honors chemistry this year, all his friends told him he would hate it. I told him he gets to blow things up! After only being in class a couple of weeks, he loves it. I knew he would, his mind is very analytical and detail focused.
I can't take all the credit, he's waaaay smarter than I am. But my love of all things space has certainly moved him in that direction. BONUS, I get to buy him a telescope next year.
And that's why he's taken "Judge" Aileen Cannon to the 11th CA in appealing her wholly untenable ruling to dismiss the MAL stolen-docs case on the farcical grounds of "illegal appointment" of SC Smith by DOJ. The man is a bulldog, and he's going full-on prosecutor mode to get his man.
This is a great move by Jack to revive a “dead” case against Donald. Trump was feeling safer after ducking most of the legal consequences of his crimes against democracy. But this will yield some new sources of pressure on him and on his flailing campaign.
Noting says “Weird” to me like violating the US Constitution, and being convicted of 34 felonies for business fraud while running for re-election to the Presidency.
So dumpster is grifting again , when has he ever stopped ! I am absolutely disgusted with the actions of dumpster and his cronies did at Arlington Cemetary ! No respect for our fallen soldiers because he wanted a photo op which is illegal ! Just goes to show the amount of disrespect he has for those that served and the rule of law ! Why isn't DOJ looking into this as should be mainstream media ! Both of these are not doingtheir jobs ! Do better !
The image of thumbs-up smiling Trump and his cronies desecrating the memory of the fallen at Arlington is truly disgusting and gut wrenching, not to mention illegal. Trump is a truly disgusting, shameless excuse for a human being.
I counted 5 "thumbs up" in the photo. Was that coordinated? Certainly not coincidental.
I'm fed up with the "news" coverage insisting that Trump et al "didn't understand" the prohibition on using the Arlington National Cemetery, and especially not Section 60. The reality is that he doesn't care what the rules are, believes he has every right to ignore each and every rule or regulation or, even, federal law.
Unfortunately this goes much deeper than ignoring rules and laws. Trump has a deep disdain for our military, and it’s increasingly obvious he especially hates those “losers” who‘ve died for our country. I’ve run out of words to describe my anger at and disgust for a man willing to disgrace ANC and all it stands for.
It was on CNN this morning, according to my husband. They did NOT show the horrid photo of him smiling, with thumbs up, while standing near the graves of the soldiers who died in the Afghanistan attack. However, they described the altercation. I realize Fox Entertainment probably won't broadcast it, but at least people who venture beyond Fox will learn about it.
Not sure why he thought he was free and clear from Jack Smith, the man has more intelligence in his big toe than TFG's entire legal staff. You can throw him road blocks, he just says "hold my beer" while he circumvents them
While I agree with you in terms of a flight risk, let’s *please* be very clear that Trump did NOT say he’d flee to Venezuela if he lost.
In his conversation with Elon Musk (I won’t use the term “interview”, because it was clearly *not* that), he said that if he lost, we’d all lose our freedoms and that his conversation with Musk wouldn’t be possible in the United States. He picked Venezuela as the place that would have more “free speech” than this supposed dystopian view of America that he has, an almost humorous choice, given that Maduro is currently “stealing” the election there from his opponents, who it appears *actually* won.
I doubt that Trump would EVER leave the US and our political scene voluntarily, but if he’s sentenced to hard time (I know! I’m a “glass-half-full" kinda guy! 🤣), who knows?
If he is diagnosed with dementia, he may end up in a psych ward, not a prison. Of course, there are many very mentally ill people in prisons (and possibly demented prisoners, too, for all I know). I’m no lawyer, so I may be very wrong.
During his bail hearings, the judge clearly determined that there was no flight risk. Which makes sense because him being a candidate pretty much requires being in the US.
Much as I would like to see Trump in prison for the 34 felonies he has already been convicted of, I do not want any defendant - Trump or other - to be jailed "just because".
Trump's backers, powerful oligarchs, won't let Trump abscond. He is far more valuable to their cause as a martyr in jail. If he absconds to avoid jail his base will disintegrate, and the oligarchs will lose their muscle on the ground.
I’d assume as a bail condition of one or more of his four trials (NY, DC, FL, GA) and one conviction in New York, his passport must already have been surrendered.
The other question I keep asking, finding no answer or response, is when is convicted felon DT going to turn in his hand gun he has at Mar-A-Largo? Owning or possessing a gun as a felon is a felony under federal law and most if not all state laws. It is also a violation of all of his various bail conditions. The state of New York and New York City are in the process of revoking his gun permits.
