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August 22, 2022
Late Morning/Afternoon Update:
Kyle Cheney of Politico: "The federal magistrate judge who authorized the warrant to search Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate emphasized Monday that he 'carefully reviewed' the FBI's sworn evidence before signing off and considers the facts contained in an accompanying affidavit to be 'reliable.' Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart offered his assessment in a 13-page order memorializing his decision to consider whether to unseal portions of the affidavit, which describe the evidence the bureau relied on to justify the search of the former president's home. Reinhart ruled last week that he would consider unsealing portions of the affidavit after conferring with the Justice Department and determining whether proposed redactions would be sufficient to protect the ongoing criminal investigation connected to the search. But in his order, Reinhart emphasized that he may ultimately agree with prosecutors that any redactions would be so extensive that they would render the document useless." ~~~
~~~ Marie: Oh yeah? That's what Politico says. Bearing in mind that Politico is somewhat right-wingy, it is not nearly right-wingy enough. The headline on the Fox "News"' report covering the same judge's same ruling is, "Judge Reinhart formally rejects DOJ argument to keep Trump affidavit sealed, calls raid 'unprecedented.'" This is largely bull. The written order backs up Judge Reinhart's oral order delivered last week, telling the prosecution to produce a redacted copy of the affidavit for his consideration. In the order, Reinhart acknowledges that it's possible that "partial redactions will be so extensive that they will result in a meaningless disclosure, but I may ultimately reach that conclusion...." As for a "raid" on Mar-a-Lardo, I did a wordsearch of the judge's order, and the only reference to a "raid" is a Business Insider headline & link about how Breitbart & a former Trump aide have doxxed FBI agents involved in the search. Judge Reinhart does not use the term "raid." As for "unprecedented," well, yeah. Reinhart does refer to "an unprecedented search of a former President's residence." That's because law enforcement has never had to search the home of a real president. Since the passage in 1978 of the Presidential Records Act ( in response to \ Nixon's plan to retain his papers [and tapes!]), no real president has been suspected of stealing documents & other items from the White House.
I am particularly proud to have served as the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden since the very first day of his administration. -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, in a statement, Monday
Funny, no mention of Trump. -- Marie ~~~
~~~ Yasmeen Abutaleb of the Washington Post: "Anthony S. Fauci, the nation's preeminent infectious-disease expert who achieved unprecedented fame while enduring withering political attacks as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response under two presidents, plans to step down in December after more than a half-century of public service, he announced Monday. Fauci, 81, has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984. He joined the parent agency, the National Institutes of Health, in 1968 as a 27-year-old doctor who had just finished medical residency and was quickly identified as a rising star. Most recently, Fauci has also served as President Biden's chief medical adviser since the start of his administration." The Hill's report is here. Dr. Fauci's statement is here.
Arkansas. Andy Rose, et al., of CNN: "Three Arkansas law enforcement officers have been removed from duty and are under investigation, their departments confirmed, after bystander video captured at least two of them punching and kneeing a suspect during an arrest Sunday. At one point in the 34-second video, one of the officers also appears to lift the suspect's head and slam it into the pavement. A Crawford County Sheriff's Department Facebook post identifies the law enforcement personnel involved in the arrest as sheriff's deputies Zack King and Levi White and officer Thell Riddle of the Mulberry Police Department. CNN has reached out to the deputies and officer."
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Nick Miroff & Amy Wang of the Washington Post: "The Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that public pressure to unseal the affidavit used in the search of ... Donald Trump's Florida home could put FBI agents at personal risk or be used by Trump's attorneys to intimidate witnesses. Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) told CNN's 'State of the Union' that he understood the public interest in seeing the affidavit "is real" but cautioned of the unintended consequences of releasing the document. 'I think the government makes a powerful case that at the early stage of the investigation, when it could jeopardize the pursuit of justice, this is not the time to be giving essentially the Trump lawyers a road map into how to intimidate witnesses or how to derail a legitimate investigation,' Schiff said.:
Short-time Insurrectionist. David Edwards of the Raw Story: "Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) has refused to speak to the Jan. 6 Committee because his participation in a plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election only lasted 'a couple seconds.'.... [Matt Smith of WISN (Milwaukee) asked Johnson about his participation in an effort to pass a slate of fake electors to Vice President Pence on January 6, 2021.] The senator said that he 'fielded three texts and sent two and talked to my chief of staff that somebody wants to deliver something.... I knew nothing about it,' he added.... Johnson insisted that it was wrong to look at the plot to overturn the election as a 'massive conspiracy.' 'I had virtually no involvement!' he asserted. 'Literally, my involvement lasted seconds. OK?' Johnson initially denied having any knowledge of the alternate electors." ~~~
~~~ Marie: The lede appears to be misleading. As far as I can tell from the rest of the report, the committee has not asked Johnson to testify. Smith asked Johnson if he would testify, and Johnson gave a non-answer answer: "What would they ask me to testify about?"
