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  #3245998 8-Jun-2024 11:13
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/518993/a-new-account-rekindles-allegations-that-trump-disrespected-black-people-on-the-apprentice

 

And yet, black people including Tim Scott still defend the orange buffoon. I guess he must want to be his VP really badly.


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  #3246230 8-Jun-2024 16:09
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CNN: Isolated and inexperienced: A portrait of the judge overseeing Trump’s documents case from veterans of her courtroom

Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior judge offered to preside over one of her first criminal trials in her isolated south Florida courthouse.

“It’s very lonely,” Senior Judge Paul C. Huck told CNN of Fort Pierce, a small fishing and citrus community on the edge of the Southern District of Florida where Cannon is the only federal judge. “It’s a pretty sleepy town with a pretty sleepy courtroom.”
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Two years later, Cannon is now presiding over one of the most consequential and complex cases in America: the criminal prosecution of former president Donald Trump over his handling of the nation’s secrets. And she’s attracting nationwide scrutiny for how she’s approached the case.

Since Trump was first indicted a year ago, Cannon has dragged out the proceedings in ways that have flummoxed legal scholars and put a trial initially scheduled to begin last month on hold indefinitely.

Several attorneys who have practiced in front of Cannon – and who spoke to CNN for this story – pointed to her isolation as one explanation for her conduct. Cannon’s solitary post in the Fort Pierce courthouse, one that rarely sees high-profile action, deprives her of the informal, day-to-day interactions with more seasoned judges who sit at the other courthouses and could offer her advice, the lawyers told CNN.

They also said Cannon’s lack of trial experience, both as a lawyer and a judge, is apparent. In her seven years as a Justice Department attorney, Cannon participated on the trial teams of just four criminal cases.  And on the bench, she’s only presided over a handful of criminal trials – and Huck took over one of them.
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  #3246235 8-Jun-2024 16:20
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The NY Times - If Trump Wins  [unlocked link to full article]

 

This is a landmark article - worth reading in full.

 

07 June 2024

 


Donald Trump and his closest allies are preparing a radical reshaping of American government if he regains the White House. 

 

[headings only]

 

Crack down on illegal immigration to an extreme degree

 

1. Carry out mass deportations
2. Increase the number of agents for ICE raids
3. Build camps to detain immigrants
4. Push for other countries to take would-be asylum seekers from the United States
5. Once again ban entry into the United States by people from certain Muslim-majority nations
6. Try to end “birthright citizenship”

 

Use the Justice Department to prosecute his adversaries

 

1. Direct a criminal investigation into Mr. Biden and his family
2. Have foes indicted for challenging him politically
3. Target journalists for prosecution

 

Increase presidential power

 

1. Bring independent agencies under presidential control
2. Revive the practice of “impounding” funds
3. Strip employment protections from tens of thousands of longtime civil servants
4. Purge officials from intelligence agencies, law enforcement, the State Department and the Pentagon
5. Appoint lawyers who would bless his agenda as lawful

 

Aggressively expand his first-term efforts to upend America’s trade policies

 

1. Impose a “universal baseline tariff,” a new tax on most imported goods
2. Implement steep new trade restrictions on China to wrench apart the world’s two largest economies.

 

Retreat from military engagement with Europe

 

1. Potentially undercut NATO or withdraw the United States from the alliance
2. Settle the Russia-Ukraine war “in 24 hours”

 

Use military force in Mexico and on American soil

 

1. Declare war on drug cartels in Mexico
2. Use federal troops at the border
3. Use federal troops in Democratic-controlled cities

 





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  #3246246 8-Jun-2024 17:15
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And guess who'll be first to go...





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  #3246267 8-Jun-2024 18:15
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He would still have to get most of that crap past the House and Senate, wouldn't he? Or can he just issue executive orders for the whole lot?


