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[U] Hinderaker (And Johnson And Cotton!) Double Down: Trump’s “Assault” On Arlington!

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Charming.

Hinderaker (and as of Monday morning, Scott Johnson) revisit the theory that Sen. Cotton believes the prohibitions contemplated by long-standing federal laws around fallen war hero cemeteries apply only to the “little people”.

Not Cotton, Tangerine, Johnson or Hinderaker. Trump and his people willfully violated 32 CFR Part § 553.32(c).

They assaulted federal employees.

These people are narcissist pigs — who gleefully disrespect every fallen Marine or Army vet who died to protect Democratic ideals — ones who each of them sh!t upon, nearly daily now.

I think they know this election is… already gone, as to Trumpist “assault” tactics. He’s going to jail, boys. [Why don’t you join him?]

Damnation.

The family of USMC Maj. Moises Abraham Navas, who gave the full measure of his devotion to this country, when killed in action in Iraq, objects to your campaign video depicting his name, and tombstone — plain as day, in classic “false light” of publicity.

You MAGAts have no honor. No code. No corps.

Major Navas was killed in action on March 8, 2020 while accompanying Iraqi Security Forces in North Central Iraq.

Major Navas’ decorations include a Purple Heart, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, two Good Conduct Medals, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and four Sea Service Deployment Ribbons.

Captain Navas was promoted to the rank of Major posthumously.

You’ve been warned. His sacrifice is no campaign prop — you malign idiots.

Out.

Mirengoff (Speciously!) Accuses US Universities Of “Violating The Law”. Yawn.

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Well… Paul’s KKK card has been… renewed for the ‘24 – ‘25 academic year.

Even though he acknowledges that current Supreme Court rulings absolutely allow all US public and private universities to consider factors beyond just numerical scores on tests and GPA, when composing their entering freshman classes… he inexplicably immediately accuses at least three excellent universities of violating the law.

Yet in a subsequent paragraph, he openly acknowledges that factors such as essays that explain “barriers” any given applicant might overcome in order to reach admission at a given university… are perfectly lawful considerations when admitting freshman classes. And it is absolutely true that people of color may be identified and then admitted at least in part on the basis of such essays… along with the host of other factors, including GPA and test results.

But he needs to stoke the racists’ fires, so he simply labels it as unlawful. What a putz:

…It’s clear to me that Emory is not complying with the Supreme Court’s decisions in the Harvard and UNC cases. But proving this might be difficult because Emory, no doubt, will claim that it’s basing the decisions that enable it to keep black representation high on factors other than race, including barriers that black applicants claim to have overcome.

It’s doubtful that the University of Virginia is complying, either…

Why on Earth would he write that?

I think — like Hinderaker — the thing speaks for itself.

I hope one or more of these universities will seek his apology and retraction, lest they sue him for defamation.

He falsely accuses the universities violating the law. That’s libel per se.

Out.

[U] Hinderaker “Doesn’t Care” That Trump Violated Federal Law At Arlington… Charming.

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Update: Hinderaker added more names to his list of people who don’t mind Tangerine’s politicization of war hero graves, at Arlington. And as always, Hinderaker’s dutifully ignores the central legal issue in play here: I don’t care “who likes it” — or doesn’t like it, for that matter.

Trump and his people willfully violated 32 CFR Part § 553.32(c). They assaulted federal employees. This is why he and Hinderaker will lose: they think laws are only for little people — not them. Ugh. End, updated portion.

John (AGAIN!) burps, and then… pisses his pants this afternoon, about Tangerine’s people assaulting and battering a federal military employee at Arlington this past week.

Hinderaker’s whole defense amounts to some members of one family “invited” him there. He holds no office. He has no purpose there, other than… yep, political campaigning.

So, unsurprisingly, John utterly ignores that Tangerine turned it immediately into a official campaign video — in direct violation of long-standing federal law.

And John neglects to mention that one of the graves Trump is standing on, and grinning with his trademark “thumbs up” BS… belongs to a Marine, whose family has demanded he take it down, since THEY did not authorize him to include their son’s name (clearly visible!) in the photo/video. They repudiate Trump.

And this is precisely why federal law prohibits campaign video production inside Section 60 of Arlington. See, 32 CFR Part § 553.32(c): “…Memorial services and ceremonies at Army National Military Cemeteries will not include partisan political activities….” [In Section 60, only official stock Arlington footage is allowed. No private filming. At all.]

No, John — Trump plainly cannot claim these dead — heroes all — support him. In fact, most of them despised him in life, after he called them suckers and losers. And called John McCain (effectively) a non-hero, for being a POW/shot-down Air Force F-4 Phantom pilot, in Vietnam. Disgusting.

And… this is the real reason Hinderaker wants the Democrats to fall silent on this: it is a LETHAL Trump “tell” — of felonious opportunism, yet again.

Damn, son.