Trump would have to figure out a way to ditch his secret service protection. They are duty and honor bound to stop him from basically defecting or fleeing in any manner they deem needed. . He as an ex president knows to many state secrets to be allowed to flee.
Thanks for breaking this down for us, Jay. We are SO fortunate that Jack Smith is leading this effort! If anyone can nail trump, he appears to be the guy to do it. We must make sure that trump is soundly defeated so he cannot wish the case away from the Oval Office.
I truly enjoy these analyses, Jay. My one quibble is that I kind of feel it should be Rudy "Tooty" Giuliani, not "The Rivulet." But, you know, that's more a question of style than precision.
I wonder if Alito, Thomas, and possibly other Supreme Court justices are already developing a work-around re: this new indictment. Perhaps a trumped-up 'originalist' document proving that Trump should be king and immune in all things.
I'm absolutely sure they are. But when Harris wins and the Democrats take the House and Senate, they'd better be careful. It's not out of the realm of possibility that both of them will be thrown off the Court.
A simpler solution to the (Un)Supreme Court, if we take the House, the Senate and the Presidency, would be to get rid of the filibuster and add four seats to SCOTUS. I wouldn't say that too loudly, but if Harris wins, I think it should be right up there with passing the Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act as first orders of business.
Alito and Thomas, I think. I favor replacing them and expanding the Supreme Court. We are almost certain to get militia attacks at some point, but we need to move forward instead of being too frightened to move.
I agree, Carol. Not moving forward out of fear is the same as obeying in advance, which is what tyrants/authoritarians count on from us ordinary people.
AOC has already filed articles of impeachment against Alito and Thomas in the House. But since the Republicans control the House, it’s DOA and Speaker Johnson won’t even assign it to the Judiciary Committee.
I suspect they are. They reserved the final decision of "immune actions" to themselves by not being specific. I suspect they will turn themselves into pretzels to accomplish their mission- save their boy.
I totally feel that same way, Penny. I remember listening to Alito in that immunity hearing take off on a different tangent other than the issue actually being presented, and his inviting the attorney for the special counsel to agree with him to which that attorney stated his disagreement. Trump is, yet again, going to appeal any remaining charges, again insisting on complete immunity which, like his other consistently sham "defenses" should be dismissed for the time-consuming, self-aggrandizing delusions they actually are. The trial and appellate judges will again do a beautiful job of thoroughly explaining why trump's actions are intentional violations of the law, then SCOTUS-6 will "explain" why the actions in the superseding indictment can all be distributed to fall within their defined-just-for-trump categories of "rebuttable presumption" or "core immunity". You see, they aren't accountable for their actions either.
Okay I get it, Jack Smith is still in there pitching, but this whole process has taken and will continue to take way too much time. Remember, “Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” DonOld and his cronies (The Supremes, Cannon) have played this all in trumps favor from the start. I have very little confidence at this point that true justice will prevail.
Yes but. Look at all the stress he's under, all if his own making. His life can't be happy right now. I can't imagine anyone would want to change places with him.
Trump hasn’t been happy for a very long time. Under that facade of grins and thumbs ups, he’s a small, angry, hateful person with an ego that always wants more and will never be satisfied. As he keeps raising the ante on what will satisfy his greed and ego, he only sets himself up for further disappointment.
Yes, he’s under a lot of stress and you are correct, all of his own making. Given that and his age, diet and health, something is going to pop one of these days soon.
Oh do be a fly on the wall at Mar a Lago when Kamala Harris is declared the winner, even by Faux News. Of course I would have to wear a raincoat to avoid getting soaked by catsup.
The immunity is for Trump, not, at least directly, for people who may act on his orders. To what extent does the ridiculous SCOTUS decision confer immunity to someone who commits a crime at the President's command?
I believe that if the “President”, in his “official” capacity, orders someone to do something, they are also covered by immunity. If, however, they were given their orders by “Candidate” Trump, they would not be immune. Hence, Smith dropped any charges of DOJ staff (Jeffrey Clark), but not campaign staff.
Jack Smith is doing his part; now we need to do ours and elect Harris as President of the United States. Remember, no one is coming to save us - we are in charge of our future.
Chris, I love your upbeat, positive message. I'm sadly cynical, so I welcome your reminder that it's up to us to get Democrats and like-minded others to vote for Democrats up and down the entire ballot. When Democrats vote, we win.
