Lawyers representing state legislative leaders were in court Thursday in Raleigh, arguing to throw out an anti-gerrymandering lawsuit that targets the state’s new political districts....
Congress can’t override executive privilege arbitrarily (or even at all,)
It’s there to keep presidents from being meddled with by congress in exactly this manner, and charging executive officials who comply with executive privilege is contemptuous, and an attempt to weaponized the DOJ.
Executive privilege goes to the current sitting president, so Trump stopped hanging it the moment he was no longer president…
Executive privilege exists specifically to prevent congress from using its subpoenas powers excessively and interfering with the business of the executive branch doing its job. The, uh, co-equal, executive branch.
for example by subpoenas for extremely sensitive testimony by a sitting president specifically so it can harvest damaging sound bites to use in their election campaign.
Such a use would unduly chill the ability of the DOJ to interview witnesses and subjects in an investigation and expect candid cooperation.
When a POTUS invokes executive privilege, it goes to the courts to decide. Not congress. It is difficult to believe there is a legitimate need for crafting legislation, however, since they already have transcripts of the testimony. They don’t need the audio recordings.
somebody should create a truth bot or whatever it’s called and everytime he insults some one or soemthing, it just says “I know you are but what am I?” or maybe “You’re an orange [whatever he just said]”
You know. maybe keep him so irate and busy he forgets all about this presidential campaign thing.
hand this guy a shovel and he just digs himself deeper. Last I checked, Cuomo was still alive, was never actually tortured and just ousted for sexual misconduct allegations. Ooops. Emmit Till was abducted, tortured, and lynched over accusations that he offended a white woman… who he probably never even talked to. to add insult to injury, the FBI report took until 2006, when he was lynched in 1955.
You’re surprised that Hilary “SuperCriminals” Clinton endorsed this guy?
Edit: SuperCriminals could be an awesome name for a anti-hero action flick. I;'m thinking it’s the name of a 90’s era cover band… the band is a cover for our erstwhile vilians who target corporations and turn into folk heroes, or something. I dunno. there’s a reason they don’t pay me to come up with this shit.
A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean....
If that even is the thinking. IDK, maybe they are just doing exercises, and there’s no particular intent behind it and the US press is writing a bunch about it just because it is notable that it’s happening.
It’s brinkmanship. the Russians are trying to invoke the cuban missile crisis. AFAIK, they’re supply ships bringing stuff to Cuba; (but also “recruits” from Cuba.). But a large part of it is definitely meant to up the anty on all the “if you don’t stop supplying weapons I’ll use nukes” rhetoric.
"Since he left the White House in 2020, Trump has taken advantage of a little-known loophole in campaign finance law to pay for his mounting legal costs, which Federal Election Commission filings show amount to around $90,000 per day over the past three years.”...
I once asked my brain-rotted, antivax, “Trump is the second coming”, “I’m honest hand guy”* uncle how big a simp you have to be, to pay a billionaire’s legal fees. When he was out visiting my parents.
He stopped talking talking to me- Actively avoided me, and never brought up politics again.
(* he acts like he’s some important dude, that he talks with Trump and leads his campaign from his home state. He knocked on some doors and got shot at. Trump doesn’t know he exists and doesn’t care either.)
my dad was a UNIX sysadmin. His assertion- at the time- that we’d be fine, did not live up the vast amounts of overtime he put in in during '99.
(To be clear it was never the then-modern systems, like windows ME, or '95 that were at problem. it was all the old-as fuck stuff… every major institution still uses. Like IRS’s COBOL database… that’s… still being…used.all of that stuff, they needed to patch to make it okay.)
More than eight months into Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza, the territory’s healthcare system is barely functioning, with the World Health Organization reporting this week that there have been 464 Israeli attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system since October 7, affecting 101 health facilities....
They didn’t have the majority? that’s interesting. Then why the fuck was Schumer the majority leader of the 117th congress? (Specifically Jan 3rd ‘21 through ja. 3rd 2023.)
“It must be because of M.I.T., my relationship with M.I.T., very smart. I say, 'What would happen if the boat sank from its weight and you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery is now underwater, and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?” Trump said. “By...
But then the pivot: “Or no, let’s say, they didn’t say that I spent the funds on strippers,” White clarified. “They sell food at a strip club, don’t they”
Riiiight. And I suppose he has a playboy subscription for the articles….
“Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7....
They may have been artfully concealed, but yes. Everyone there was neked.
Not that there’s anything wrong with checking out the dicks. There might be something wrong with being a raging homophobe, though, and still checking out said dicks. It that sounds like a personal problem
Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear — clear bipartisan deal that was the strongest border security agreement in decades. But then Republicans in Congress — not all, but — walked away from it. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. He told...
It’ll put the DNC in competition for the conservative votes, while leaving progressives free to form a legitimate party that’s actually progressive.