See, Scott — In America, Disagrements On Policy… Are NORMAL. I Respect Tim’s Brother’s Right To His Opinions.

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And while I generally agree with most things Mary Trump has to say (she being a PhD, afterall), as the niece of the Donald, she too has her own perspective — diametrically opposed to all that is MAGA.

But candidly, I don’t give Mary Trump’s opinions undue deference — and I won’t give the elder brother Walz much credence either. He’s just one “Florida Man” opinion. [And one who has been convicted of shoplifting and fired from a public school teaching role for it, BTW.] But by all means, he is free to shout from the rooftops that he disagrees with the Governor of Minnesota’s views. [Even though he hasn’t lived there in many decades.] Here is Scott’s of the morning.

And yes, Scott, this is what pluralism in America is all about: we can disagree, without having to be… disagreeable. [At least we used to be able to.] He’s one guy. You are one guy. I… am just one guy.

For MAGA, and the Powerline boys, all of it seems… very personal, for the past eight years, minimum.

Personal attacks are the stock in trade. And when we Democratic progressives then respond in kind — don’t be surprised. We are not your daddy’s “peace, love dope” pushovers, who will take this nonsense lying down.

Like Kamala, we see “your tired old BS — from your tired old playbook.” Losers.

Next question.

Onward. Forward.

Do Read EmptyWheel This Sunday Morning: Why Tangerine Is DOA.

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She is, as ever — a far sharper observer of the US landscape than I am (having lived four decades in battleground state Michigan — but now for a decade on the Emerald Isle’s safety from far right militias that would have potentially ended her).

She focuses today on Trump’s flip-flops — or flailings, on women’s bodily autonomy, and why he WILL lose in November, thus.

…[F]lailing.

Panic.

A recognition that he is losing because of actions he took as President, he is losing because of what the payoff he owed to social conservatives who put him in the White House, a far right SCOTUS, did to women. What NYT journalists with another book contract describe as “head-spinning” is not about branding, it’s about panic because Kamala threatens to hold him accountable for his actions.

No matter how many contradictory statements Trump makes about what a second Trump term would do, there’s no escaping what his first term did do. There are no backsies on Dobbs. There are no backsies on Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett. There aren’t even any backsies on that platform granting fetuses protection under the 14th Amendment, even if NYT’s Trump whisperers continue to pretend that didn’t happen….

Trump is only here, in the race, because of those ideologues who were willing to alter the Constitution to serve a far right agenda. Trump has survived thanks to that Court; he is panicking as he considers the possibility it’ll sink him as well….

Trump, who [has been running since 2022, to try to Jimmie the felony indictments and convictions against him] is 91% of the way through his run to regain the presidency.

Not so Kamala Harris.

As I calculated Wednesday, Kamala is just starting the second third of her campaign, what we might call her second trimester if it were three times as long. As of today, she has 60% of her campaign, 64 days of 107, left to go….

And this, as EW points out — is when low information voters tune in. She is pulling away from his agenda of control of women, and hatred of all things pluralistic.

Onward. Forward. She will… win!

Paul Mirengoff Today Admits It: Kamala Is Seen As “Far More Presidential” Than Tangerine.

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Paul Mirengoff clearly admires Kamala’s answer — to Trump’s insulting “is she Black?” line at the NABJ convention — in Chicago, now only three weeks ago.

Here that is, in context:

…I think Harris’ answer was perhaps her most effective moment in the interview. Instead of whining and/or serving a word salad, Harris demonstrated (1) that she’s not letting Trump’s nastiness get to her, (2) that she’s doesn’t want to play the victim, even on a matter of race, and (3) that she can take the high road.

All of this is likely to play well with an electorate that’s sick of gratuitous nastiness, whining, and always “hitting back hard.” An electorate that, in short, is sick of Donald Trump….

The point here is this: Mirengoff concedes — Trump has lost. His net negatives are approaching 15% — and he’s below 44% favorable, overall. He cannot win. No one has ever won, with such high negatives, in such a wide swath of America’s voting public.

Nothing he can do now, will serve to counteract four decades of odious and very public life — and lies and felonies. He’s been weighed; he’s been measured… and he’s been found… wanting.

H I L A R I O U S.

Updated: How Desperate Are These Powerline Boys?!? Loco Hinderaker Edition, Part II.

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Updated — 08.31.2024 @ Noon: Now Hinderaker feels that the absence of a fry cook job, forty some years ago… on a resume, some 20 years ago… is disqualifying. [As the new graphic indicates… he thinks it “stolen valor” — insulting both Marines, and former fry cooks (like me!) from a half-century ago… everywhere. Damn, son.]

This is… too precious for words! These malign, bitter lil’ trolls have nominated (checks notes) a 34 time felon; a guy indicted in 60-some more felonies; a serial sexual predator; a guy who owes JUDGMENTS of over $400 million for bank- and tax- frauds in NY state; a guy who (despite swearing he would!) has never shown his 1040s, even a decade later… and a guy… who invited a mob to kill his own VP, when he wouldn’t join his insurrection against the United States of America’s laws on peaceful transfer of power.

