Court Matters

It has been a legalrrific week! There have been developments in multiple areas in the cases against djt and his co-conspirators. 

Monday August 28 was a busy day for parallel court hearings.

Judge Tanya Chutkan set the federal trial for the attempted coup for March 4, 2024.

There was quite a bit of yelling and faux outrage from T****'s lawyer John Lauro, prompting the judge at one point to admonish him to "take the temperature down." 

Lauro wanted the trial date to be moved to 2026, which she found was "absurd." Despite her asking Lauro numerous times to provide a suggestion for an alternate date, he refused to do so, insisting that the 2026 date was the only acceptable time. In the absence of any other suggestion from him, Chutkan gave him two additional months, moving the start date from January to March 4, 2023. This is the day before Super Tuesday.

Lauro's outrage stemmed from the "massive amounts" of discovery in the case. The prosecution countered with the fact that much of the evidence has been in the public record for more than a year (such as that from the January 6 Congressional hearings), and that the defendant lived through the events, so there is little discovery per-se. Besides that, the prosecution has provided the defense with the evidence in an organized, searchable database. It's not like on the Cold Case Files where there are boxes and boxes of evidence to sort through. Perhaps T****'s only point of reference is the boxes in his bathroom. 

The prosecution has also shown how they'll use the defendant's and his team's words against them. It came out that Lauro has said in TV interviews that the evidence is "a regurgitation of the J6 committee report" and, "we are not starting fresh from indictment in this case." Lauro has also said publicly that he has read former Vice President Mike Pence's book twice. No time to prepare, huh?

Lauro tried to convince the judge that his client would be much too busy campaigning to take part in such a little thing as a criminal trial. But she pushed back: all defendants are busy, and their schedules are irrelevant. Be here on March 4. 

One super-duper offensive, gross, inappropriate, and effed-up citation that Lauro made in his bid to delay the trial, was comparing T****'s case to that of the "Scottsboro Boys." This 1930s case surrounded the false rape allegations and railroading trial against black teenagers in Scottsboro, Alabama. Within two weeks of arrest they were put on trial and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court later reversed their convictions.

The audacity to cite this case to Judge Chutkan! She was not pleased, and shoved back, pointing out (from MSNBC):

• The young Black defendants in that case “were met at Scottsboro by a large crowd and that the attitude of the community was one of great hostility.” 
• Their trials “began six days after indictments.”
• The Supreme Court found “a clear denial of due process because the trial court failed to give the defendants reasonable time and opportunity to secure counsel and the defendants were incapable of adequately making their own defense.”
• That Trump’s case, “for any number of reasons, is profoundly different from Powell.”

Chutkan also talked to Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York case that surrounds his false business reporting of payments to Stormy Daniels, about the schedule. That trial has been set for March 25, 2024. March will be busy for us! 

By the way, Judge Merchan is another immigrant judge. Go, Melting Pot! 

Meadows made a bid to move his case to federal court.

Also Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones in the Northern District of Georgia heard arguments about Meadows's desire to move his case from the state of Georgia to the federal court.

Meadows waived his Fifth Amendment rights and testified in this hearing. He was on the stand for four hours! It was an unusual move for him to testify, and his assertion was that his actions in "questioning" the results in Georgia were "official capacity as chief of staff."

To rebut this, the judge asked the question of what actions would test the limits of this capacity. Meadows lawyer George Terwilliger admitted, "But if he shot a demonstrator in Lafayette Park, that would obviously be outside the scope of his duties." 

Yeah no.You can't break the law under color of your job. 

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger testified as well. He characterized the telephone call as "a campaign call," and stated that he didn't return an earlier call from Meadows because he felt it was inappropriate to talk about the Georgia election with the Whitewash House. 

Why does Meadows want to move his case? According to CNN, moving the case to federal court is "where he hopes to get the charges dismissed under a federal immunity claim extended, in certain contexts, to individuals who are prosecuted or sued for alleged conduct that was done on behalf of the U.S. government or was tied to their federal position." He also is possibly angling for a better jury – he needs just one MAGAt – from the jury pool in the more conservative federal district court.

Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post opines that Meadows has made a risky move and that it may backfire. He outright said under oath that it was his duty as chief of staff to "make sure those campaign goals and objectives are implemented at the federal level." Which is, actually, opposite of what the Hatch Act says. He is not allowed to take part in the campaign. Furthermore, he admitted to sending "a text message to a Georgia election official asking if the state could speed up the ballot signature-matching process if the Trump campaign paid for it." No, no. Not allowed! There is also evidence that he was involved in the phony elector scheme. Not part of any chief of staff's duties. 

Why do we care about the Hatch Act? Read AP's Q&A.

Rubin points out that his testimony not only will not help him get his case moved, but gave D.A. Fani Willis more ammo to convict him, home court or not. 

The judge did not making a ruling on the motion, and Meadows – along with the rest of the co-conspirators – is due to be arraigned on Tuesday, September 6. We'll see if the ruling comes before then.

Other Court Stuff.

• Defendant Kenneth Chesebro, whose trial got moved to October 23 per his request for a speedy trial, made a motion for records to be unsealed. 

• Rudolph Giuliani was found liable for defaming Georgia elections workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. A judge decided the case, because Giuliani did not comply with orders to submit evidence. A jury will now decide how much he is to pay them.

• Georgia defendants Sidney Powell, Trevian Kutti, and Ray Smith have waived arraignment and pled not guilty to all charges.

• What to watch next? Arraignment in the Georgia case for the ringleader and the rest of the co-conspirators will be in just a few days, on Tuesday, September 5. 

The Fun Stuff.

Live reaction to Trump's mugshot photo #TrumpMugshot pic.twitter.com/fRemuuQEWZ

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 25, 2023

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— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 25, 2023

 

Dat Ugly Mug: Inmate #P01135809

 

Inmate #P01135809

All he has left is his demon X-ray laser eyes to burn through the Constitution.

Little Sister Resister, who doesn't do Photoshop but does her best!

Good luck with that, bud.

So, this week has been ... what's the word? Historical. 

Are we tired of living in historical times yet? 

What's happened since the indictment?

Today is the deadline for surrender to the Fulton County authorities, set by D.A. Fani Willis at the time of indictment. As of yesterday, 12 of the 19 were arrested, processed, fingerprinted, mugshotted, and posted bail. These are them:

Little Sister Resister

I love thinking about high school civics students 50 years from now, seeing these mug shots and learning how our republic was very nearly taken down by these clowns. They will know the rest of the story, but we do not yet. What we do know, LSR tells you about!

This week's happenings

Inmate #P01135809 turned himself in to the Fulton County Jail, where he was processed, fingerprinted, and mugshotted! On his fourth indictment, he becomes the first and only president to have a mug shot taken.

He self-reported his height and weight as 6'3" and 215 pounds. 

Warden be like:

You know who else is around 6'3" and 215 pounds?

These guys:

Hours before turning himself in, he switched up his legal team

Is it a surprise to anyone? No one knows why, but LSR can – and will – speculate! It could very well be to the point that djt does not pay his bills, but I think it was simply because they were giving him good legal advice. He doesn't do good legal advice. 

Stipulations of his bail

Inmate #P01135809 was ordered to pay bail. Bond was set at $200,000, the highest of any of the defendants. 

After the usual "do not commit a crime" and "report to court when ordered," the stipulations for his bond read as follows. 

The Defendant shall perform no act to intimidate any person known to him or her to be a codefendant or witness in this case or to otherwise obstruct the administration of justice. This shall include, but is not limited to, the following:  

(a) The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any codefendant; 

(b) The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any witness including, but not limited to, the individuals designated in the Indictment as an unindicated co-conspirators Individual 1 through Individual 30; 

(c) The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against any victim;  

(d) The Defendant shall make no direct or indirect threat of any nature against the community or to any property in the community;  

(e) The above shall include, but are not limited to, posts on social media or reposts of posts made by another individual on social media;  

The Defendant shall not communicate in any way, directly or indirectly, about the facts of this case with any person known to him to be a codefendant in this case except through his or her counsel. 

The Defendant shall not communicate in any way, directly or indirectly, about the facts of this case with any person known to him to be a witness in this case except through his or her counsel. 

That threats admonition? This is a tricky one. It's a damned if you do, damned if you don't order. Do you think T**** can keep his thumbs still? He will push it to the very limits, daring the judge to order an arrest. If he were to be arrested, blowback from the MAGAts would be swift and fierce. If there are no consequences, he will continue his intimidation tactics. His MAGAts will do his bidding. Real lives are on the line. I fear that we will not get through four trials without someone getting seriously hurt. 

