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Joinfortmill
Joinfortmill's Journal
Joinfortmill's Journal
February 29, 2024
My words: This is a must see, people.
Lawrence O'Donnell: Katyal and Tribe on SCOTUS agreeing to hear Trump Immunity Case: 19 min
&t=605sMy words: This is a must see, people.
February 28, 2024
'Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Australian television weighed in on former President Trump's admiration of Russian President Putin, saying Trump is in awe of Putin. The Morning Joe panel discusses...'
My words: Please watch, people.
''Really creepy': Former Australian PM on Trump's admiration for Putin'
'Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Australian television weighed in on former President Trump's admiration of Russian President Putin, saying Trump is in awe of Putin. The Morning Joe panel discusses...'
My words: Please watch, people.
February 28, 2024
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/28/2226316/-Judge-Scott-McAfee-Not-Fani-Willis-Should-Have-Known-Better?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
'Its time for commentators to stop with Fani Willis should have know better and start saying Judge McAfee should know better. Lets be clear the person responsible for creating this televised smear bizzaro world show trial is Judge Scott McAfee and not Fani Willis. The following exchange between Trump Acolyte Lawyer Ashleigh Marchant and star turned disaster witness Terrence Bradley, from TPMs summary of the proceeding yesterday, should be game and match over for the case against this Federalist society, Brian Kemp appointed judge.'
And then there is this: From Wikepedia: 'In 2012, McAfee was a judicial intern for Georgia Supreme Court justice Keith R. Blackwell...He also interned for justice David Nahmias... In 2013, he graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude. While in law school, he was the vice president of the school's Federalist Society chapter, treasurer of Law Republicans and inducted into The Order of Barristers...'
And this:
https://www.ajc.com/news/meet-the-34-year-old-judge-who-will-oversee-trump-prosecution/BSRME6N2DJFYDGZ3OGBOJUFUKA
'..By random selection, McAfee, who once worked under Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis, was assigned the blockbuster case. He will hear it, unless the former Republican commander-in-chief and his allies are successful in moving it to federal court, where they could get a more conservative jury pool.'
'Judge Scott McAfee, Not Fani Willis, Should Have Known Better'
My words: Well, well, well, looky here, people. Judge McAfee was a member of the Federalist Society and once worked for Fani Willis.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/28/2226316/-Judge-Scott-McAfee-Not-Fani-Willis-Should-Have-Known-Better?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web
'Its time for commentators to stop with Fani Willis should have know better and start saying Judge McAfee should know better. Lets be clear the person responsible for creating this televised smear bizzaro world show trial is Judge Scott McAfee and not Fani Willis. The following exchange between Trump Acolyte Lawyer Ashleigh Marchant and star turned disaster witness Terrence Bradley, from TPMs summary of the proceeding yesterday, should be game and match over for the case against this Federalist society, Brian Kemp appointed judge.'
And then there is this: From Wikepedia: 'In 2012, McAfee was a judicial intern for Georgia Supreme Court justice Keith R. Blackwell...He also interned for justice David Nahmias... In 2013, he graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude. While in law school, he was the vice president of the school's Federalist Society chapter, treasurer of Law Republicans and inducted into The Order of Barristers...'
And this:
https://www.ajc.com/news/meet-the-34-year-old-judge-who-will-oversee-trump-prosecution/BSRME6N2DJFYDGZ3OGBOJUFUKA
'..By random selection, McAfee, who once worked under Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis, was assigned the blockbuster case. He will hear it, unless the former Republican commander-in-chief and his allies are successful in moving it to federal court, where they could get a more conservative jury pool.'
February 28, 2024
My words: Print media making 'much ado' about nothing. Joe rocked it, people. Trump? Meh, not so much.
Lawrence O'Donnell: Biden Wins Big In Michigan: with Simon Rosenberg Democratic Strategist.. 20 minutes
&t=185sMy words: Print media making 'much ado' about nothing. Joe rocked it, people. Trump? Meh, not so much.