Richard Fausset of the New York Times: "A federal appeals court temporarily blocked Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, on Sunday from testifying in the investigation into efforts by ... Donald J. Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia. The appeals court instructed a lower court to determine whether Mr. Graham should be exempt from answering certain kinds of questions, given his status as a federal lawmaker. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit gives a temporary reprieve to Mr. Graham, who has been fighting prosecutors' efforts to bring him before a special grand jury.... Mr. Graham has argued, among other things, that he should be exempt from testifying under the U.S. Constitution's speech and debate clause, which prohibits asking lawmakers about their legitimate legislative functions. The appeals court laid out further steps on Sunday that must be taken before Mr. Graham gives any testimony." (Also linked yesterday afternoon.) ~~~
~~~ According to a Politico story by Josh Gerstein & Kyle Cheney, two of the judges were Trump appointees & one was a Clinton appointee. "The appeals court called its Sunday morning action a 'limited remand' and said the subpoena would essentially be put on hold while the possibility of constraints on the scope of questioning of Graham is hashed out at the district court." (Also linked yesterday.) ~~~
~~~ Marie: I'm sorry, but "Throw out a bunch of votes in your Democratic-leaning counties" is not a legislative function of the U.S. Congress.
Michael Bender, et al., of the New York Times: "Donald J. Trump has endorsed more than 200 candidates for state and federal office during the 2022 midterm elections, an unusually wide-ranging effort by a former president to consolidate and enhance his personal political influence.... His endorsements fall into two major categories: election deniers who have openly spread the lie that he won in 2020, and incumbents whose likely victories == in some cases uncontested -- help sensationalize his power inside the party." The article IDs some of the candidates Trump has endorsed.
The Worst Supreme Court Since Dred Scott. KK Ottesen, in the Washington Post, interviews Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe: In response to questions, Tribe says, "I have no doubt that the court is at a point that is far more dangerous and damaging to the country than at any other point, probably, since Dred Scott. And, in a way, because we even find Justice [Clarence] Thomas going back and citing Dred Scott favorably in his opinion on firearms, the court is dragging the country back into a terrible, terrible time.... And when they've got the votes, they don't even care if they have the reasoning.... I think there are five Robert Borks on the court right now.... And they are, in fact, probably to his right -- that is, Robert Bork at least seemed to believe in preserving those aspects of free speech that conduced to meaningful democratic self-governance. That is, I didn't see in Robert Bork the disregard for democracy, writ large, that I see in the current Supreme Court majority led by Clarence Thomas."
Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Putin's Door. Jonathan Allen of NBC News: "Former NBA player Dennis Rodman said Saturday that he plans to visit Russia to seek the release of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was sentenced to nine years in prison on drug charges earlier this month. 'I got permission to go to Russia to help that girl,' Rodman told NBC News at a restaurant in D.C. 'I'm trying to go this week.' He is more likely to hurt than help, said a senior Biden administration official." MB: It isn't clear who gave Rodman this "permission" inasmuch as the State Department has issued a blanket advisory warning Americans not to travel to Russia.
How to Cover Trumpolini. Margaret Sullivan of the Washington Post: "This is my last column for The Post.... The media has come a long, long way in figuring out how to cover the democracy-threatening ways of Donald Trump and his allies, including his stalwart helpers in right-wing media.... Journalists ... have to be willing to show their readers, viewers and listeners that electing him again would be dangerous.... Journalists simply can't allow themselves to be megaphones or stenographers.... If Trump runs [for president again], as [Jonathan] Karl put it, he will be running 'against the very democratic system that makes this all possible.' And he's bringing the vast bulk of the Republican Party along with him. So my prescription -- and it's only a start -- is less live campaign coverage, more context and thoughtful framing, and more fearless straight talk from news leaders about what's at stake and why politics coverage looks different." ~~~
~~~ Marie: Political coverage always should have "looked different." I recall begging Peter Baker of the New York Times years ago to stop with the both-sides, he-said/she-said reports, and he said he didn't know what I was talking about. He looked dumbfounded when I explained, a la Stephen Colbert, that just writing down what a politician says is stenography, not reporting. He clearly thought I was a crazed woman. But over the past decade, even Baker & his cohort have learned to write, "claimed without evidence." I guess that's progress.