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  #3246288 8-Jun-2024 19:51
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quickymart:

 

He would still have to get most of that crap past the House and Senate, wouldn't he? Or can he just issue executive orders for the whole lot?

 

That's assuming the House and Senate are still functioning.





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  #3246291 8-Jun-2024 20:21
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A slightly different take from the other felon post:

 


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  #3246395 9-Jun-2024 08:23
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quickymart:

He would still have to get most of that crap past the House and Senate, wouldn't he? Or can he just issue executive orders for the whole lot?



When comparing New Zealand and the US, one of the things never noted is US laws and regulations almost never evolve when compared to New Zealand.

Now reacting over every tiny environment change is not ideal, but never evolving leads to civil war / overthrows / coups.

The US has become the equivalent of the New Zealand Moa flightless bird. The Moa was too slow to evolve to avoid extinction.

I'm not saying it's unique to US. Many dictatorships never evolve either. However we currently don't depend as heavily on China, Russia, UK and Europe as US leadership.

Honestly, I don't see a rosy future.

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  #3246401 9-Jun-2024 08:45
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Trump and the Art of Deflection:

 


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  #3246421 9-Jun-2024 09:50
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Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior judge offered to preside over one of her first criminal trials in her isolated south Florida courthouse.

 

Inexperienced in such a degree that she shouldn't really be where she is.

 

And she is where she is because she was appointed by Trump.

 

Maaaaaybe there is a reason she is helping Trump delay, delay and delay the case?





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  #3246426 9-Jun-2024 10:33
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jarledb: Inexperienced in such a degree that she shouldn't really be where she is. And she is where she is because she was appointed by Trump.

 

Maaaaaybe there is a reason she is helping Trump delay, delay and delay the case?

 

Most certainly there's a reason she helps Trump and you said it. She is where she is because she was appointed by Trump.

 

However, the DOJ will be aware that giving the opposition a pass on this case - which was probably a lost cause anyway - allows them to shout, 'You call the NY Fraud case rigged? What about this blatant attempt by a Trump-favoring judge to pervert the cause of justice?'. 





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  #3246431 9-Jun-2024 10:42
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Trump crowned? No faux King way!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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  #3246504 9-Jun-2024 13:26
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geekIT:

 

jarledb: Inexperienced in such a degree that she shouldn't really be where she is. And she is where she is because she was appointed by Trump.

 

Maaaaaybe there is a reason she is helping Trump delay, delay and delay the case?

 

Most certainly there's a reason she helps Trump and you said it. She is where she is because she was appointed by Trump.

 

However, the DOJ will be aware that giving the opposition a pass on this case - which was probably a lost cause anyway - allows them to shout, 'You call the NY Fraud case rigged? What about this blatant attempt by a Trump-favoring judge to pervert the cause of justice?'. 

 

 

Nah. The MAGA crowd will see it as a just judge defending the rights of Emperor Trump. For them, it's not rigged at all.





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  #3246511 9-Jun-2024 14:56
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The Washington Post -  Opinion - As Biden rallies the free world, Trump serves a higher cause: Himself

 

07 June 2024

 


Trump’s first week as a “political prisoner” was trying.

 

He was sentenced to play round after round of arduous golf - including some very challenging par 5s!

 

He was forced to endure the harsh confines of his triplex at Trump Tower, his compound at Mar-a-Lago and his Boeing 757.

 

He was exposed to the dangerous conditions of an Ultimate Fighting Championship event - ringside, no less - for more than three hours.

 

He was even subjected to the most cruel and unusual punishments: a 90-minute interview with “Fox & Friends Weekend,” an hour with Sean Hannity and even a harrowing one-on-one with Newsmax.

 

Finally, he was transported all the way to Phoenix on Thursday and forced to experience the adoration of ardent supporters at a campaign event.

 

 

It's hard work being The Martyr of Mar-a-Lago.   😦





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  #3247474 11-Jun-2024 14:21
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Trump crowned? No faux King way!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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