For the short term, it means the republicans are just going to further into fascism while the dnc progresses to fascist lite (exactly where the repugnants used to be.)
The only hope is if one or the other parties fails and/or progressives to finally figure out that “lesser of two evils” is exactly how we got here in the first place
20 years from now, they won’t remember this specific act. But it doesn’t change the shift, and people will remember the broad strokes.
Not sure how that’s a far cry. Short term, democrats are going fascist lite as republicans are full on embracing fascism.
Progressives (and the centrists being passed by,) are either going to continue voting for the lesser evil (which is increasingly fascist…) or they’re going to find other answers.
Voters have no right to fair elections, NC lawmakers say as they seek to dismiss gerrymandering suit (www.wral.com)
Lawyers representing state legislative leaders were in court Thursday in Raleigh, arguing to throw out an anti-gerrymandering lawsuit that targets the state’s new political districts....
Justice Department won't prosecute Garland for contempt, says refusal to provide audio wasn't crime (apnews.com)
Furious Trump told Speaker Johnson ‘we have to overturn this’ after conviction (www.independent.co.uk)
The Christian right is coming for divorce next (www.vox.com)
Democrat George Latimer questioned about deleted Facebook post comparing Andrew Cuomo to Emmit Till (www.salon.com)
ProPublica Reporter Defends Work After Samuel Alito Accuses Outlet of Politically Motivated Coverage (www.democracynow.org)
US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba (apnews.com)
A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean....
Burek King loses battle for the crown to Burger King - SWI swissinfo.ch (www.swissinfo.ch)
How Donald Trump's criminal conviction boosted his campaign fundraising machine (www.cnbc.com)
"Since he left the White House in 2020, Trump has taken advantage of a little-known loophole in campaign finance law to pay for his mounting legal costs, which Federal Election Commission filings show amount to around $90,000 per day over the past three years.”...
DeSantis Claims Florida Marijuana Legalization Ballot Measure Will Let People 'Bring 20 Joints To An Elementary School' (www.marijuanamoment.net)
Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill mifepristone (www.cnn.com)
Will Trump go to prison for felony hush money conviction? Experts are split - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case is scheduled for July 11.
US campus protests: Hillary Clinton fails to grasp the moral power of this turning tide (www.middleeasteye.net)
'Without a vote': GOP lawmaker airs bizarre 'civil prosecution' plan for Merrick Garland (www.rawstory.com)
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Japan Runs on Vending Machines. It’s About to Break Millions of Them. (www.nytimes.com)
Bush judge blocks Joe Biden's protections for trans kids in schools (www.lgbtqnation.com)
A January 6 Rioter Is Leading an Armed National Militia From Prison (www.wired.com)
Kushner's $2B Saudi deal slammed as 'egregious' and an 'apparent payoff' as probe launched (www.rawstory.com)
Israel Has Carried Out 464 Attacks on Gaza’s Health Care System Since October 7 (truthout.org)
More than eight months into Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza, the territory’s healthcare system is barely functioning, with the World Health Organization reporting this week that there have been 464 Israeli attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system since October 7, affecting 101 health facilities....
Republicans Complain About Hunter Biden Guilty Verdict (www.huffpost.com)
The verdict undermines their claims that the U.S. Department of Justice has been “weaponized” against Donald Trump and his supporters....
King Charles portrait turned into Wallace and Gromit character by animal activists (inews.co.uk)
A Majority of Voters Backing Biden Are Mostly Motivated by Stopping Trump — Poll (truthout.org)
Fox News Edited Out trump Saying He Might Keep Epstein Files Sealed (www.huffpost.com)
Justice Alito’s wife vows revenge for flag controversy in secret recording (thehill.com)
Why was Trump talking about sharks at a campaign event? (www.usatoday.com)
“It must be because of M.I.T., my relationship with M.I.T., very smart. I say, 'What would happen if the boat sank from its weight and you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery is now underwater, and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?” Trump said. “By...
Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America 'Can't Be Compromised' (www.rollingstone.com)
Minnesota Republican Senate candidate grilled over ‘strip club’ expenses (www.independent.co.uk)
Trump Rails Against Broken Rally Teleprompters, Threatens to Stiff Contractors (www.rollingstone.com)
'He’s truly lost his mind': Lindsey Graham ripped after calling D-Day a 'failure' on CBS (www.rawstory.com)
EU elections 2024 live: Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament and calls snap elections after huge far-right gains (www.theguardian.com)
“Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7....
Republican congressman wants to limit IVF access to married heterosexual veterans only (www.advocate.com)
Remarks by President Biden on Securing Our Border (www.whitehouse.gov)
Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear — clear bipartisan deal that was the strongest border security agreement in decades. But then Republicans in Congress — not all, but — walked away from it. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. He told...