Zach Montague of the New York Times: "Jill Biden, the first lady, left isolation after testing negative for the coronavirus on Sunday, nearly a week after she tested positive while on vacation in South Carolina. Dr. Biden had been isolating in a private residence there, but joined President Biden in Rehoboth, Del., on Sunday, according to a statement from Elizabeth Alexander, her communications director.... Dr. Biden, who was up to date on vaccines and has received two booster shots, only experienced mild symptoms, according to her office. She had also been prescribed the antiviral pill Paxlovid, a treatment that reduces the effects of a coronavirus infection."
Beyond the Beltway
Kansas. Heather Hollingsworth & John Hanna of the AP: "A decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights in traditionally conservative Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changing after the last county reported results Sunday. Nine of the state's 105 counties recounted their votes at the request of Melissa Leavitt, who has pushed for tighter election laws. A longtime anti-abortion activist, Mark Gietzen, is covering most of the costs. Gietzen acknowledged in an interview that it was unlikely to change the outcome."
Way Beyond
Ukraine, et al. The New York Times' live updates of developments Monday in Russia's war on Ukraine are here. ~~~
~~~ The Washington Post's live briefings for Monday are here: "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has drawn another red line in potential negotiations with Moscow to end the war. Russian-backed authorities are reportedly planning to hold a trial on Aug. 24 -- Ukraine-s Independence Day -- for the fighters captured during their final defense of the Azovstal steel plant in the battle for Mariupol. Here's the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.... A number of theories, as yet unsubstantiated, are circulating about the cause of a car bomb that killed the daughter of Putin ally Alexander Dugin outside Moscow on Saturday. It could create a flash point, even as Ukrainian officials denied any involvement in the blast and suggested it could be the result of an internal dispute within Russia."
Pakistan. Salman Masood & Christina Goldbaum of the Washington Post: "Pakistan's former prime minister, Imran Khan, was charged under the country's antiterrorism act on Sunday, in a drastic escalation of the tense power struggle between the country's current government and its former leader that threatens to set off a fresh round of public unrest and turmoil. The charges came a day after Mr. Khan, the former cricket star who was ousted from power in a no-confidence vote in April, gave an impassioned speech to hundreds of supporters at a rally in the capital, Islamabad, condemning the recent arrest of one of his top aides and threatening senior police officers and a judge involved in the case. 'We will not spare you,' Mr. Khan said, vowing to file legal cases against them. The police report detailing the charges against the former prime minister said that his comments amounted to a deliberate and illegal attempt to intimidate the country's judiciary and police force, local news outlets reported." An AP report is here.
South Korea/U.S. Kim Tong-Hyung of the AP: "The United States and South Korea began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat.... The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises will continue through Sept. 1 in South Korea and include field exercises involving aircraft, warships, tanks and potentially tens of thousands of troops. While Washington and Seoul describe their exercises as defensive, North Korea portrays them as invasion rehearsals and has used them to justify its nuclear weapons and missiles development."
News Ledes
New York Times: "Stocks on Wall Street slid on Monday, with the S&P 500 dropping by the most it has in over two months, as a speech this week by Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, loomed over investors who are focused on the path for interest rates in the months ahead. The benchmark index fell 2.1 percent, its sharpest daily decline since June 16. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite dropped 2.5 percent, nearly erasing its gains for August."
New York Times: "One person who had been hiking Friday at a national park in Utah remained missing on Sunday and about 200 people at a national park in New Mexico were trapped for several hours on Saturday amid heavy rain and flash flooding in parts of the Southwest."
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Graham v Logic and Law
Was I surprised that judges in the 11th circuit cut Aunt Pittypat a huge break in his effort to avoid testifying in the attempt to overthrow a fair election in Georgia? Most definitely.
Was I surprised then to find that two of those judges are Trumpy Brand judges? Definitely not*.