February 27, 2024
'financially, Donald Trump is Wile E. Coyote right now, twenty feet past the edge of the cliff and refusing to look down. hes in complete denial about how truly screwed he is, and he still imagines hes fully in control of the situation. the fuck you are, numbnuts...
my phone started blowing up... all reported more or less the same story: Trump Appeals New York Civil Fraud Verdict. huh, where did Trump get the money?... because remember, Trump cant appeal without first ponying up 120% of the $465 million (and counting) hes on the hook for after losing the Big Trump Family Business Fraud Fuckery Trial...
so what happened is that Trump basically filed an essentially meaningless piece of paper: an intent to appeal. nothing has changed. the clock is still ticking down and Donny is still fucked-er than fucked if he cant come up with hundreds of millions of dollars by March 25.'
My words: Read on, people. It's worth it, it's Tiedrich!
'Trump E. Coyote is off the cliff and in deep denial about how truly fucked he is'
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/trump-e-coyote-is-off-the-cliff-and?utm_source=profile&utm_medium'financially, Donald Trump is Wile E. Coyote right now, twenty feet past the edge of the cliff and refusing to look down. hes in complete denial about how truly screwed he is, and he still imagines hes fully in control of the situation. the fuck you are, numbnuts...
my phone started blowing up... all reported more or less the same story: Trump Appeals New York Civil Fraud Verdict. huh, where did Trump get the money?... because remember, Trump cant appeal without first ponying up 120% of the $465 million (and counting) hes on the hook for after losing the Big Trump Family Business Fraud Fuckery Trial...
so what happened is that Trump basically filed an essentially meaningless piece of paper: an intent to appeal. nothing has changed. the clock is still ticking down and Donny is still fucked-er than fucked if he cant come up with hundreds of millions of dollars by March 25.'
My words: Read on, people. It's worth it, it's Tiedrich!
February 27, 2024
My words: Jay Kuo is pretty cool if you haven't read him.
'Defendant and co-conspirator Kenneth Chesebro had a secret Twitter account, then lied about it to prosecutors...'
'If youre going to plot to overturn an election, its best not to leave much of a trail. But thats exactly what attorney and architect of the fake elector scheme, Kenneth The Cheese Chesebro, did.
That trail wasnt just in emails, texts and memos exchanged with his co-conspirators John Eastman and Boris Epshteyn, as weve already seen. It was also in a secret Twitter account called BadgerPundit.
Pro-tip: Maybe if youre a coup-plotting attorney from Wisconsin, you shouldnt use the red and white colors of the University of Wisconsin Badgers in your Twitter alias. This is from his linked YouTube channel:'
'The Stupid Coup'
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-stupid-coup?utm_source=profile&utm_mediumMy words: Jay Kuo is pretty cool if you haven't read him.
'Defendant and co-conspirator Kenneth Chesebro had a secret Twitter account, then lied about it to prosecutors...'
'If youre going to plot to overturn an election, its best not to leave much of a trail. But thats exactly what attorney and architect of the fake elector scheme, Kenneth The Cheese Chesebro, did.
That trail wasnt just in emails, texts and memos exchanged with his co-conspirators John Eastman and Boris Epshteyn, as weve already seen. It was also in a secret Twitter account called BadgerPundit.
Pro-tip: Maybe if youre a coup-plotting attorney from Wisconsin, you shouldnt use the red and white colors of the University of Wisconsin Badgers in your Twitter alias. This is from his linked YouTube channel:'
February 27, 2024
'Fulton County DA Fani Willis fires back at Trumps efforts to use unreliable pseudo science through a non expert expert witness to falsely suggest that she and Nathan Wade her special prosecutor lied about their relationship starting after the Trump indictment. Michael Popok of Legal AF explains why the phone record evidence Trump obtained is both irrelevant and should be excluded by the judge as lacking foundation, and violating Georgia law.'
My words: Judge McAfee is a huge disappointment, to say the least. What a disgusting side-show this has turned into.
Michael Popok Legal AF: Georgia Prosecutor FIRES BACK Ahead of URGENT Hearing: 16 min.
'Fulton County DA Fani Willis fires back at Trumps efforts to use unreliable pseudo science through a non expert expert witness to falsely suggest that she and Nathan Wade her special prosecutor lied about their relationship starting after the Trump indictment. Michael Popok of Legal AF explains why the phone record evidence Trump obtained is both irrelevant and should be excluded by the judge as lacking foundation, and violating Georgia law.'
My words: Judge McAfee is a huge disappointment, to say the least. What a disgusting side-show this has turned into.
