The very best and most important thing that is going to happen today is that Peter Navarro starts his four month sentence today. Fuck that guy. Seriously. Do I want to see The Idiot in jail too? Of course, but I want to see his legal team in there as well. I want Chesebro, Powell, and all the rest of the lawyers who should damn well know better to go to jail too. If we don’t see that and see some law licenses get revoked or suspended, we will be here again. The GOP has done really well working the refs, and one of the ways they do that best is with their lawyers. The State Bar Associations need to clean up their own corners of the universe.
I’m sure there’s a lot of other stuff. There’s another is it/isn’t it Kate Middleton video floating around. Why do we keep getting these grainy videos and pics? She’s not a Sasquatch. This shouldn’t be difficult.
Oh, and there’s this from HuffPo:
Black GOP-Appointed Former Judge Steps In To Defend Biden’s Muslim Court Pick
“I have been deeply disturbed by the unfounded and disturbing attacks against Adeel Mangi,” former federal judge Timothy Lewis told Senate leaders.
And per Adam Klasfeld regarding the Stormy Daniels hush money case: “A Manhattan judge DENIES Trump’s bid to block testimony by Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, and Karen McDougal. Lots decided in a pair of limine rulings.
Trump wanted to preclude prosecutors from arguing that the hush-money scheme sought to influence the 2016 presidential election. The defense also wanted to block even the mention of “catch and kill.” DENIED
Some nuance on the ruling as to Daniels, McDougal and Dino Sajudin. Prosecutor CANNOT introduce lie detector evidence for Daniels — and there may be limitations to the testimony for the other two witnesses.
Trump wanted to block the admission of nearly 100 statements attributed to him. DENIED, subject to prosecutors laying the foundation at trial
Trump CANNOT
* argue that his indictment is “novel, unusual or unprecented”, * complain about pre-indictment delay, * attack the purported motives of the DA, judge, or court staff to the jury, * try to gain sympathy from jurors about possible punishment.
This is a big one: The Access Hollywood tape and the sexual assault allegations go to the DA’s theory of the case — that Trump, reeling from the news, tried to cover-up a campaign liability. Strong reasons under NY law for judge imposing limits.
Among those reasons, preserving any convictions on appeal — if the jury finds Trump guilty.”
So that’s that! Enjoy your freedom just a smidge more than normal, because Peter Navarro is going to sleep tonight in an orange jumpsuit. Schadenfreude is fine in small doses.
Just for fun, go try to learn about something new today. I just finished listening to an Ologies episode on Indigenous Fire Culture and it was FASCINATING. So fall down a wiki rabbit hole or something. Go tickle your brain in a new way. Get out there! And don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else.