We respond…
Just as we said. It will take a tick or two, but Jack will get his man — on theft of top secret documents, in Florida.
Here’s the appeal notice, filed overnight:
…NOTICE OF APPEAL
The United States of America hereby gives notice that it appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from the order of the District Court entered on July 15, 2024, Docket Entry 672.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ JACK SMITH
Special Counsel….
Now you know — grinning.
So… Bill Otis today (ever so helpful, he!) purports to explain that he “cannot turn down the heat”. He is (in his telling) duty bound to keep… lying. And making racist misstatements, against the demonized “others” — all non-whyte, non male, non GOP cultists.
Why? Well because… you see… Democrats are (very annoyingly!) pointing to FACTS. FACTS like felony convictions (so it is our fault that Trump has been a 40 year felonious crook — one not even smart enough to adopt mob-tactics?!); stolen top secret documents (cue the Eleventh Circuit appeal, Jack!); and over $450 million in civil fraud liabilities (judgments, actually, for which he’s had to post over $150 million in bonds!); plus the libel of a woman by lying, and saying he did NOT sexually assault her ($83 million JURY VERDICT)… just… stuff like that. [In Bill’s view, it is the Democrats’ fault that Trump is a walking crime spree — as numerous court judgments now conclusively establish, dontcha’ know.]
Bill and Paul and Scott and John and Lloyd and Steve all feel these FACTS / judgments mean they are free to tell odious, utterly unsubstantiated (and often racist) lies about Mr. Biden and VP Harris.
Or to try to defame Mr. Biden about the acts of his adult son (who has never held or sought any public office!)… all while Tangerine now campaigns to be the first felon President, in US history — again.
Here is just one of Bill’s recent and odious, nonsensical, lying race-baiting pieces. [The analogous examples of John, Scott and Paul appear here almost nightly now — and are easily found here — in spades — just search their names.]
So — as ever, these lying GOP shills project exactly what they are doing to others — on to Democrats who dare to quote… facts. These guys never advance any Tangerine policy of any kind (other than cheering for the torture of brown people at the border) — because he has no policy agenda — other than grifting America for own his personal gain.
So let’s show the boys what “heat” would look like — from my flame thrower:
It is now clear (after Monday) that the DJT stock on the NASDAQ (the holder of the Truth Social assets) is simply a conduit, for foreign “investor” government agents to pre-bribe Trump personally for things they want — like Putin buying stock at over $45/share — to get Trump’s commitment to stop arming/aiding Ukraine.
As soon as he’s overpaid, the stock falls back to $30… as we’ve been detailing here.
And when Trump sells his 67% share of the whole company, in September when the lockups end, this stock will go to its actual intrinsic value — under a buck a share — but Trump actually paid ZERO for his 67%, so no matter how you slice it, his perhaps $2 billion bribe will be all… gravy.
And it will be very hard to prove that Russian state and mid-east state affiliated actors were the buyers at these wildly inflated prices.
Of course lots of his followers (moms and pops) will lose their life savings too — but to make an omelet, a few eggs must be scrambled — Trump will say.
So — if we were to talk about what is likely — but not yet proved — WE would be “turning up the heat”.
No, we won’t do that. The court decisions (just so far) are plenty. But the insane Bill Otis notion that he must project and lie — because he cannot cite any actual countervailing facts… is self refuting.
And it is no excuse for endangering Mr. Biden or VP Harris. None.
Sit down you whiny sub-par doddering whyte boys.
Hard to believe that it has been well-over a half century in uninterrupted service, and seen in an amazing variety of uses, original and derivative (as at right). And still as fresh as that first use on a 1959 summer’s day.
Wow. Do go read it all, at NASA — good fun!
…On July 15, 2024, NASA’s logo turned 65. The iconic symbol, known affectionately as “the meatball,” was developed at NASA’s Lewis Research Center in Cleveland (now called NASA Glenn). Employee James Modarelli, who started his career at the center as an artist and technical illustrator, was its chief designer.
The red, white, and blue design, which includes elements representing NASA’s space and aeronautics missions, became the official logo of the United States’ new space agency in 1959. A simplified version of NASA’s formal seal, the symbol has launched on rockets, flown to the Moon and beyond, and even adorns the International Space Station.
Along with its importance as a timeless symbol of exploration and discovery, the logo is also one of the world’s most recognized brand symbols. It gained its nickname in 1975 to differentiate it from NASA’s “worm” logotype. The “meatball” and these other NASA designs have made waves in pop culture….
“NASA’s brand elements are wildly popular,” said Aimee Crane, merchandising and branding clearance manager for the agency. “Every year, the agency receives requests to merchandise more than 10,000 NASA-inspired items….”
Now you know — and this at above right, is the Van-Gogh-ified version… yep, its a theme, today. Smile. Out.
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Okay, look. There are lots of VERY dumb conspiracy theories on both sides. [Hinderaker, to some extent, and in deep crazy mode, Billingsley — for certain — have offered a few brain-farts, from the Far Right.]
And this is likely one, as well… but what if the purported shooter/kid had already been captured and killed by forces sworn loyal to Tangerine as a person (not the Secret Service, per se)? He was dropped on the roof, at just the right time — and a real sharp shooter, loyal to Tangerine, with the same AR-15, shoots to miss Trump (thus the NYT bullet photo), but (to ensure believability) he lets a few stray shots go into the crowd?