Holy sh!t, boys — it’s a fry cook job (or it isn’t?) — McDs doesn’t keep complete backup record copies of 45 year old summer jobs, by millions of then-teenagers. You two are idiots. And this kerfuffle shows just how desperate you morons are.

Maybe it was Burger King. WTAF, John?! The narrative of working class is doubtless proven true.

Meanwhile, Trump declared the danger of AIDs, while bedding hundreds of women after nights at Studio 54 in the 80s… was his “Vietnam”. All while claiming bone spurs — and taking six deferments, with daddy’s multiple millions, in his pocket (to pay the tabs, and get him out of “jams” — with multiple unplanned pregnancies) — and no-doubt, as publicly available movies/photos and pictures of receipts demonstrate — hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein, back then.

Wake up — you jackass. Your guy is a pure sociopath.

USDC Judge Ezra Laughs Abbott And Paxton Out Of Court, On Rio Grande RHA Razor Wire Injunctions

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So it goes.

The judge need not even hold a hearing to rule that the Rivers and Harbors Act grants him the unfettered equitable power to enjoin violations of it — even by state Governors, like MAGA Abbott.

So this matter barrels toward a September trial date, on the merits. The US will win — as we’ve long shown.

And, this is his opinion, from last night, in full ten pages — and a bit:

…Texas has failed to produce any case law that supports its contention that a forward-looking injunction is unavailable as a matter of law under the RHA. Texas’s argument predominantly depends on In re Barnacle Maritime Mgmt., 233 F.3d 865 (5th Cir. 2000), a case in which injunctive relief was not sought and which does not pertain to Sections 10 or 12 of the RHA. Rather, Barnacle concerned the availability of implied damages under two other sections of the RHA, Sections 14 and 16. See id. at 867. Because the relief at issue in this motion is equitable in nature and pertains to Sections 10 and 12 of the RHA, the Court does not find Texas’s reliance on Barnacle to be persuasive.

Moreover, Texas has provided no case law supporting its theory that prospective injunctive relief preventing future violation of the RHA exceeds the bounds of congressional intent. The Supreme Court has emphasized that “[u]nless a statute in so many words, or by a necessary and inescapable inference, restricts the court’s jurisdiction in equity, the full scope of that jurisdiction is to be recognized and applied.” Porter v. Warner Holding Co., 328 U.S. 395, 398, (1946). Here, Texas has provided no such inescapable inference that the Court lacks jurisdiction in equity to issue prospective relief at its discretion….

The natural role of a court sitting in equity is to prevent future harm from occurring. See, e.g. United States v. W. T. Grant Co., 345 U.S. 629, 633 (1953) (“Along with its power to hear the case, the court’s power to grant injunctive relief survives discontinuance of the illegal conduct.”) Texas argues that the United States “provides no evidence that Congress in enacting the RHA in 1899 intended to clothe district courts with any powers other than the power to provide the judicial remedies Congress specified in Section 12.” (Dkt. # 220 at 2). To construe Section 12 of the RHA as Texas suggests, would be to ignore basic principles of equity and strip the Court of its discretionary role as an adjudicator….

What a stupidly malevolent pair of putzes the people of Texas endure, as their Governor — and AG.

Out.

Emergent Gets Accelerated FDA Green Light For Its Mpox Vaccine Candidate…

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Emergent joins Bavarian Nordic now, with the ability to contract deliver vast doses of its vaccine to any country that accepts FDA clearance rules.

Here’s the latest on all that, from the able reporting of FiercePharma:

…The FDA signed off on the vaccine’s use as an mpox disease preventive in those deemed to be at a high risk for infection.

“This expanded indication for ACAM2000 comes at a critical time as the global health community comes together to ensure an effective and cohesive response to the recent upsurge in mpox cases,” Emergent CEO Joe Papa said in a company press release. “We believe Emergent is poised to support the global response needed by actively engaging with world health leaders, as well as deploying product currently available in inventory based on the needs, as well as the ability to increase supply.”

Until now [Bavarian Nordic’s] Jynneos was the only FDA-approved mpox vaccine, leaving Bavarian Nordic racing to fulfill several supply contracts from various governments and public health agencies. That vaccine helped to curb previous mpox outbreaks in 2022 and 2023. The company looks to supply 2 million doses this year and 8 million in 2025 to help to further contain the virus….

Now you know, on a lazy and quiet long weekend here. Grinning, as Tangerine flip-flops, and back again, on women’s rights to control their own bodies. It is finally dawning on him that he cannot crack 40% of American women voters unless he flip-flops — and he loses 95% of the X-ian votes, if he does flip-flop. Private health-care choices — and bodily autonomy — are fundamental rights, as Kamala well knows — and has lived, her whole life. Onward.

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