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[Jeff Robinson]

A podcast I listen to reminded its listeners that the SC is mostly "Republicans in Robes". This was always a chance, and a threat.

It is, I can only hope that the Dems get on with packing the court. Giving so much unreviewable power to 6 crazed fascists is sending the US to the brink.

 

[petee]

that c*nt was floating a "national unity ticket".

Democratic Presidential Candidate Dean Phillips Says He’s Open to Being Nikki Haley’s Running Mate on a ‘Unity Ticket’

Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips said he would be open to becoming GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley's running mate in a "unity ticket."

www.google.com

polled lower than woo merchant Williamson im MI, though she quit 2 weeks ago.

 

[8ball]

Is there a full schedule of Trump’s trials and court cases handily written down somewhere?

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Is there a full schedule of Trump’s trials and court cases handily written down somewhere?

For the four criminal indictments:

- Jury selection will begin for the porn star hush money case on Monday 25 March

- The classified documents in the toilet case has not been scheduled because its preceded over by a Trump appointed pro-Trump judge who keeps stalling it.

- The Georgia RICO case is currently being delayed over allegations that the Georgia DA was shagging the prosecuter she selected for the case.

- The Federal election interference case is on hold pending a ruling for a MAGA dominated Supreme Court on weather Trump could order Naval SEALs to assassinate his political rivals.

What a great functioning democracy eh?

 

[8ball]

For the four criminal indictments:

- Jury selection will begin for the porn star hush money case on Monday 25 March

- The classified documents in the toilet case has not been scheduled because its preceded over by a Trump appointed pro-Trump judge who keeps stalling it.

- The Georgia RICO case is currently being delayed over allegations that the Georgia DA was shagging the prosecuter she selected for the case.

- The Federal election interference case is on hold pending a ruling for a MAGA dominated Supreme Court on weather Trump could order Naval SEALs to assassinate his political rivals.

What a great functioning democracy eh?

I thought there was something important coming up around May. Might have changed by now.
Looking at the details, I think this is the Maralago documents prosecution.

I don't know how current or complete the below summary is (it says it was last updated 27th Feb, though):

Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases

Tracking the legal and political milestones in former President Trump's busy 2023-2024 court and campaign calendar.

www.justsecurity.org

 

[JimW]

This AP story has upwards of twenty percent of Republican voters in the different states holding primaries saying they wouldn't vote for Trump, which might be straw-clutching but does look like a problem: A chunk of Republican primary and caucus voters say they wouldn’t vote for Trump as the GOP nominee Not seen comparable question asked about Biden from assumed Dems but can't imagine the really anti him block would be anywhere near as large.

 

[two sheds]

 

[two sheds]

Now here's a surprise.

Trump's White House Was 'Awash in Speed' -- and Xanax

Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources say.

www.rollingstone.com

In January, the Defense Department’s inspector general released a report detailing how the White House Medical Unit during the Trump administration distributed controlled substances with scant oversight and even sloppier record keeping. Investigators repeatedly noted that the unit had ordered thousands and thousands of doses of the stimulant modafinil, which has been used by military pilots for decades to stay alert during long missions.
The report didn’t say why so many of those pills had been given out. But for many who served in the Trump White House, the investigation highlighted an open secret. According to interviews with four former senior administration officials and others with knowledge of the matter, the stimulant was routinely given to staffers who needed an energy boost after a late night, or just a pick-me-up to handle another day at a uniquely stressful job. As one of the former officials tells Rolling Stone, the White House at that time was “awash in speed.”
Knowledgeable sources say that samples of the stimulant were passed around for those contributing lines to major Trump speeches, working late hours on foreign policy initiatives, responding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, coping with the deluge of media inquiries about that investigation, and so much more. (Trump’s campaign did not respond to an email seeking comment for this story.)

I've met a couple of speed freaks and they didn't know what the fuck they were doing, so this explains a lot.

 

[cupid_stunt]

senior officials would use Xanax and alcohol together to soothe themselves while enduring the sky-high levels of stress that come with working at the highest pressure environment job in America — with the added pleasure of serving the whims of the infamously volatile, intemperate Trump.

As one former senior administration official puts it: “You try working for him and not chasing pills with alcohol.”

They have my sympathy!

 

[chandlerp]

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Hate to correct this, but he wasn't found guilty as it wasn't a criminal trial. He was found liable.

 

[two sheds]

They have my sympathy!

Have remarked before but when I was first in Cornwall in 72 I nearly bought a houseboat off someone but a mate told me that he was a speed freak and only thought he had a houseboat.