I have a 15 year old son in HS, he wants to be an astrophysicist. I have to be positive, but we also send out post cards to swing states - in our case Arizona. But, here is something uplifting for you: we have seen record numbers of new voters register since Harris was elevated; the largest group is young black women. Those new voters are not being polled.
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/after-the-dem-convention-optimism?r=5c99w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Going for your son! Astrophysics is a wonderful profession. What a wonderful choice.
I am a retired Physicist. It warms my heart to know a15 year old aspires to be a Physicist. Congratulations dad. You are doing a great job raising him.
Daughter of a retired physicist here, I went against all his recommendations and became a chemical engineer. Physics was fun but chemistry, especially advanced chemistry was funner.
Astrophysics sounds incredibly cool though!
My son is taking honors chemistry this year, all his friends told him he would hate it. I told him he gets to blow things up! After only being in class a couple of weeks, he loves it. I knew he would, his mind is very analytical and detail focused.
I can't take all the credit, he's waaaay smarter than I am. But my love of all things space has certainly moved him in that direction. BONUS, I get to buy him a telescope next year.
And that is why Jack Smith prosecutes war criminals at The Hague
And that's why he's taken "Judge" Aileen Cannon to the 11th CA in appealing her wholly untenable ruling to dismiss the MAL stolen-docs case on the farcical grounds of "illegal appointment" of SC Smith by DOJ. The man is a bulldog, and he's going full-on prosecutor mode to get his man.
This is a great move by Jack to revive a “dead” case against Donald. Trump was feeling safer after ducking most of the legal consequences of his crimes against democracy. But this will yield some new sources of pressure on him and on his flailing campaign.
Noting says “Weird” to me like violating the US Constitution, and being convicted of 34 felonies for business fraud while running for re-election to the Presidency.
This Jack Smith t-shirt will NEVER get old 👇 🤣
https://libtees-2.creator-spring.com/listing/jacksmithfan
Isn't interesting that now he has two prosecutors coming after him?
KARMA IS COMING
KARMALA IS COMING
And if he wonders what "karma" means he can ask JD Vance to ask his Hindu wife to explain the concept, and the whole "wheel of life" thing... :)
I don’t know if I need to immediately order that one or the “someone’s going to get jack’d up one!”
😉
STOP pushing your f…ing tees!!!
So dumpster is grifting again , when has he ever stopped ! I am absolutely disgusted with the actions of dumpster and his cronies did at Arlington Cemetary ! No respect for our fallen soldiers because he wanted a photo op which is illegal ! Just goes to show the amount of disrespect he has for those that served and the rule of law ! Why isn't DOJ looking into this as should be mainstream media ! Both of these are not doingtheir jobs ! Do better !
The image of thumbs-up smiling Trump and his cronies desecrating the memory of the fallen at Arlington is truly disgusting and gut wrenching, not to mention illegal. Trump is a truly disgusting, shameless excuse for a human being.
🤞🤞🤞he gets nailed for it.
He should sleep with the fishes — soon.
Don’t forget his concrete shoes!
Yes! And only his wig will float.
Yes he’ll need those concrete shoes, otherwise all that air in his head would try to keep him afloat lol
I counted 5 "thumbs up" in the photo. Was that coordinated? Certainly not coincidental.
I'm fed up with the "news" coverage insisting that Trump et al "didn't understand" the prohibition on using the Arlington National Cemetery, and especially not Section 60. The reality is that he doesn't care what the rules are, believes he has every right to ignore each and every rule or regulation or, even, federal law.
Unfortunately this goes much deeper than ignoring rules and laws. Trump has a deep disdain for our military, and it’s increasingly obvious he especially hates those “losers” who‘ve died for our country. I’ve run out of words to describe my anger at and disgust for a man willing to disgrace ANC and all it stands for.
Absolutely agree.
Remember he called our soldiers and fallen soldiers and captive soldiers.. “LOSERS AND SUCKERS”
It was on CNN this morning, according to my husband. They did NOT show the horrid photo of him smiling, with thumbs up, while standing near the graves of the soldiers who died in the Afghanistan attack. However, they described the altercation. I realize Fox Entertainment probably won't broadcast it, but at least people who venture beyond Fox will learn about it.
Someone needs to Awaken Merrick Garland!
And how can military families love him?
