Thursday, June 30, 2022
Great Idea
I'm all for it. Texas, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
The Bulwark: Texas Republicans Get Deadly Serious About Secession - The Lone Star State’s GOP plays with fire. By Casey Michel
Defenders
Washington Post: Opinion Abortion defenders in Michigan and Ohio get it: Take it to the voters By Jennifer Rubin
The state’s Democratic attorney general, Dana Nessel, tweeted: “SCOTUS sent this issue back to the states & MI is taking it straight to the ballot box.
Shipwreck
The discoveries at the Antikythera shipwreck included parts of marble statues, human teeth and bronze and iron nails, said Lorenz E. Baumer, a professor of archaeology at the University of Geneva and one of the lead researchers on the project.
Block
I wonder if there will be a migration out of red states. People are mentioning this type of thing on Twitter, where the question posed is, "Which state should I move to", along with references to Roe.
End
The point of a President Trump, for a core portion of his supporters, was his function as a wrecking ball. Yet with Dobbs decided and Roe undone, the single biggest tear-down those voters wanted is complete.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 6:40 a.m. ET DOW futures are -358; the market is poised to open significantly lower.
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Have An Excellent Wednesday
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They Knew
Washington Post: Opinion 5 stunning revelations about Jan. 6 from Cassidy Hutchinson By Jennifer Rubin
1. Meadows and Trump knew there could be violence on Jan. 6 and enabled the mob.
Mob
“He didn’t think they did anything wrong,” she said, summarizing Trump’s attitude. “The person who did something wrong that day was Mike Pence.”
Risks
“There’s still a lot of uncertainty about the question of criminal intent when it comes to a president, but what just happened changed my bottom line,” said Alan Rozenshtein, a former Justice Department official who teaches at the University of Minnesota Law School. “I have gone from Trump is less than likely to be charged to he is more than likely to be charged.”
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 6:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are -19; the market is poised to open slightly lower.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Comment
In today's J6 Committee hearing, the part about Trump strangling his Secret Service driver is something that even I could not imagine, and no one holds a lower rank, in my opinion, than Trump. Just when you think Trump is scraping the bottom of the barrel, he scrapes deeper.
Have An Excellent Tuesday
'Summer Flowers' by contemporary UK painter Jane Wormell - "known for her reflection on English hedgerows, field and woodland plants"
Tuesday 1PM EST
Just a quick reminder that the J6 Committee hearings resume today, Tuesday, at 1 PM EST. The hearing will focus on testimony from former Mark Meadows senior aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who is expected to 'flip' on Trump.
Liar
Have you followed this story where Rudy was tapped on the back and called a scumbag by a grocery store worker. Rudy is playing it up to the max, saying it was like being hit by a bullet and that he suffers from massive trauma, except video of the incident shows nothing of the sort.
Washington Post: Opinion Rudy Giuliani gets caught in another lie — at a supermarket By Dana Milbank
Coping
As we are pummeled with daily traumatic information, more and more of us shut down emotionally.
Only with heightened coping skills will we be able to rise above our shell shock and be who we want to be. All of us have the capacity to do this, and when we do, we will increase our own happiness and be of greater service to those around us.
Tragedy
At least 16 others, including children, were taken to local hospitals alive but suffering from heat exhaustion and apparent dehydration, city officials said during a news conference at the scene of what appeared to be one of the worst episodes of migrant death in the United States in recent years.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 6:40 a.m. ET DOW futures are +169; the market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Corporate America wanted to seem progressive. Roe showed us its limits Analysis By Allison Morrow
Monday, June 27, 2022
Openly
Crock of shite.
Axios: Supreme Court says public school officials can pray openly By Oriana Gonzalez
Have An Excellent Monday
Sophie Woodrow - 'contemporary ceramics artist who creates ceramic figures'
Reuters - Woman’s Abortion Views Change After Life-Threatening
Constitution
This Supreme Court demonstrates a selective and opportunistic interpretation of the Constitution and legal history, which ignores the intent of the 13th and 14th Amendments, especially as related to Black women’s bodily autonomy, liberty and privacy which extended beyond freeing them from labor in cotton fields to shielding them from rape and forced reproduction.
States
In California, lawmakers are expected as soon as Monday to put a state constitutional amendment on the ballot that would explicitly protect reproductive rights. If approved, it would go before state voters in November for approval.
The Market On Monday
Good morning.At 6:35 a.m. ET DOW futures are +91; the market is poised to open significantly higher.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Weekend!
Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning. It's been a very hard week. I recall telling friends back in 2015 to be careful about their disinterest in Hillary Clinton, I said the Supreme Court picks will be critical. That all fell on deaf ears. Lack of foresight is something shared by both parties.
Takeaways
Washington Post: 6 takeaways from the Supreme Court opinion that ended Roe v. Wade by Amber Phillips
Abortion is difficult to poll, but polling does at least consistently show that a majority of Americans want to keep Roe v. Wade in place. Alito appears very aware of that, and in his opinion he repeatedly professes not to care.