<< LSR shakes off the pessimism >>

Onward.

"They didn't teach me that at the Wharton School of Finance."

Just after returning to New Jersey from Georgia, T**** went running to his buddies at Newsmax for solace and hand-holding. During the interview he said, "'I took a mugshot. I had never heard the word mugshot. They didn't teach me that at the Wharton School of Finance." 

*snicker* 

Kenneth Chesebro asked for a speedy trial

This is a good one. Next to flipping, I think this is a great revenge tactic. Get this case moving! 

Every defendant has a right to a speedy trial. In order to comply with Chesebro's request, Judge McAfee moved his trial date from March 4, 2024 to October 23, 2023. The judge stated that the date does not apply to the other defendants. Still, this does put pressure on Inmate #P01135809. 

You'll remember Chesebro was the one to spearhead the fake elector scheme.

To learn more about the legal ins and outs, tactics, and consequences, read an analysis from Justia.

The other legal angling

Former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had requested that his case be moved to federal court. He sought to delay his arrest until that was sorted out, but the judge said nope. Mark was mugshotted on Thursday as well. 

Move over, Bob Haldeman. There's a new chief of staff in cuffs. 

Fani's fate

There is a movement to disqualify Fani Willis from serving as prosecutor. Georgia GOP lawmakers passed a law in May allowing the Prosecuting Attorneys Statewide Qualifications Commission to remove a duly elected district attorney from office. The commission, approved by Republican governor Brian Kemp, according to Vanity Fair, "was ostensibly created to make it easier to oust progressive, reform-minded DAs." The law is being challenged in court, so it is unclear if the bid to remove Ms. Willis will have any teeth. 

If you missed it

If you missed the piece about each defendant’s mug shot, read it here. 

What's next?

The next court date for the Georgia case will be the week of September 5, when all 19 co-defendants will be arraigned. There is no set date yet. What is different about this arraignment is that cameras are allowed in Georgia courts, so we'll get to see all of Inmate #P01135809's small, uncomfortable, weaselly movements.

Mark Meadows's hearing regarding his bid to move the case to federal court will be on Monday. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will likely testify in the hearing. Go justice!

Other stuff

The Repug Debate

Inmate #P01135809 skipped the debate this week. I did too. But from the little I heard, it appears that the rest of the field walked the tightrope between "I am not T****" and "I am T**** lite." I giggled at some of the lines that came out of there. They truly are eating their own. The unraveling GOP pile of rags, doused with grease from their Supreme Leader, is starting to smoke. I hope they get through the fire and come back better – and saner. 

At this point, the debates are just auditions for running mate. But none of them are pretty enough. He'll pick Kari Lake. 

A new poll

A new Politico/Ipsos poll throws water on the "I need one more indictment to ensure my election!" shtick. A majority of Americans want the trials before the election. Half the country thinks he is guilty. We the People just need to convince 48 of them (12 jurors in four trials) of the same.

He's milking the mugshot for all the $$ he can squeeze

As per usual, he is using his arrest for fundraising. He loves that he now has a mugshot to plaster on T-shirts. They became available less than an hour after the arrest. One can be yours for the low, low price of $47. The T-shirt reads "NEVER SURRENDER" under the jail house portrait. Honey, minutes ago you just finished surrendering for the fourth time!

Remember that 14th Amendment argument I wrote about?

I told you about a Pennsylvania Law Review piece (here is the full brief) that outlined the justification for disqualifying Inmate #P01135809 from running again. Well, a Florida attorney has filed a lawsuit to disqualify him under Section Three of the 14th Amendment. It would take just one or two swing states to disqualify him from the ballot to turn the election. 

Let the memes begin

Thanks to my sister resisters for sending many of these!

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And the newest from Randy Rainbow!

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"The Fourth Indictment Story" 4 stars! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

For the fourth time in 4.5 months, former president* T**** has been indicted on criminal charges.

Never achieved even once by a president in our entire 247-year history, the four-time champ will remain tops for a long, long time!

Late Monday night, a Fulton County, Georgia grand jury signed an indictment brought to them by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

And girl, what an indictment it is! 

Today LSR will look at the indictment itself and the ramifications of this one. It's different than the ones before, in important ways. Let's look, shall we?