Not sure why he thought he was free and clear from Jack Smith, the man has more intelligence in his big toe than TFG's entire legal staff. You can throw him road blocks, he just says "hold my beer" while he circumvents them
Trump needs to surrender his passport and decomission Trump Farce One, as the "known flight risk" he is - he already said he'd flee to Venezuela.
Yes, as soon as he loses the election. Pronto!
While I agree with you in terms of a flight risk, let’s *please* be very clear that Trump did NOT say he’d flee to Venezuela if he lost.
In his conversation with Elon Musk (I won’t use the term “interview”, because it was clearly *not* that), he said that if he lost, we’d all lose our freedoms and that his conversation with Musk wouldn’t be possible in the United States. He picked Venezuela as the place that would have more “free speech” than this supposed dystopian view of America that he has, an almost humorous choice, given that Maduro is currently “stealing” the election there from his opponents, who it appears *actually* won.
I doubt that Trump would EVER leave the US and our political scene voluntarily, but if he’s sentenced to hard time (I know! I’m a “glass-half-full" kinda guy! 🤣), who knows?
I'm certain he'll run when he runs out of options and the trials he knows he'll lose starty getting scheduled. He's terrified of jail.
If he is diagnosed with dementia, he may end up in a psych ward, not a prison. Of course, there are many very mentally ill people in prisons (and possibly demented prisoners, too, for all I know). I’m no lawyer, so I may be very wrong.
I’m not so certain as you, Tom, but I wouldn’t be incredibly surprised if he did…
That's pretty much where I am, other than to give serious credence to his well-known fear of jail and the fact he's a physical coward.
I can imagine him running to his buddies in Russia.
He might find they're only his buddies when he's in a position of power....
He can room with Edward Snowden.
I'd expect Trump Horse One to be firing up its engines on ... oh let's say ... the evening of Tuesday, Nov 5th.
During his bail hearings, the judge clearly determined that there was no flight risk. Which makes sense because him being a candidate pretty much requires being in the US.
Much as I would like to see Trump in prison for the 34 felonies he has already been convicted of, I do not want any defendant - Trump or other - to be jailed "just because".
Trump's backers, powerful oligarchs, won't let Trump abscond. He is far more valuable to their cause as a martyr in jail. If he absconds to avoid jail his base will disintegrate, and the oligarchs will lose their muscle on the ground.
I’d assume as a bail condition of one or more of his four trials (NY, DC, FL, GA) and one conviction in New York, his passport must already have been surrendered.
The other question I keep asking, finding no answer or response, is when is convicted felon DT going to turn in his hand gun he has at Mar-A-Largo? Owning or possessing a gun as a felon is a felony under federal law and most if not all state laws. It is also a violation of all of his various bail conditions. The state of New York and New York City are in the process of revoking his gun permits.
Why Venezuela, did Putin Refuse?
It's just the one he mentioned.
OMG!! LOL Or was it Kimmy? LOL
Trump would have to figure out a way to ditch his secret service protection. They are duty and honor bound to stop him from basically defecting or fleeing in any manner they deem needed. . He as an ex president knows to many state secrets to be allowed to flee.
The secret service couldn’t control him when he was being shot at, so how could they stop him from doing anything he wants?
He needs to he in jail for LIFE on solitary confinement
Thanks for breaking this down for us, Jay. We are SO fortunate that Jack Smith is leading this effort! If anyone can nail trump, he appears to be the guy to do it. We must make sure that trump is soundly defeated so he cannot wish the case away from the Oval Office.
🥇Jack Smith.
All in. Hold him accountable.
I truly enjoy these analyses, Jay. My one quibble is that I kind of feel it should be Rudy "Tooty" Giuliani, not "The Rivulet." But, you know, that's more a question of style than precision.
Good one!
Jeff Tiedrich uses, "Rudy Colludy."
That's my favorite.
All I want for Christmas is Jack Smith slam dunking that Orange Weasel Dick into an orange jumpsuit and slamming his fat pudgy ass in a prison cell..
I can imagine Cheattle saying “ l don’t LIKE orange “! when they give him his jumpsuit and foam slippers…
I couldn’t have articulated that better myself ❤️
🤭I'm loving this!
I wonder if Alito, Thomas, and possibly other Supreme Court justices are already developing a work-around re: this new indictment. Perhaps a trumped-up 'originalist' document proving that Trump should be king and immune in all things.
That could be, but we must work with what we have.