Outlaw
The right will now be decided by state legislatures, as it had until Roe was decided in 1973, and could lead to the procedure being banned in more than half the states.
Travesty
Just flicked on the TV and saw that R v W has been officially struck done. It's an especially dark day in America. Also you can't tell me the announcement is not politically motivated. Trump was impaled by the J6 Committee on Thursday and here on the very next day, we have a severe headline changer. That's exactly the calculation too, get the attention away from Trump and back onto abortion. What an embarrassment.
Takeaways
Washington Post: 5 takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing on Trump’s Justice Dept. Analysis By Aaron Blake
...given how much this effort within the Justice Department wasn’t sanctioned by superiors and how it would amount to government lawyers working with political aides to subvert democracy.
Disgrace
How derelict does someone have to be to ask for a pardon from America's most amoral person.
She also testified that Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio “talked about” pardons but did not directly ask for one, and that she heard of newly elected Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia also expressing interest to the White House Counsel’s Office.
Ruling
Strikes me that the Supreme Court decision is going to cause an increase in violence. It's also strikes me as pure insanity.
The decision by the court on Thursday — its first major ruling on the right of Americans to carry a gun in public — most narrowly involves a New York State law that allows authorities to set additional requirements before residents can get a concealed-carry gun permit.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 6:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are +220; the market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Two killed as Nio electric car crashes from third floor of a Shanghai building By Laura He
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Traitors
Axios: Ex-Trump aides say six House Republicans sought pardons after Jan. 6 By Andrew Solender
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.)
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
Pressure
NPR: Jan. 6 hearing updates: The panel turns to Trump's pressure on the DOJ to overturn the election
R-Ill. Rep. Adam Kinzinger says an investigation conducted by the committee found that Trump promised his former campaign lawyer, Sidney Powell, an appointment to the job of special counsel in a meeting in December 2020.
In her testimony, Powell said that Trump asked her to "be special counsel to address the election issues" and to "collect evidence."
Just Say
Washington Post: ‘Just say it was corrupt,’ Trump pressured Justice officials on 2020 election By John Wagner, Eugene Scott, Amy B Wang and Mariana Alfaro
“And then I said: ‘Well, Mr. President, you’re right that I’m not going to allow the Justice Department to do anything to try to overturn the election. That’s true. But the reason for that is because that’s what’s consistent with the facts and the law and that’s what’s required under the Constitution,’ ” he (Rosen) said.
Updates
Just finished watching Thursday's J6 Committee hearing. It's interesting because I thought that I could not possibly have a lower opinion of Trump. I was wrong. The man is a monster.
Bad
Washington Post: Opinion - The Supreme Court’s gun ruling is bad, but not for the reasons you might think By Jennifer Rubin
Two of the six rightwing justices on the court modified a sweeping, poorly reasoned right-wing declaration rooted in garbled history.
Security
Washington Post: Lawmakers on Jan. 6 committee ramp up their security as threats increase By Amy Gardner, Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany
...all lawmakers on the committee are likely to receive a security detail, according to three people involved with the investigation.
Fake
Among those who received a subpoena Wednesday was David Shafer, the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, who served as a Trump elector in that state, people familiar with the investigation said.
Ghetto
NY Times: The G.O.P. Tries to Build a Gay Ghetto By Charles M. Blow
...Mike Huckabee, a presidential candidate in 2016, fumed that the “Supreme Court can no more repeal the laws of nature and nature’s God on marriage than it can the law of gravity.”
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 6:35 a.m. ET DOW futures are +66; the market is poised to open moderately higher.
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Glenn Kirschner - J6 Hearings And Pardons - Kushner Drafting Them - Perry And Eastman Requesting Them - Rudy - Don Jr - Ivanka?
Why
NY Times: Why Conspiracy Theories Flourish in Trump’s America By Thomas B. Edsall
...often spread conspiracy theories to direct the attention, emotion, and energy of followers toward a common enemy who threatens their interests, thereby galvanizing followers. Toward this end, many conspiracy theories depict a nefarious perpetrator engaging in covert activities to harm the welfare of followers.
Takeaways
Washington Post: 4 takeaways from the fourth Jan. 6 hearing Analysis By Aaron Blake
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) testified about protesters gathering near her house: “My stomach sunk, and I thought, ‘It’s me. … Are they coming with guns? Are they going to attack my house? I’m in here with my kid. I’m trying to put him to bed.' And so that was the scariest moment — just not knowing what was going to happen.”
Who
NY Times: Who Stops a ‘Bad Guy With a Gun’? By Larry Buchanan and Lauren Leatherby
There were at least 433 active shooter attacks — in which one or more shooters killed or attempted to kill multiple unrelated people in a populated place — in the United States from 2000 to 2021.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 6:40 a.m. ET DOW futures are -355; the market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Analysis: The Big Lie becomes a big problem for MAGA Media By Oliver Darcy
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Worker
This was hard to listen to. Trump and Giuliani must be inducted.
NPR: Jan. 6 hearing updates: A former Georgia election worker describes being singled out by Trump