Ann Telnaes

The indictment is big. It's beefy. Puttin' people in prison! Pretty peachy!

Read the full indictment here. It's 97 pages long, although the first eight pages consist of the list of charges and defendants along with pages set aside for the defendants' pleas. This document is longer and is not as readable as the "speaking indictment" style that Jack Smith presented. But it's nicely chronologically arranged by all the odious acts that the criminal ring committed in order to try to overthrow our democracy. Read at least the first few pages that describes the arc of the conspiracy if you don't read the whole thing. 

I did read the indictment – errr, most of it, skimming other parts of it. So today we rely on Those Who Know A Lot About Stuff to help us out. 

The Defendants

Bigguns and Small Fry

There are 19 defendants in all. The defendants run the gamut, starting with the ringleader. You may have heard of him. He's the former supposed leader of the free world, who lost his re-election bid for president of the United States. Orange guy? Can't dance? His 18 co-conspirators range from his right-hand-colluder Mike Meadows, way down to a local election official in tiny (population 43,386) Coffee County, Georgia. 

The Whole Goddam Bunch 

Willis's net catches the whole goddam bunch: the main players, including T**** lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and Sidney Powell, to the Department of Justice official and would-be director of the Justice Department Jeffrey Clark, plus a name we haven't come across in the federal indictment: Former T**** Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. The mid-level defendants are some Georgia attorneys, the chairman of the Georgia GOP, and a few of the fake electors, one of whom (Shawn Still) is a sitting Georgia state senator. The rest of the bunch are lower-level than that. 

The Associated Press has a summary of each of the defendants: who they are and what their role in the plot was. NPR has another one. I am sure we will get to know them better than anyone wants to over the next months and possibly years. 

The Charges

There are a total of 41 counts, sprinkled over the 19 defendants, with multiple defendants being charged with the same count, so that in total there are a sprawling 135 charges against the 19 co-conspirators. Donny and Rudy share the lead with 13 counts each.

The Washington Post has a nifty graphic of the charges count. 

The Washington Post

The Acts 

The bulk of the indictment, pages 20-68, consists of the description of the acts that the defendants committed in the commission of this huge conspiracy. 

It's not just the pressure-campaign "I need 11,000 votes" phone call that T**** made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Nope, there are 161 individual acts of criminal behavior or acts in furtherance of the crime. In fact, that phone call is not until Act #112. T****'s acts started on November 4, 2020, the day after the election, when he falsely claimed that he won the election, and continued all the way into September, 2021, when T**** continued badgering Raffensperger to make statements about the election in Georgia. Yes, a full eight months after President Biden was sworn in, the former guy was still bullying Raffensperger. 

The listed acts finally end in September, 2022, when a couple of the defendants committed perjury when testifying about the facts of the nefarious goings-on in Georgia post-election. 

The acts section includes "overt acts," which are part of the overall conspiracy plot but are not necessarily illegal acts in and of themselves, as well as "predicate acts," which are the outright illegal acts that fall under the racketeering charges. Being able to include the overt acts is an elegant piece to a RICO indictment.

This overarching story is thanks to the RICO law, which allows the prosecutor to tell a larger story than simply the individual criminal acts. Using RICO allows the narrative to include multiple defendants in multiple jurisdictions over a long period of time and allows these overt acts to be included, as a way to illustrate all the actions undertaken by the conspirators to further their criminal enterprise.

Who is this RICO guy, anyway?

The grandpappy charges stem from RICO: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law. RICO was first enacted by Congress as a way to capture the conspiracies perpetrated by the mob. It allowed prosecution of mafia bosses who tried to shift blame for their misdeeds on underlings who committed crimes on their behalf. (Irony alert! Rudy Giuliani, in his better days, was quite successful in bringing convictions against mobsters and Wall Street insiders using RICO in New York)

In 1981, Georgia enacted its own version, and it's special. It is more broad than the federal version and allows the prosecutor to include evidence that might not stand on its own if not for the overreaching RICO charge. Prosecutors can also include actions that were done in jurisdictions outside the state, so long as the acts were done in furtherance of the conspiracies being charged. This is why you see Willis's indictment include actions undertaken in Michigan, Arizona, New Mexico, and other states where attempts were made to overturn those states' elections as well. 

Another positive for us: Georgia RICO charges have a mandatory jail term. There is no option for probation for those convicted under the RICO law. Whoo-hoooo!