Meanwhile, as Trump goes down, “the loyals” cover him, and use a small blade to cut his upper ear — a great place for lots of blood, from a small incision. [All as he witnessed, in all star wrestling acts — and (in part) participated in, for many years, over two decades, ago…?]
He rises, fists pumping… because he had scripted it all — reality / non-reality TV.
[I offer this idiotic tangent, solely because Mr. Martin Shkreli is musing this morning about scenarios only slightly differing from this one, above — on X-itter. Ugh.] Back to real legal substance, again, by tonight.
Yes, I believe the tragedies — of the two dead, two injured — in the crowd… are all too real. And political violence has no place in our system of ordered liberty.
Out.
This pump looks deeply suspicious: as we noted, it hit $53, pre market — from $30 Friday night… it fell through $40 by Noon, and after market traded below $36, when the dump was filed on EDGAR.
So almost all that “pump & drumpf” — took place in one session?!
Devin Nunes of all people well-knows there are federal laws (with 20 year stints!) against manipulating the price of the stock at a ’34 Act company — when you’re the CEO.
Tomorrow ought to be… an absolute hoot!
[Imagine if you were one of the rubes who committed to pay over $53 a share, at about 6 am EDT… only to see it trading below $36 by nightfall. Insane!]
G’night… grinning.
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Tangerine’s Veep choice finds me in a very happy place! Largely because it puts John in his… “sads”.
He chose an immature whyte dude/bro, a 30-something, nearly-no experience book writer / Ivy League lawyer (one who called Trump ”America’s Hitler” in the 2016 cycle, BTW!)… for his running mate.
This choice narrows, rather than widens his draw, nationwide. And Hinderaker says so tonight, in pretty acidic terms.
What’s not to love?
Why not just hand out the white-sheets / robes and hoods straight away, in Milwaukee tomorrow, boys?
Go ahead. Own it.
You now want to be… the Know Nuthins’ / Klan party. Is it possible Hinderaker is tiring of the stars and bars masks he’s worn for three decades? Possibly!
Flawless! And hilarious — Kamala Harris is… Churchill, compared to this bed-wetting… puppy.
[One could be forgiven for thinking that he’s on the ticket, primarily for next time… And by that I mean, 2032… After Mr. Biden wins his second term, and Kamala Harris serves some or all of two terms. (Either a partial of the leftover Biden term, or two full terms of her own.) Maybe by 2032, this pup will be ready for GOP “prime time…” to use John’s own turn of phrase.]
Out.
This would all be high satire / comedy, if it weren’t so patently obvious that the only “lawfare” underway in the US is by Federalist Society members / MAGA cultists… writing to one another in concurring / dissenting opinions (see at page 58, onward, there), that attract no other votes, and have zero effect, as to the force of law. [Except when dim-witted acolytes pick them up, and adopt them — but then, only for a moment.]
Aileen Cannon, as many predicted, took Clarence Thomas’ love letter to heart, this morning — just in time for the Milwaukee GOP convention. Charming.
Jack Smith will and should appeal. Not one of the then-sitting Right Wing Supremes made this stupid claim about Ken Starr, and the Whitewater investigation. Or about Russia interference and Mr. Mueller [And yes, Justice Thomas reviewed that Whitewater/Starr matter, nearly three decades ago, as well as the Mueller one.] I’ll link her opinion (to preserve a record of her partisan nonsense / judicial incompetence) but not otherwise quote her… gibberish. Here’s a press report, out of Miami, instead:
…The constitutionality of special counsels has repeatedly been tested and upheld in other courts. Challenges to special prosecutors that have investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, have all been dismissed.
But Cannon took a novel approach to the former president’s legal argument, scheduling days of hearing and opening up the hearing to testimony from third parties to the case — a rarity in any federal trial court….
Whatever. Onward to the Eleventh Circuit. This power is both constitutional, and important to the checks and balances of our system of ordered liberty. Jack will win, on appeal — and Thomas will write a solo dissent, when it reaches the Supremes. But Ken Starr had the power, so again, Cannon will be handed her hind parts.
Y A W N.
Onward.
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This morning, Johnson tries vainly to blame Mr. Biden… for Trump’s repeat pattern, decades long, felonious behavior.
Nope.
No one with a forebrain buys it, Scott.
And on the topic of cooling the rhetoric… I’m happy to do so, as soon as Tangerine eliminates 95% of the violently execrable lies from his canned stump speech.
But not until.
Of Geese and gander, boys.
Out.
Updated, by 6 am EDT — the stonk futures quote is already trimming its sails. Now below $46. End update.
In the grand scheme of things, it is only the rubes getting fleeced here, but even so — I’ll note it for the record.
Some outlets are implying that this is NASDAQ pre-market trading (speculative, in its own right) — when in fact these are Asian futures changing hands.
And to be certain, that is a “meme on meme” price. [Simply casino gambling — but rigged for the house.] One such rag puts it thus:
…It might also mean looser regulation for hot-button topics ranging from higher tariffs to climate change to cryptocurrency, and regressive taxation — especially if a so-called “Red Wave” materializes….
Trump Media & Technology (NASDAQ:DJT), which is known for its meme qualities and can follow Trump-related developments, also soared 71.5% to $50.95/share….
It may take a week or so for the dust (and ketchup) to settle, but DJT will continue to post vast losses — when it discloses Q2 in a few weeks, and it will fall back well below $20.
You’ve been warned: in our opinion, this is… a classic pump and dump scheme — (Tangerine backer-engineered!) of the most despicably cynical sort. On second thought, maybe we should call it a Pump & Drumpf. Onward.
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