And even though the decision does not entirely constitute a Get Out of Jail Free card for Senator Fainting Couch, it at the very least throws stones in the pathway of justice, a classic Trump move.
But concerning Aunt Pittypat’s contention that his nefarious, highly suspect actions are shielded by the Speech and Debate clause, the Supreme Court (not the current court, a real one) in 1972 ruled that the S&D only applies directly to legislative acts. Here’s the logic in US v Brewster:
“In no case has this Court ever treated the Clause as protecting all conduct relating to the legislative process. In every case thus for before this Court, the Speech or Debate Clause has been limited to an act which was clearly a part of the legislative process—the due functioning of that process. We would not think it sound or wise, simply out of an abundance of caution to doubly insure legislative independence, to extend the privilege beyond its intended scope, its literal language, and its history, to include all things in any way related to the legislative process. Given such a sweeping reading, we have no doubt that there are few activities in which a legislator engages that he would be unable somehow to ‘relate’ to the legislative process.”
Thus, the court (a real one, with judges not installed by a traitor for his own benefit) anticipated that scurrilous scumbag pols might try to hide their every shady act under this clause. As the court ruled, legislative acts, fine; political actions, ixnay. To wit:
Although [the many and varied actions pursued by Members of Congress] are entirely legitimate activities, they are political in nature rather than legislative, in the sense that term has been used by the Court in prior cases. But it has never been seriously contended that these political matters, however appropriate, have the protection afforded by the Speech or Debate Clause.”
Nuff said. And leave us not forget to point out that trying to jimmy an election to curry favor with a traitor ain’t no “legitimate activity”.
Getting on the horn to a Secretary of State in a place he does not represent, to demand that a loser be declared the winner is a purely political act, with not a whit of legislatin’ in sight.
The fact that Trumpy judges say “Wellll…we ain’t so sure” don’t make it so.
Aunt Pittypat gets a reprieve, but hopefully that’s all he gets. Oh, unless a boot out of the Senate is a possibility…
*Clear evidence that the salting of the judiciary with hyper partisan judges has long been the goal of the GQP, the better to slither under whatever rocks they can find to protect their illegal and treasonous acts.
AK: Thank you for that. The law confuses me no end––-and it's especially confusing when, as you say, scum bags worm their way into certain laws and stretch their credulity. No wonder Fatty was in a hurry to put in as many judges as possible when he first took the position of president–--"my judges" like his "my generals". And poor ole Pittypat who once described Trump to a T––then folded and became just another sycophant lapping up the foul waters surrounding this demented creature who soiled everything he touched.
What he said...
I am infuriated that Graham is getting away with stating crap disguised as a golden parachute. What else is new... Margaret Sullivan is correct: the media pretty much stinketh of partisan "bothsideserism" in place of taking a real stand and standing for truth and justice and democracy.
Our newspaper has been accused of being "partisan hacks" by Traitor Religious Creep Mastriano. Also, the school board in a neighboring town has been "salted" (good word, Marie--) with Mastriano politicians from a winger church, and they, the board/church members, started planning awhile back to volunteer to provide security for Mastriano and, as they were running for school board, were protesting shutdowns, mask-wearing and books that might be "suspicious..." The newspaper has been reporting on everything that has happened since the election and disclaiming all winger talk of patriotism since Jan 6... That is why they are accused of being leftist hacks by these people. Mastriano will not invite, let in mainstream reporters, and so far refuses any debate moderated by them. It is all an insidious plot in progress for so many years, and appears to be gaining strength instead of lessening. Autocracy/theocracy is surely on the march. The enemy is everywhere. And they truly ARE the enemy within.
I borrowed the verb "salted" and gave Marie credit, but it might have been AK instead...my apologies for not being able to correctly borrow that phrasing from the right person...Anyhow, I enjoyed the visual imagery of crappy people being salted in amongst genuinely smart ones, so thanks to the always literate people of RC...
No RC habitue should read Rich Lowry's NYT column today without wearing a bloodpressure cuff and having 911 Ambulances-R-Us on speed dial (looking at you, Jeanne). His breathtaking bullshit justifying Republican paranoia may seem harmless to ignorami (-uses?) but most of those here risk a conniption fit (or as my neurosurgeon dad would say, "blow a gasket.") I won't parse it, because the first time I read it I almost threw ketchup at the messman, and wouldn't want to risk it again. I hope a skilled worder like Pierce takes it apart, and defuses it.