February 25, 2024
'Uncle Ramble Standers': Maddow reacts to Trumps 'incoherent' S.C. speech: '
"There's a general incoherence...uncle ramble standers thing going on with him."
My comments: I'm so pissed, I could spit (as they say). It's time to hit the MSM where it hurts, in their pocketbook. Stop buying their rags and stop clicking on their internet sites. Call them out in their comment sections, if available.
Trump Is Completely Incoherent, But You Wont' Hear About it on MSM.. We Have A Problem Houston...(my words)
&t=218s'Uncle Ramble Standers': Maddow reacts to Trumps 'incoherent' S.C. speech: '
"There's a general incoherence...uncle ramble standers thing going on with him."
My comments: I'm so pissed, I could spit (as they say). It's time to hit the MSM where it hurts, in their pocketbook. Stop buying their rags and stop clicking on their internet sites. Call them out in their comment sections, if available.
February 24, 2024
'This is a two-alarm scoop, Jim?' Axios co-founder buried for report Biden uses notes'
'Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei was buried in an avalanche of derision for promoting a story on X replete with two police car light emojis that President Joe Biden uses notes when speaking.
The story, written by Hans Nichols in the Axios "brevity" style that is long on bullet points and short on details, stated that "Biden's reliance on notecards to help explain his own policy positions on questions he knows are coming is raising concerns among some donors about Biden's age."
However, reading deeper into the report, Nichols added, "Most recent presidents including Trump, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Barack Obama have carried crib notes, or used teleprompters, to help guide them through various public events and meetings. In Biden's case, donors have noticed he's also using notecards in private events."'
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AXIOS is on my list... I'm done with any so called news site that pulls this shit...
https://www.rawstory.com/jim-vandehei-biden-notes/'This is a two-alarm scoop, Jim?' Axios co-founder buried for report Biden uses notes'
'Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei was buried in an avalanche of derision for promoting a story on X replete with two police car light emojis that President Joe Biden uses notes when speaking.
The story, written by Hans Nichols in the Axios "brevity" style that is long on bullet points and short on details, stated that "Biden's reliance on notecards to help explain his own policy positions on questions he knows are coming is raising concerns among some donors about Biden's age."
However, reading deeper into the report, Nichols added, "Most recent presidents including Trump, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Barack Obama have carried crib notes, or used teleprompters, to help guide them through various public events and meetings. In Biden's case, donors have noticed he's also using notecards in private events."'
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February 23, 2024
'Russia demands Navalny family hold secret funeral: Spokesperson'
(NewsNation) A spokesperson for the Navalny family said the Russian government has told Alexei Navalnys mother she must agree to a private funeral or her sons body will not be released.
'Kira Yarmysh posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying investigators told Lyudmila Navalnaya, Navalnys mother, that if she did not agree her son would be buried in the Arctic penal colony where he died.
An investigator called Alexeys mother an hour ago and gave her an ultimatum. Either she agrees to a secret funeral without a public farewell within 3 hours, or Alexey will be buried in the colony. She refused to negotiate with the IC, as they are not authorised to decide how and where her son should be buried. She is demanding compliance with the law, according to which investigators are obliged to hand over the body within two days of establishing the cause of death. According to the medical documents she signed, these two days expire tomorrow. She insists that the authorities allow the funeral and memorial service to take place in accordance with normal practice, Yarmysh wrote.'
Putin Is Afraid of A Dead Man (my words)
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/russia-demands-navalny-secret-funeral/'Russia demands Navalny family hold secret funeral: Spokesperson'
(NewsNation) A spokesperson for the Navalny family said the Russian government has told Alexei Navalnys mother she must agree to a private funeral or her sons body will not be released.
'Kira Yarmysh posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, saying investigators told Lyudmila Navalnaya, Navalnys mother, that if she did not agree her son would be buried in the Arctic penal colony where he died.
An investigator called Alexeys mother an hour ago and gave her an ultimatum. Either she agrees to a secret funeral without a public farewell within 3 hours, or Alexey will be buried in the colony. She refused to negotiate with the IC, as they are not authorised to decide how and where her son should be buried. She is demanding compliance with the law, according to which investigators are obliged to hand over the body within two days of establishing the cause of death. According to the medical documents she signed, these two days expire tomorrow. She insists that the authorities allow the funeral and memorial service to take place in accordance with normal practice, Yarmysh wrote.'
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