OH NO...Say it ain't so??...The New York Times has a copy of the Bolton Book..

[Stuart G]

Now what do you think of that?....Do you think the NYT will keep the best parts... "SECRET"?

WAIT A MINUTE....WHAT DOES THE NEW YORK TIMES DO??...OH MY...

...........wait a minute....something about publishing the ....news?.....


...Maybe we will know all the best parts of the book, for FREE......Is that possible?.....
...JUST BY SEARCHING THE INTERNET....DO YOU THINK NYT will share the news?..with other newspapers?
....other media?..other countries?..all the people???....

....I need to take a rest...thank you for reading this.....Stuart..

[Stallion]

1. I Bet If Trump Tries to Prior Restrain the Publication of the Book and file Injunction ....

....every other major newspaper will get a copy too

[Stuart G]

2. Well said...free copies for all...you and me and the newspspers make three...

.... ... ..... .....

[Cirque du So-What]

3. You know they'll try to stir up as much sturm & drang

As the Pentagon papers. Here’s hoping they manage to get out something worthwhile before the election.

[Stuart G]

5. I think it will all be out very soon...perhaps by the next moon...?

[Cirque du So-What]

22. Moon walk?

[GusBob]

4. Um, ya, you ever hear of a "scoop"?

The Washington Post has a copy too

So guess again

[Stuart G]

6. NO, NO & NO.....The Washington Post??? not .that one?

...Something about the Watergate Break IN??....Not that one?

....Not the Woodward and Bernstein..paper?......Not that one?..

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. The WSJ and WaPo does too

[Tipperary]

8. Chuck Todd just said they have a copy too.

Take a deep breath.

[madinmaryland]

14. That means Rachel probably has a copy, also!!

[Jersey Devil]

9. For media to get the book before publication they have to sign an NDA

They probably have articles ready to print right now, having read the book, but you won't see them until after publication because they sign an NDA with the publisher.

[tinrobot]

10. All the major outlets have a copy. There's no way this will be stopped.

Information wants to be free... and somebody, somewhere, will free it.

[Stuart G]

11. FREE??, NO CHARGE?? FOR YOU AND ME? AND WOODWARD MAKES 3

How can that be?............................. ..... .... ......?

[Stuart G]

13. ALL THE OUTLETS??....not again??...Mr. Drump will end up in a garbage dump...

......Does Mr. Trump have a clue?....not according to Stu..........................

[madinmaryland]

17. Un-named sources say...

[tinrobot]

28. Unnamed? There are a number of major media outlets who say they have copies.

We're already seeing news reports with excerpts based upon those copies.

Cat. Bag. Out.

[Hortensis]

19. Information will also be buried and spun into deception.

I agree with you but also believe Stuart is correct in seemingly believing the NYT's overarching goal will be damage control to protect Republican power. Some articles will protect their reputation. Others will use that as cover to subvert understanding.

Remember how just over a week before the 2016 election the NYT published a major summary article informing the world that the FBI had found nothing in their Trump-Russia investigation. That's just an example of a major article, in addition to others on top of years of consistently slanted daily coverage intended to influence elections across the nation for the Republicans. Same for the AP.

[gratuitous]

12. It is my understanding that the publisher has already sent out the advance copy

The book is done in between the covers. The way it works is publishers send out advance copies for review to media outlets and to book sellers for the big debut. Bolton's publisher Simon & Schuster had gotten that far when Trump filed his bogus lawsuit trying to exercise prior restraint of the book's publication.

Mark Sumner has some analysis from Daily Kos here.

The lawsuit was filed against Bolton only, trying to force Bolton to bear the trouble and expense of getting all those books back, rather than requiring Simon & Schuster to do that.

So yes, a lot of people already have a copy of Bolton's book in hand. Courts have been very reluctant to exercise prior restraint in situations like this (cf. The Pentagon Papers, arguably far more compromising of national security than anything Bolton has to say). But on the off chance some recently-appointed dumbass Federalist Society judge rules in favor of the administration, it's safer for these media outlets and book sellers to wait for the administration's lawsuit to get bounced.

[Stuart G]

15. ..Wait a minute...Does this book thing...have something to do with the 1st Amendment?

First Amendment to ..U.S. Constitution: reads

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

wait a minute.....?? what does ....."NO LAW" mean? or "abridging the freedom of speech or of the press"

What does that last sentence mean?

[gratuitous]

21. Yeah, some obscure random sentence in a quaint old document

But this may be one of those precedent thingies that Justice Boof doesn't think should be settled law anymore.

[Stallion]

25. Trump Needs to just point out the Non-Disclosure Agreement Exception to Freedom of the Press

maybe Gorsuch, Alito Thomas and Kavenaugh can find a new clause added since the unanimous decision in the Pentagon papers case

[Nikki28]

16. I am

ready to hear of the Republicans involvement in this. I want every last name to come out. Bolton can make enough to go to another country and live under a new name and take his family.

[GusBob]

18. Warm up the fan because the shits flying off the shelves

=Jarvanka wanted Haley to replace Pence
=Trump asked XI to help him get re-elected

[ok_cpu]

20. I wonder if the Lincoln Project got an advance copy

and that's what they have been teasing?

[Stuart G]

24. Maybe....Lincoln Project... got a copy?...could be?..

[Binkie The Clown]

23. Isn't it common for publishers to send early review copies to the press? nt

[Stuart G]

26. Yes, I think you are correct..early copies are already out there...

NY Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Chuck Todd..? see post number 7..


Who else?...

[Stallion]

27. As Stated in the Pentagon Papers-Can't Unsee a Printed News Story So Prior Restraint is Moot

a secret or confidence widely revealed is no longer a secret that should be restrained

[Chainfire]

29. No matter what Trump does now

He can't put that genie back in the bottle. All over the country there are boxes and boxes of the books in warehouses and bookstore backrooms. Even if he pulled out a judicial hold, it will be out. It is now just a matter of how convenient it will be to read it.

While we will enjoy picking through Trump's dirty laundry, it will have no effect on Trump's loyal followers. Perhaps it will have some effect of the fence-sitters.