 

[two sheds]

Hate to correct this, but he wasn't found guilty as it wasn't a criminal trial. He was found liable.

Good point - it should have read "a Court ruled that he had ..." ?

 

[WouldBe]

Now here's a surprise.

Trump's White House Was 'Awash in Speed' -- and Xanax

Under Trump, the White House Medical Unit was “like the Wild West,” and staffers had easy access to powerful stimulants and sedatives, sources say.

www.rollingstone.com

I've met a couple of speed freaks and they didn't know what the fuck they were doing, so this explains a lot.

The stimulants were passed around those contributing lines to Trumps speeches.

Someone actually writes the gibberish he comes out with.

 

[Nylock]

Someone actually writes the gibberish he comes out with.

Well, since they were clearly off their tits on speed that kind of tracks...

 

[WouldBe]

Well, since they were clearly off their tits on speed that kind of tracks...

I did wonder about that.

 

[Aladdin]

 

[magneze]

Trump was wrongly removed from Colorado ballot, US supreme court rules

Court’s decision clears way for ex-president to appear on primary ballot in all states

www.theguardian.com

 

[gosub]

Can they not meet in the middle and let him use this the last day of our acquaintance

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Trump was wrongly removed from Colorado ballot, US supreme court rules

Court’s decision clears way for ex-president to appear on primary ballot in all states

www.theguardian.com

Not surprising but depressing. Coupled with the Court's decision to help Trump beat the clock on his election fraud case, they have basically given him a pass on his attempts to destroy democracy. It's down to the voters now to ensure that the would-be dictator is kept out of office so he can be tried and flung in a dungeon to die.

 

[stavros]

Shouldn't the three judges put there by Trump, and indeed the one put there by Biden, recuse themselves from the process, due to a direct conflict of interest?

 

[Yossarian]

Shouldn't the three judges put there by Trump, and indeed the one put there by Biden, recuse themselves from the process, due to a direct conflict of interest?

The decision was unanimous, so it would have been 5-0 if those judges had recused themselves. I think they probably made the right call, especially since Trump hasn't yet been found guilty on insurrection-related charges, if the Colorado precedent had been allowed to stand red states would have bent over backwards to kick Democrats off current and future ballots on spurious grounds

 

[NoXion]

He used to claim credit for Operation Warp Speed. Now he's gone full-tilt into being a pro-plague piece of orange shit:

Doc: Trump school vaccine plan will spark "public health catastrophe"

"Trump would take millions in federal funds away from all Virginia public schools," former GOP lawmaker warns.

www.salon.com

 

[gosub]

The decision was unanimous, so it would have been 5-0 if those judges had recused themselves. I think they probably made the right call, especially since Trump hasn't yet been found guilty on insurrection-related charges, if the Colorado precedent had been allowed to stand red states would have bent over backwards to kick Democrats off current and future ballots on spurious grounds

Agree with that. Going to be a real headache if he wins the election, and then they find him guilty

 

[Karl Masks]

Shouldn't the three judges put there by Trump, and indeed the one put there by Biden, recuse themselves from the process, due to a direct conflict of interest?

It's America

 

[Ax^]

Shouldn't the three judges put there by Trump, and indeed the one put there by Biden, recuse themselves from the process, due to a direct conflict of interest?

look up who Clearance Thomas wife is and what she got up to on the lead up to jan 6

more than just trump pics should recuse themselves from trump related cases

 

[petee]

it's over for trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/03/haley-dc-primary-results-00144502

Haley defeated Donald Trump in the Washington, D.C. Republican primary, a contest that took place over the weekend in a downtown hotel just steps away from the heart of D.C.’s lobbying hub. Haley carried nearly 63 percent of the vote, according to D.C. party officials.

 

[WouldBe]

it's over for trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/03/haley-dc-primary-results-00144502

Haley defeated Donald Trump in the Washington, D.C. Republican primary, a contest that took place over the weekend in a downtown hotel just steps away from the heart of D.C.’s lobbying hub. Haley carried nearly 63 percent of the vote, according to D.C. party officials.

Under trump logic then he's already lost then.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

look up who Clearance Thomas wife is and what she got up to on the lead up to jan 6

more than just trump pics should recuse themselves from trump related cases

Clarence Thomas and his wife seem to be as immune to consequences as Trump.

 

[Ax^]

Clarence Thomas is the prime example of why SCOTUS judges should have fixed terms

guys a judge for hire at the largest bidder which is normally Harlon Crow

 

[PR1Berske]

Shouldn't the three judges put there by Trump, and indeed the one put there by Biden, recuse themselves from the process, due to a direct conflict of interest?

If the US were a democracy, yes.