The downside to using RICO: well, we see it here: the case gets big and complicated, and as such will be a much more complex case. A more complicated case may confuse or frustrate a jury. And it will take a long time to try.

With so many defendants, however, there is a greater likelihood that plea deals will be made and the defendant list will shrink. 

For now, Ms. Willis plans to try all of the 19 co-defendants together. It is possible that some of them of them will provide evidence against the main man. This is common in RICO cases. We'll see what happens before the trial starts.

Flipper, is that you?

The Unindicted Co-conspirators

They number 30. Let's get ready for some insider evidence! As we know, three of the defendants are part of the slate of "fake electors," so that leaves 13 of the slate to be among the 30 unindicted co-conspirators.

Who are the rest? I'll let Alex Woodward from The Independent tell you about them.

The Arrests

Once the indictment was signed, a warrant was automatically issued for the arrest of all the defendants. D.A. Willis gave all the defendants until Friday, August 25 to turn themselves in. 

According to Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat, they will be taken into custody and booked just like any other defendant. "It doesn’t matter your status. We have a mugshot ready for you," Labat said. The arrests will be made at the county jail, not the courthouse like in the federal cases. This makes me smile, because jail is the most fitting place, in any circumstance, for the orange turd. It's ugly and it stinks. I was married to a cop. When he came home from a shift, I could immediately tell when he had been to the jail. Jail stinks. And the stink stays on you. 

The Judge

Judge Scott McAfee was assigned the case. A brand-new appointee, he has been on the Georgia bench for a full six months. Appointed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, McAfee has been praised by Kemp as "a tough prosecutor" who will "bring those to justice who break the law." Though new to the bench, he has served the courts for a long time. McAfee is a former Georgia state and federal prosecutor and state inspector general. From the Washington Post's write up, he sounds like a fair and deliberate jurist. For those who hit a paywall on the WaPo's site, here is a summary from The Hill.

How is this case different from the federal cases?

There is overlap.

There is plenty of overlap, with this indictment and the federal indictment both charging crimes for the fake elector scheme and the Mike Pence affair, among other threads, but the Georgia case hits the specifics of the breach of ballot machines, the intimidation of Secretary of State Raffensperger, and the vilification of Ruby Freeman.  

T**** can't make it go away.

Cases brought by a state are not subject to pardon by a sitting U.S. president. Nor will the case be able to disappear by the snap of a newly-elected president's fingers. So win or lose in 2024, dear, you'll be sitting in that defendant's chair. 

No pardon. No dice.

Not only that, but a state pardon is different in Georgia than in other states. Georgia's pardon process is undertaken by the five-member State Board of Pardons and Paroles, and pardons are only eligible after the convicted serves five years of his jail term. So there!

 

Speaking of jail...

RICO cases have mandatory jail time. There is no probation for racketeering. The mandatory minimum is five years. Let's get that guy into orange from head to toe! Literally!

Televised trial

Also unlike the federal cases, Georgia has no restriction on televised trials. We will get to witness every uncomfortable shift of his butt and every beady stare-down of his once-synergic sycophants.

Potential Problems

There is a lot of overlap of this case and the federal January 6 case, but there are many differences. The Georgia indictment is so huge that it will take a long time to work through the system. With 19 co-defendants and 19 attorney teams and potentially hundreds of motions and delays, the start may not even happen in the six months that Fani Willis wants. 

Jack Smith's case is much more streamlined and pointed. One defendant, four charges. It can move more quickly, and it should. Federal cases generally take precedence. We will likely be reporting on Willis's case long after the election. 

And if T**** does manage to get elected (but we are not going to let that happen) in 2024, we could reasonably assume that he could not be prosecuted while in office due to the Justice Department's opinion.

Here's an excellent analysis in WaPo about the ins and outs of the two cases. And here is one from Politico: Keep your eyes on Jack Smith.

What's next?

Court dates

• Arraignment will be on Tuesday, September 5.
• Fani Willis is asking for a March 4, 2024 trial date. FYI, that's the day before Super Tuesday.

More morsels

Ruby Freeman's Vindication

The harassment and intimidation toward Ruby Freemen went a lot further than we were aware. The indictment describes it fully, and it was ugly. Look at Act 87 forward. Oh. my. gawd. It's awful!  T**** gets directly involved in the plot against Ms. Freeman, as shown in Act 113. The ugliness continued in Acts 115 to 120.

