“They’ve taken a President who’s very popular, I got 75 million votes, much more than that I believe. No president’s ever got that many votes, and they’ve taken that number of people, and I think you can double it or almost you can triple it in terms of the real, the feeling.”
The same instinctual bravuraas a mathematician goes into calculating his ever-multiplying net worth, the value of his properties (when using them as collateral for low cost loans) or, inversely, for valuing his properties (for purposes of avoiding taxes), for the calculation of his incalculable IQ, which is over 180, probably ten or five thousand times that, if you think about it, really, the feeling.
DOJ has defendant Trump’s personal phone from January 6, 2021, after its disappearance and years of concealment (can you say obstruction, boys and girls?) along with all relevant Secret Service and White House, Homeland Security and Department of Defense phone calls and text messages from before, during and after the permitless parade to, and deadly riot at, the Capitol.
And here’s the big guy himself, calm and credible as can be, in his most reasonable and persuasive tones, from a month ago. He was asked about the propriety of weaponizing the government against his enemies.
They’ve taken a President who’s very popular, I got 75 million votes, much more than that I believe. No president’s ever got that many votes, and they’ve taken that number of people, and I think you can double it or almost you can triple it in terms of the real, the feeling.
“But we’ve watched it for a long time and it’s not unique, but it’s unique for the United States. Yeah If they do this, they’ve already done it, but if they want to follow through on this, yeah, it could certainly happen in reverse. It could certainly happen in reverse.
What they’ve done is they’ve released the genie out of the box, you understand that. They’ve done something that nobody thought would happen. They’ve taken a President who’s very popular, I got 75 million votes, much more than that I believe. No president’s ever got that many votes, and they’ve taken that number of people, and I think you can double it or almost you can triple it in terms of the real, the feeling. You can’t do that, you can’t go after people.
You know when you’re President, and you’ve done a good job and you’re popular, you don’t go after them, so you can win an election. They’ve done indictments in order to win an election. They call it weaponization and the people aren’t going to stand for it. But yeah, they have done something that allows the next party, I mean if somebody, if I happen to be President and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly I say “go down and indite them”.
After 95 pages documenting the mountain of compelling evidence that then president Trump, loser of the “most secure election in US history” (Trump appointed maker of that statement immediately fired), intended to incite, and did incite, an insurrection [1], the violent riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 that disrupted the certification of Biden’s electoral college victory, the new judge, (appointed on January 10, 2023}, made her ruling about this particular insurrectionist’s right to be on the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot.
She concluded that the oath mentioned in the Fourteenth Amendment, to “support” the Constitution, is very different from the president’s oath to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution and that, therefore, along with the President not being an enumerated officer of the United States listed in that clause, there was no problem with this particular insurrectionist being on the primary ballot in her state. All he is seeking is the highest office in the land, an “office” which was not mentioned specifically as an office in that clause in the Fourteenth Amendment. Here she goes, with the money shot:
313. Here, after considering the arguments on both sides, the Court is persuaded that “officers of the United States” did not include the President of the United States. While the Court agrees that there are persuasive arguments on both sides, the Court holds that the absence of the President from the list of positions to which the Amendment applies combined with the fact that Section Three specifies that the disqualifying oath is one to “support” the Constitution whereas the Presidential oath is to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution, it appears to the Court that for whatever reason the drafters of Section Three did not intend to include a person who had only taken the Presidential Oath.
Which, of course, makes perfect sense…
[1] “Trump acted with the specific intent to incite political violence and direct it at the Capitol with the purpose of disrupting the electoral certification,” she wrote. “Trump cultivated a culture that embraced political violence through his consistent endorsement of the same.”
Alina Habba’s journey toward becoming the lawyer of her dreams began with her pursuit of education. Her academic journey commenced with her enrollment at Lehigh University, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. A couple of years later, she pursued higher education again and attended Widener University Commonwealth Law School, where she successfully earned her J.D. (Juris Doctor). Despite acquiring her degrees, Alina Habba did not stop seeking opportunities for further learning. She recognized the significance of continuing education and completed Leading Professional Service Firms courses at the Harvard Business School of Executive Education. This added knowledge, and experience helped her advance her career significantly.
Currently she stands on the steps in front of 60 Centre Street making angry statements about an enraged judge with a red face who is gagging her and her totally innocent client so unfairly as she continues her journey toward her dreams!
Trumpie testified yesterday in the civil fraud case against him, summoned by the prosecution. He had no legal choice but to sit in the witness box. He acted the way he always acts, the outraged victim of unfairness, defiant, angry, entitled. The judge told him to stop making political speeches and answer the questions. His lawyer, Alina Habba, stood in front of the courthouse during the lunch break claiming the judge wouldn’t let him speak, echoing her boss’s talking points about unfairness, partisan prosecution, the racism of the Black attorney general, witch hunts etc. As the battle for America’s soul plays out, inside the courtroom and in the ignorant court of public opinion, Lawrence O’Donnell had a very good take on the Orange Polyp’s perfect day on the witness stand.
Do you remember that spineless Congress weasel Devon Nunes? He was one of Chrumpie‘s most debased lackeys. He stepped down from Congress to take a highly paid position as CEO of the boss’s imagined media empire. The other day, in the wake of a finding of fraudulent accounting in Trump Inc.’s fraud trial, Digital World Acquisition Corp., the “person” wishing to merge with Trump media/Truth Social amended its filings to say that it’s statement of financial condition “should not be relied on.” One billion dollars of investments evaporated. They are also paying an $18,000,000 fine and are currently under multiple investigations. Here’s the great Allison Gill, with a summary of how well Devon is doing as the steward of the Orange Polyp’s glorious media empire.
American exceptionalism. Make America great again. Freedom is on the march. Guns don’t kill people, not believing in Jesus kills people. The election was stolen, if the MAGA candidate loses. Government is the enemy. White people are being replaced, by racist Jews . Fetuses are sacred, babies can go fuck themselves. Global warming is a hoax. Immigrants are killers. Only communists believe in ethics for the Supreme Court. Only the wealthy and corporations are entitled to entitlements. God bless these united shaiche.