I wouldn’t put *any* dirty trick pass them…
I'm absolutely sure they are. But when Harris wins and the Democrats take the House and Senate, they'd better be careful. It's not out of the realm of possibility that both of them will be thrown off the Court.
A simpler solution to the (Un)Supreme Court, if we take the House, the Senate and the Presidency, would be to get rid of the filibuster and add four seats to SCOTUS. I wouldn't say that too loudly, but if Harris wins, I think it should be right up there with passing the Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act as first orders of business.
Amen! Is it possible for them to be indicted/impeached for bribery, violating federal court and SCOTUS ethics, conflicts of interest, etc.??
Alito and Thomas, I think. I favor replacing them and expanding the Supreme Court. We are almost certain to get militia attacks at some point, but we need to move forward instead of being too frightened to move.
I agree, Carol. Not moving forward out of fear is the same as obeying in advance, which is what tyrants/authoritarians count on from us ordinary people.
Oh, it is possible - but consider the likelihood of two-thirds of the Senate voting to convict.
I'm not sure you could get that if they were captured on video shooting down passers-by in front of The Court. Partisanship is a bitch...
AOC has already filed articles of impeachment against Alito and Thomas in the House. But since the Republicans control the House, it’s DOA and Speaker Johnson won’t even assign it to the Judiciary Committee.
That is my hope.
I suspect they are. They reserved the final decision of "immune actions" to themselves by not being specific. I suspect they will turn themselves into pretzels to accomplish their mission- save their boy.
I totally feel that same way, Penny. I remember listening to Alito in that immunity hearing take off on a different tangent other than the issue actually being presented, and his inviting the attorney for the special counsel to agree with him to which that attorney stated his disagreement. Trump is, yet again, going to appeal any remaining charges, again insisting on complete immunity which, like his other consistently sham "defenses" should be dismissed for the time-consuming, self-aggrandizing delusions they actually are. The trial and appellate judges will again do a beautiful job of thoroughly explaining why trump's actions are intentional violations of the law, then SCOTUS-6 will "explain" why the actions in the superseding indictment can all be distributed to fall within their defined-just-for-trump categories of "rebuttable presumption" or "core immunity". You see, they aren't accountable for their actions either.
Yes, fixing the SC must come first.
Don’t talk dirty.
Thank you Jack Smith. And, thank you AG Garland for appointing Jack smith as Special Council.
Okay I get it, Jack Smith is still in there pitching, but this whole process has taken and will continue to take way too much time. Remember, “Justice Delayed is Justice Denied” DonOld and his cronies (The Supremes, Cannon) have played this all in trumps favor from the start. I have very little confidence at this point that true justice will prevail.
Yes but. Look at all the stress he's under, all if his own making. His life can't be happy right now. I can't imagine anyone would want to change places with him.
Trump hasn’t been happy for a very long time. Under that facade of grins and thumbs ups, he’s a small, angry, hateful person with an ego that always wants more and will never be satisfied. As he keeps raising the ante on what will satisfy his greed and ego, he only sets himself up for further disappointment.
Yes, he’s under a lot of stress and you are correct, all of his own making. Given that and his age, diet and health, something is going to pop one of these days soon.
Sadly, you have a good point and I must agree with you.
Oh do be a fly on the wall at Mar a Lago when Kamala Harris is declared the winner, even by Faux News. Of course I would have to wear a raincoat to avoid getting soaked by catsup.
A fly in a teeny tiny raincoat!
The immunity is for Trump, not, at least directly, for people who may act on his orders. To what extent does the ridiculous SCOTUS decision confer immunity to someone who commits a crime at the President's command?
I believe that if the “President”, in his “official” capacity, orders someone to do something, they are also covered by immunity. If, however, they were given their orders by “Candidate” Trump, they would not be immune. Hence, Smith dropped any charges of DOJ staff (Jeffrey Clark), but not campaign staff.
Actually, only the president is “immune.” But can preemptively pardon those who follow his orders.
I stand corrected! Glenn Kirschner (former federal prosecutor) indicated that ONLY Trump would be immune. That poses an interesting dilemma…..
I'm not perturbed that Jeffrey Clark has been dropped in the superseding indictment. He has plenty of other problems like possible (probable?) disbarment and the RICO case in Georgia. https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/jeffrey-clark-filing-says-he-is-unindictable-for-anything-related-to-jan-6-or-other-election-subversion-efforts/