Wicked Blue
Wicked Blue's JournalSo at the end of his term, what will President Joe Biden get out of this?
A handshake and an Amtrak ticket back to Delaware?
Maybe a nice thank-you plaque?
Now they OWE President Biden
Those involved in pressuring Joe Biden to drop out of the race now owe him big time.
Those party members must give him their unconditional support in passing any reasonable legislation, approval of appointees or requests for financing that he wants in the next 6 months. It's the very least they could do in compensation after what they have done to a great President and vice president who has served this country for his entire adult life.
But the cynic in me worries that the tech billionaires and other oligarchs who wanted Biden dumped will not go along with anything like this. And could apply pressure by withholding contributions.
Joe should be entitled to whatever support his party is capable of giving him during the remainder of his presidency. He has more than earned it.
It is the Democratic Party's DUTY to see that he gets it.
Let's imagine. What if President Biden goes (good guy) rogue in the coming months?
How can he use executive orders and presidential immunity to make lasting changes?
Someone suggested firing Merrick Garland, which is a good start.
Could he somehow fire Postmaster DeJoy? Or expand the postal board and pack it?
Increase aid to Ukraine?
I don't know enough about the federal government to guess what kind of actions he could take, but I'm sure many on DU have thoughts.
If we end up with Orange Traitor, I will NEVER forgive those who forced Joe out
and I have a horrible feeling that's what we're now facing.
In addition to exterminating the rights of women, people of color, LGBTQ people, immigants, union members and so many others
- we can say goodbye to public schools, libraries and many other longstanding public resources
- farewell to environmental protection and action to halt climate change
- goodbye to Ukraine, and possibly other NATO countries, maybe even Europe and NATO itself
- possibly the end of EU
- the dismantling of the IRS and many other government agencies
Oh, I can't handle even thinking about all the ways we will be screwed if that convicted felon and child rapist slithers back into the White House.
President Joe - I stand with you always.
George Conway's latest effort to infuriate Trump
By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
As if donating more than $900,000 to help get Joe Biden reelected, conservative attorney and Donald Trump critic George Conway is digging deeper into his pockets to attack Trump.
The former husband of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway announced the creation of the Anti-Psychopath PAC. It’s mission is to bring the focus on Trump’s mental health.
Conway says it will “highlight the existential threat Donald Trump poses to democracy and remind voters of the former president’s mental unfitness for office,” per a report from The Independent.
“I’m pleased to announce the launch of the Anti-Psychopath Political Action Committee. Because it’s time to start talking about what should be the number one issue in the 2024 presidential election,” Conway said in a video he posted to X Thursday morning.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/07/george-conways-latest-effort-to-infuriate-trump.html
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Here's who people blame the most between Trump-Biden for assassination attempt
By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
A majority of both Donald Trump supporters and those who back Joe Biden believe the 20-year-old man who attempted to assassinate the former president over the weekend is to blame for the failed attempt because of his mental health, according to a new survey.
Morning Consult asked people from both camps who they blamed for the conditions that led to the attempt on Trump’s life. Sixty percent of Biden supporters responded, “The shooter’s mental health,” and 69% of Trump supporters said the same.
But when it came to which candidate is more to blame, more people said Trump over Biden.
According to the survey, 38% of all voters (including 60% of Biden supporters and 16% of Trump supporters) responded Trump, compared to 29% who said Biden (50% of Trump supporters and 8% of Biden supporters).
A majority blamed American political rhetoric (62% Biden supporters and 59% Trump supporters) and half of all voters, 50%, blamed social media and nearly half of all, 45%, blamed the media, per the survey.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/07/heres-who-people-blame-the-most-between-trump-biden-for-assassination-attempt.html
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Police warned Secret Service of a suspicious person at Trump rally before gunman opened fire, source says
Source: NBC
Before a would-be assassin took aim at Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, local police officers notified the former president’s Secret Service detail that they were looking for a suspicious person in the area, a U.S. official told NBC News.
The suspicious person, later identified as Thomas Crooks, 20, was first flagged to local police officers by rallygoers on their way into the event. The attendees reported they saw Crooks pacing and behaving strangely near the magnetometers, four officials told NBC News.
Local police officers began pursuing Crooks on foot, the officials said. During the pursuit, the U.S. official said, local police told the Secret Service they were looking for a suspicious person near the event.
It is not clear what time the Secret Service was notified and whether it was before Trump took the stage on the grounds of the Butler Farm Show, a venue roughly 36 miles north of Pittsburgh. The U.S. official said the Secret Service was told of a suspicious person before local police discovered Crooks on the roof of a nearby glass research company’s building. That discovery occurred shortly before Crooks opened fire, according to two law enforcement sources.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/-police-warned-secret-service-suspicious-person-trump-rally-shooting-rcna161933
Middle Age Riot
Republicans calling for civil war in response to one of their own shooting another of their own is the most Republican thing ever.
N.J. congressman hospitalized after suffering from a fever
By Richard Cowen | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. was “in good spirits” on Monday, a day after the he was admitted to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson while suffering from a fever, his chief of staff said.
“We spoke to the congressman this morning. He said he was running a fever and checked himself into St. Joe’s last night to evaluate,” said Pascrell’s chief of staff, Ben Rich, said in a statement. “He is in good spirits today and awaiting test results and appreciates all well wishes.”
Rich said Pascrell joked that even though he was a bit under the weather, he wouldn’t mind having a cold one brought to his hospital room. “He also told us he was actively looking for a beer if anyone can help,” Rich said.
A former mayor of Paterson, Pascrell, 87, was first elected to Congress in 1996 and is the oldest member of the New Jersey delegation. He has been reelected twice since undergoing open heart surgery just before the Democratic primary in June of 2020.
https://www.nj.com/passaic-county/2024/07/nj-congressman-hospitalized-after-suffering-from-a-fever.html
Did Judge Cannon just give Jack Smith a reason to have her replaced on Trump documents case?
By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Donald Trump scored a massive legal victory Monday after the judge in his classified documents criminal case dismissed it altogether.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted the defense motion to dismiss the case on Monday.
Lawyers for Trump had argued that special counsel Jack Smith was illicitly appointed and that his office was improperly funded by the Justice Department.
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“This is insane & will not only be reversed by the 11th Circuit but may result in the ouster of Judge Cannon,” Norm Eisen, a legal analyst and senior fellow at Brookings Governance, posted to X with a link to a piece he helped pen, “Aileen Cannon’s Previous Rulings About Trump Demand Her Recusal.”
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/07/did-judge-cannon-just-give-jack-smith-a-reason-to-have-her-replaced-on-trump-documents-case.html
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