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Yes, It Really Was a Violent Insurrection and Attempted Coup There are those who like to minimize the events of Jan 6 saying the people involved in the Capitol disruption that day were tourists or saying the rioters committed no crimes because they were waved in by police. So far, of the 800+...

Why I Like the Courts How things look when people act in the heat of passion often looks different when the actions are examined in court; where the law, well-defined procedures, and rules of evidence truly matter. This case is a case in point. And it's a case where the Trump Organization is...

The accountability knife cuts both ways. Entrapment and over-zealous prosecution is just as harmful to America, if not more so, than kidnapping, insurrection, or coup attempts. In the end, it can be said this was both a case of entrapment and a case where the justice system worked. Two of the...

An Indicator of Justice Department Activity There are those, myself included, who would like to see the Department of Justice vigorously investigate the crimes related to the insurrection of Jan 6, developing leads and following the evidence to the highest levels, and then charging and...

Yes. What's on record is what's on record. But the way the record is being presented by Republicans is questionable. It is not fair to single out a judge and hold his/her sentencing record against federal guidelines as if that was the entire story. To be fair, additional information should be...

A judge's sentencing record can be evaluated in various ways. You can compare it to sentencing guidelines, prosecutor recommendations, defense recommendations, what other judges do in similar cases, and probably more. What you compare something to depends on the question you seek to answer when...

Why compare apples to apples when you can make your political point by comparing apples to oranges?

I think the Democrats have already learned the futility of running against Trump when they themselves are up for election or re-election. That strategy did not work well in 2020. Voters want more to say yes to than a candidate who says little more than "Trump is terrible." That does not mean...

Did this judge go easy on sex offender sentencing or not? That seems like a pretty easy question to answer since the sentences imposed for specific crimes charged can be specifically quantified by the number of years and months of the sentence. The Senate Republicans who expressed great...

Steve Bannon's Case is Weak and Getting Weaker https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/judge-nixes-steve-bannon-top-defense-00023522 Additionally, The highest-placed and closest adviser Donald Trump ever had, Ivanka Trump, did not assert executive privilege as Bannon is trying to do. Ivanka...

Jan. 6 Committee Update: "The committee is looking to slow down its current frantic pace of interviewing two to three witnesses day, so it can soon turn its attention to public hearings. Its goal is to issue an interim report this summer, and final report in the fall." (Source) Knowing there...

Truth Social Update: "The app ... has seen its downloads plunge so low that it has fallen off the App Store charts." (Source) I'm looking with interest to April 15 to see if the company behind Truth Social files its report with the Securities and Exchange Commission as it is required to do.

I was disappointed to see that DA's disinterest in investigating and prosecuting Trump. I was disappointed to see two investigators/prosecutors resign from that office. These two had special expertise in such investigations, but their work counted for nothing because of the disinterested DA...

Like what? Uncle Jemima? Auntie Ben's Mr. Butterworth's Mrs. Clean? Five Gals? Mrs. Potato Head? Two Gals and a Truck?

No surprise. Trump's contempt for and manipulation of the courts for his own corrupt purposes is well established. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/07/politics/james-trump-contempt/index.html

As a practical matter, COVID feels over in our Florida community. Only the occasional person wears a mask in the gym any more. No one asks about them. No one requires them, except medical offices and even those are dropping the requirement one by one. All the social distancing signs have...

The exact same thing can be said for no shots, no masks.

I'll be getting my fourth vaccination soon.

This does not relate directly to this thread's Trump topic, but it provides yet another example of it being unwise for broadcasters and/or influencers to lie, and to defy the courts. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alex-jones-sits-depositions-sandy-hook-case-paying-75000-fines-rcna23353

It sometimes takes longer than we'd like, but the truth always has a stubborn way of becoming known. Lies fail. The truth persists.