Trump’s DOJ launches criminal investigation into E Jean Carroll @laugh-about-it.bsky.social

The same Trump-appointee who fucked with the Broadview 6 grand jury is the one going after E. Jean Carroll.

Why did Trump order the prosecution of E Jean Carroll? This is why.

Of all the weaponization, this is the MOST harmful. SA survivors are already vulnerable and they know it. But E. Jean Carroll took her case all the way to a jury. Twice. And WON. Twice. Now, the US DOJ is coming back on a collateral matter -- not whether she was SA'd by Trump (she proved it) 1/

The Rogers Rule: If Fred Rogers wouldn't do it, and Steve Rogers wouldn't do it, you probably shouldn't do it.

This is like Foghorn Leghorn saying, "I say, I say ... I think Senator Kennedy plays up that accent for dramatic effect."

WTI and Brent are both below $100. How long before the markets realize that Trump is trapped between taking the L and invading and can't live with either, which means there is no deal coming anytime soon?

My wife hates grocery shopping more than I do, FWIW. Also, I am perfectly capable of identifying a pork shoulder that is not moving. That's a fact, and if the "science" doesn't explain it, maybe the "science" is a made-up claim backed by nothing.

They understand him. They also know that he can impose suffering from the air, but extracting the concessions he really wants, that define the US effort as "not a loss," are possibly only with boots on the ground.

I SAID BEFORE bombing is dithering. Trump can't control the strait from the air, can't destroy every location from which Iran could attack ships on 100mi of coastline. And he can't secure the HEU. So the war aims that would get him a win are invasion-only. Take the L, or invade.

This corrupt pile of💩! Hey, if you’re facing prison time for embezzlement, pedophilia or any white collar crime, you too can buy your freedom…as long as you’re wealthy. #Pinks #SheShed

Like. I. Said. 1. France is now the nuclear guarantor of Europe. 2. France's uniquely aggressive nuclear doctrine (embracing first-use without warning) serves as a distinct deterrent to a serial limit-tester like Putin. 1/

NEW: The $1.8B slush fund is NOT A SETTLEMENT. And now, 35 former judges have filed a motion to REOPEN the Trump/IRS case so the judge can commence an inquiry into whether the court was deceived. I've been sayin!! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ken Paxton supports the war that's killing Texas BBQ culture:

Endorse!

His most persistent delusion is that he's in a position to force others to capitulate. He's been able to do that in the US because SCOTUS wants an elected King. But not in the world, where both force and the utility of force are finite. He can say it but they won't do it.

He's picking a fight with almost everyone except Russia ...

As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton offered a man 1 day in jail for raping a little boy. Why do Republican politicians always protect people who rape kids?

The contractor working on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being paid an inflated and excessive profit margin, according to federal documents obtained by The New York Times. nyti.ms/4dz0oSb

Welcome to my TED Talk, another episode in the long-running series called “we keep telling you this, but apparently we have to keep telling you this.” Russia is not "just only" exporting propaganda. It is and has been building a worldwide influence ecosystem.

I've said my concerns about Platner. But this much is true: Collins is finished. He's at 51, she trails by nine and nothing gets her to 51. She's going to be unemployed.

Trump is banged up

In his last elected position and unlikely to be appointed by a future President.

One of these things is not like the other! GCB among Latino RVs, Florida is wildly different. While the national average is weaker than 2016, I'm not sure this breakdown is the same, and that's important in Texas. While Florida Latino voters stayed Trumpy, Tejanos have moved away. Bad for Paxton.

I have my concerns about Steyer, but standing up for the position that the party base holds on this is important. It makes it harder for the rest to pretend that craven surrender to bigots is inevitable.

It's worth remembering that this is the Facebook post that got Suzanne Swierc fired. I have undying disdain for the many institutions that engaged in a moral panic over Charlie Kirk.

The guys questioning Talarico’s masculinity would literally let Trump use their mouths as a toilet and thank him afterward.

THAT'S HOW YOU STAY ON MESSAGE

Chip Roy lost his bid for the Republican nomination for Texas Attorney General. He will no longer be a member of Congress in 2027 and he will NOT have the opportunity to become the Texas AG! Bye, Congressman Roy!👋 👋

Farage is and has always been the Kremlin's useful idiot.

Just like Putin threatened nuclear war over Sweden and Finland joining NATO.

Reform's Makerfield by-election candidate Robert Kenyon tells the Telegraph Russia were well within their rights to invade Crimea in 2014.

Victory is only in the mind of The demented.

Fox News spent four years diagnosing Biden from the angle of his left shoelace. Trump turns into a peeled nectarine and suddenly everyone’s a privacy advocate.

Todd Blanche haunted by former clients accusing him of 'malpractice and forgery': report www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche...

There's no greater proof of the need for independence than Westminster refusing to 'let' Scotland have a democratic vote on it. indyposterboy.scot/undemocratic...

Especially if the bill mentions something about specifying the legal route to a referendum/ indy.

I actually reckon that with a (former) snp presiding officer there is a good chance that some kind of "advisory referendum" bill could get through. With no binding consequence if england decided to use supreme court to slash that down could cause real constitutional chaos.

So much for a 'Voluntary Union of Equals'.

Ahh, the "voluntary union" which Scotland can't "volunteer" to leave.

LISTEN Drones have changed warfare as much as the airplane. The rest of use are doing "see spot run" and Ukraine is writing high school essays. The next peer war will have drone-to-drone first contact on air, land and sea.

The next thing that needs to happen is for Judge Xinis to rule that they've blown the extradition so badly that they're not allowed to extradite him and he can stay permanently.

Another black eye for the govt, a sign Trump’s revenge-driven criminal justice agenda is a failure: a federal judge dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia based on the defendant’s vindictive prosecution argument. joycevance.substack.com/p/criminal-c...

Go for it. Touch that stove top. See how it works out for you.

It was always fake.

Here's the Atmos link, BTW. atmos.earth/political-la...

I’m firmly convinced anti-Trans is a rich man’s stalking horse for getting conservatives elected that will cut taxes and regulations and eventually get around to going after trans after blaming the democrats has diminishing returns on some issue. The cult(ure) wars are but a fig leaf for tax cuts.

The ENTIRE anti-trans movement is astroturf. Billionaires and religious zealots want a culture-war scapegoat, and their footsoldiers in the US and UK are their useful idiots.