Jeanne,
No worries. It’s not like I don’t swipe good words and useful phrases from other people. The other day I heard James Carville describe the stoopidest senator, Ron Johnson, as a guy who doesn’t know whether to scratch his watch or wind his ass. Hahaha. I’ll definitely be swiping that one.
But words and phrases are funny. Just think of the dramatic difference the addition of a two letter preposition makes to phrases with salt as a primary ingredient:
“Salt the earth” and
“Salt of the earth”.
Salting the judiciary with toxic Trumpy trolls serves the same purpose as salting the earth: make sure nothing good can grow. And those trolls are rarely salt of the earth types. Pass the pepper.
I think Joe Biden needs to make a forceful statement, calling out the GOP leadership by name about the incendiary statements they have been condoning from their membership. House candidate Carl Paladino, for instance, said Merrick Garland should be executed. That would be bad enough if he was just some flake whose own family wouldn't vote for him, but the #3 person in House leadership, Elise Stefanik, has endorsed Paladino. I haven't seen a single statement from her condemning and un-endorsing him. (Paladino said later he was kidding. Some joke.)
I find this horrifying. I suppose to many people, "execution" is a "procedure," preceded by arresst & charges & a trial & sentencing & appeals & all. But to plenty of wingnuts, I'll bet "execution" means, "I'll get my gun and shoot him."
Not directly telling off Elise Stefanik is a mistake. What she has endorsed is a "joke" about executing the attorney general. And you can bet many dimwits missed the "joke" part. The same goes for Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell, Donald Fucking Trump & the lot of them. Broad remarks about opposing violence blah-blah, which some of them (but not Trump) may have made, just don't cut it.
These GOP jerks need to, for the first time in some of their lives, show some responsibility. Doing nothing is not acceptable. If Joe wants to call them (except Trump) into the Oval for a dressing down first, fine. But these so-called leaders can't keep quiet anymore, IMO.
We're in a "first they came for the Jews" moment. We'd better stop this forward momentum in its tracks. Domestic terrorism is way more serious than attacks from foreign terrorists -- at least when it's being tacitly supported by one of the two major political parties. You don't hear Republicans cheering on people like the 9/11 terrorists; they must stop cheering on domestic terrorists & those who incite them.
Patrick,
Today's post trip early morning catch-up caused me to skim the Lowry piece. Didn't read the whole thing but had the same reaction.
Got only so far as his dismissal of the Pretender-Russia connection of which there can be no doubt in any functioning mind, a category which apparently omits virtually all Republicans, who top to bottom apparently remain the I'd rather not know party. By their stubborn ignorance, ye shall know them.
I'm particularly galled by those who are obviously smart enough to know better but choose to be tools, make that hacks, instead. Lowry is surely one of those.
Looks like little changed when I was gone. Covid may no longer control our lives but the Plague of Denialism is still with us.
Back to the Present
This morning, while walking the dog, I was listening to Mozart’s symphony No. 40 and wondered what audiences must have thought of that quiet opening that seems to come up out of the ground. The French composer Jean Francois le Sueur, dragged by the young Hector Berlioz to his first hearing of Beethoven’s Fifth, left the concert hall in a tizzy, not knowing which way was up. The next day, having recovered, he let on that although it was wild and wonderful, such music shouldn’t be written.
Can you imagine being a 16 year old suburban white kid in 1955 hearing Little Richard for the first time? Being present in Paris at the first exhibition of the impressionists, or some years later at the world premiere of Stravinsky’s “Rites of Spring” which caused listeners to riot? I mean rioting out into the streets!
It’s almost impossible to relive the shock of the new, or the shock of anything once considered outrageous, dangerous, or beyond the pale years after the newness has vanished into familiarity.
But not always. The other day I lugged home a collection of New Yorker pieces from the 50’s. Wonderful stuff from the decade in which I was born, Lillian Ross’s famous profile of Hemingway, an early Sylvia Plath poem, Lewis Mumford on the new Seagram’s building, and, my favorite title, “The Psychosemanticist Will See You Now, Mr. Thurber”. There’s also a piece written by a guy known by most people today for writing about a spider, a swan, and a mouse, E.B. White. But he also wrote about a rat.
