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BIG change to ABC's Biden interview rollout plan: It "will air in its entirety as a primetime special, Friday, July 5, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on ABC." Additionally, "a transcript of the unedited interview will be made available the same day."
https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1808664655474123206
This is what is needed.
Experts worry democracy may end. Details on page A4.
https://x.com/HMcdoolittle/status/1808451340055564359?t=JG-WLa_c8NuJn2CQv2Mppw&s=19To the "Supreme Court":
He will not share power with you. The first time you decide against him, you will be an enemy. He will get his magats to threaten you and maybe act on it. He will collect dirt on you. He will try to get you to resign. He will threaten impeachment.
He is a sociopath and will stop at nothing. You better acquiesce in everything he wants or else. You will have zero power.
This has been a long time plan: since 1971
The Powell Memo. From Sheldon Whitehouse's .gov page:
He wrote: “Under our constitutional system, especially with an activist-minded Supreme Court” – I will intervene to say, of course, we have today, as a result of the scheme, the most activist-minded Supreme Court in American history, but back to his quote – “especially with an activist-minded Supreme Court, the judiciary may be the most important instrument for social, economic and political change.”
Powell urged that the Chamber of Commerce become the voice of American business in the courts, with a “highly competent staff of lawyers,” if “business is willing to provide the funds.’” He concludes: “The opportunity merits the necessary effort.” The secret report may well have been the single most consequential piece of writing that Lewis Powell ever did in a long career of consequential writings. The tone and content of the report actually explain a lot of decisions in his future career. Yet this secret report received no attention – not even a passing mention – in Professor Jeffries’ detailed, authoritative, and authorized Powell biography.
The secret Chamber report was not disclosed to the U.S. Senate in Senate confirmation proceedings when, shortly after delivering his secret report to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Lewis Powell was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon.
The secret report was dated August 23, 1971. Two months later, on October 22, Nixon nominated Powell to the Supreme Court. Lewis Powell was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on January 7, 1972, less than 6 months after this secret report was delivered to the Chamber.
This is what we're up against.
OMG (The Convicted Felon's electric shark boat rant meme)
/WSJ front page
https://twitter.com/rebeccaballhaus/status/1796408872120508642?t=x1TaNlLy2zStuWLszJg1yg&s=19TRUMP CONVICTED
Verdict Shakes Up Presidential Campaign
He literally laughed out loud
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1786137602417983746?t=wRxucHiRLj3hahXpGuwYcA&s=19Heckin good dogs
https://twitter.com/HeckinGoodDogs/status/1784677738600685979?t=eavJQSCPlauglMoAuz_yZA&s=19PBS series: A Brief History of the Future. Think Ahead
https://www.pbs.org/video/beyond-the-now-ft4j2u/So, we (me included) are so focused on keeping Smelvis from winning 2024. We don't have to forget about that, but it might help to look farther down the road as well for our own soul feeding as well as giving others a vision of what we'd like to see. The basic idea of this series is to envision what we want for our grandchildren (or if you don't have children like me, humanity).
Please watch it for at least a bit because it gave me a different perspective I need and it might do the same for you. It starts with a scientific finding that, when you think about your self in the future, the same brain area lights up as when you feel empathy for others.
https://www.pbs.org/video/beyond-the-now-ft4j2u/
Column: Jack Smith's latest push to get Donald Trump's Jan. 6 trial moving before the election
By Harry Litman
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The bulk of the brief Smith filed Monday is a methodical rejection of Trump’s far-fetched claims to immunity from prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Smith and his Supreme Court specialist, Michael Dreeben, closely follow the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ persuasive, bipartisan opinion contradicting Trump on all points.
In the last few pages, however, Smith argues for the particular exigency of this case, noting that “even if a former president has some immunity from federal criminal prosecution for official acts, this prosecution should proceed.”
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Smith contends that Trump’s attempt to thwart the peaceful transfer of power is a paradigmatic example of conduct that can’t be immunized. He describes what’s alleged against the former president as “a private scheme with private actors to achieve a private end” — namely, staying in power by fraud.
In what may be the brief’s most consequential phrase, the special counsel insists that the case “should be remanded for trial” on the ground that whatever immunity the Constitution might provide a president, it can’t shield Trump from this prosecution.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-04-10/donald-trump-jan-6-trial-jack-smith-supreme-court-immunity-harry-litman
Good analysis of Smith reply in the SCOTUS immunity case.
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