In a piece published a couple of weeks before I was born in 1954, White commented on Joe McCarthy, highlighting the baseless attacks, lies, character assassinations, his use of the Army-McCarthy hearings to pile up his own political capital at the expense of truth and, of course, at long last, decency. But much of what White wrote about is still with us. In spades. Including his reference to a kind of 50’s both-siderism which White dismantles by writing that the hearings were not a “squabble” between the US Army and McCarthy and Cohn and their demagogic sycophants. It was one side making baseless and incredibly irresponsible claims about, well, pretty much anyone and everyone they viewed as an enemy. Sound familiar?
But today’s McCarthyist clones have taken the Tailgunner’s tactics to new lows. Where McCarthy demanded that anyone he deemed “guilty”, without evidence, be treated as a pariah or locked up (and many were), today’s vicious demagogues demand that their enemies be killed. I guess just being like Joe isn’t good enough anymore. They have to go the extra mile—to murder.
And if you think todays confederates see McCarthy as a blot on the history of their party, think again. On the McCarthy Conservapedia page, he is hailed as a hero, stabbed in the back by jealous liberals. I am not even kidding. Okay, so let’s try something. Close your eyes and think of what your definition of McCarthyism might be, then read the next paragraph.
So here’s how the American Heritage dictionary defines it:
“1. The political practice of publicizing accusations of disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence; and 2. The use of methods of investigation and accusation regarded as unfair, in order to suppress opposition.”
Probably pretty close to yours, correct?
Now here’s how Conservapedia defines it:
“‘McCarthyism’ refers to the aggressive exposure of Communist influences in America and the people who protect them.” Meaning liberals and pantywaists. Not heroes like Joe. He’s lionized by these fuckers.
The other day I read a piece about how the crazies have taken over the R Party in Arizona. One lady interviewed proclaimed McCarthy a great man, a guy she’d vote for today if he ran for president.
No problem going back in time to experience the shock of the outrageous. It’s still here, and getting worse by the day.
AK: So you were born in the fifties: While you were sitting in your high chair I was necking in the back seat with some boy and dancing to live bands at the local YMCA. When Truman beat Dewey the bitterness in the Republican Party grew––so much for the high road in American politics. The Communist issue would be fair game in the near future . It was the only way they knew how to fight back. We switched from a coal economy to an oil economy. Motels–-Television–-Estes Kefauver hearings were televised–-the political became entertainment--If nothing else, Joe McCarthy had illuminated the timidity of his fellow man–-until the very end of his rampage when Joe Welch brought him down––finally. I could go on but the mister is eager to get on with dinner. But do want to thank you for your trip down memory lane–---and those old New Yorkers–––how wonderful! I love going back into that era––-thanks for bringing it up.
Stoopid vs Extra Stoopid
It’s typically been considered a forgone conclusion that of all the diseased Trump bad apples, Stupid Eric is the most self-aggrandizing, feeble-minded dimwit, which is saying a lot (because you also have to include 666 Boy, Jared of the Mideast Pease Plan).
But, boy oh boy, kids, Junior gives balmy Eric a run for his unearned, Ill-gotten shekels.
Here he is (in a two-fer), wagging his little pee-pee at a sad little festivus grievance shebang for statutory rapist and sex trafficking anus crevice, Matt Gaetz, spellbinding the treason dunce caps in attendance with a wince inducing what if:
“So what if my wonderful dad DID have the nucular codes at Martyr Lardo?? So what? That’d be great! ‘Merica’s enemies wouldn’t dare screw with us cuz he’d blow them all up! Right!!?!? Yeah!!”
Wow. Where to begin with this dingbat delusion? Donald Trump has the nuclear codes in a broom closet, and if someone gets out’a line, he nukes their ass!
Yeah.
A little like sending Mr. Magoo into space with a pound of cocaine and a death Ray to play with. And Junior thinks this is a great idea?
Eric! C’mon, dude. Are you gonna let this pinhead out-stoopid you?? You’ve got your reputation to think of!
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/don-jr-argues-it-would-actually-be-good-if-trump-had-nuclear-codes-at-mar-a-lago-resort/
PD,
Yup. Fifties it is. In fact, my (sort of) claim to fame with a lot of my old Rock ‘n Roll band mates is that I was born on the day Elvis walked into the studio at Sun Records in Memphis and cut his first records, “That’s Alright Mama” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky”.
So, post hoc all you want with that one.