This patriotic individual – doing her duty to her county as a volunteer to assist in the election in her precinct – was harmed. The life of Lady Ruby and that of her daughter, Shaye Moss will never be the same. It's maddening, and someone needs to pay for that harm. Do you remember their heartbreaking testimony during the January 6 Congressional hearings?

I'm glad that Ms. Willis has included the assault to Ms. Freeman's good name as a separate charge against these co-conspirators. 

The Meadows Factor

Mark Meadows has already filed a motion to move the case to federal court. Less than 24 hours after the indictment came down, he petitioned the court. His rationale? That his actions were performed as part of his duties as an official in the executive branch. The trouble is, sir, that an official of the executive branch has no business visiting a state's ballot site, nor in telephoning a state election official for any reason at all, let alone regarding matters of overturning the results of a free and fair election in that state. A judge will understand this, I'm confident, and will not approve the motion. 

I still want to know why he was a ghost in the federal January 6 indictment. 

In any case, T**** himself is expected to also file a motion under the same pretense to move the case from the state court to the Federal Court in Georgia. He certainly wasn't acting under his official duties, either. The judge will agree with me. We don't want this move to happen, because not only would T**** be able to more easily slow the proceedings down, he could potentially get a friendlier jury in federal court. 

Freedom of Speech? 

I love that his many of T****'s tweets and lies are coming back in this indictment to bite him in the ass. Yeah, yeah, he'll claim First Amendment rights. Once again, little man, you do not have the right to say or write things that are part of a criminal act. A person cannot claim freedom of speech when he goes masked onto Fifth Avenue and says, "Gimme all your money or else I'll shoot you in the face!" 

Here is a good write-up about 10 of the 30,573 lies that he told while in the Whitewash House that come back to visit him in the Georgia indictment. 

Speaking of tweets

Side tidbit about the federal case: It's come to light that the Special Prosecutor Jack Smith had quite the time subpoenaing the tweets and DMs from T****'s Twitter account. In the end, however, only publicly published tweets were cited in the indictment. We will have to wait until trial to see if any of the more private stuff gets entered into evidence. 

Total scorecard: United States 91, T**** 0

There are a total of 91 – count 'em – 91 charges across the four indictments. Give us one "guilty." Just one. Who am I kidding? Give us all of them!!

Melting Pot

The indictment lists the names of the members of the grand jury. Most of the time, jurors names are not published. Georgia is different. As I look at the names, I am gratified by the melting pot represented there. It sounds like America. I love it!

The dark side: MAGAts have already started doxxing the grand jurors' addresses. They make me so mad, and I hope that they are caught and prosecuted. 

ex·on·er·a·tion

Back in February, he posted this on Truth Social: "Thank you to the Special Grand Jury in the Great State of Georgia for your Patriotism & Courage. Total exoneration. The USA is very proud of you!!!"

Aw, honey, I get it. It's a big word, a full five syllables. Back to the vocabulary study! (By the way, you may want to look harder at "indict." It's in·dict not INDICATE)

The Marquess of Queensberry?

Act 130 describes more of T****'s bullying attempts toward Mike Pence, trying to goad him into breaking his oath and destroying the Constitution. The act says in part, "DONALD JOHN TRUMP stated that Pence had the power to decertify the November 3, 2020, presidential election results, that people cheated, and that Pence wanted to 'play by Marquess of Queensberry rules.'" I had to look it up, so I share with you in case you don't know much about boxing.

A couple side notes

• Remember when Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya warned T**** in the last arraignment to not commit crimes? No surprise: he has already broken that condition. Hours before the grand jury voted, he truth-socialed, "I am reading reports that failed former Lt. Governor, Jeff [misspelling of Geoff] Duncan, will be testifying before the Fulton County Grand Jury. He shouldn’t." Can you say witness intimidation? 
• Two Constitutional scholars – conservatives, both – are publishing a paper in University of Pennsylvania Law Review asserting that T**** is already disqualified from running again according to the 14th Amendment. He is barred from office due to a provision that, as written in the LA Times, "bars state and federal office those who, having previously taken an oath of office to support the Constitution, participate in an insurrection or give support to insurrectionists."
• And a side-side note. Maui needs your help. The fire is the worst in the last 100 years of American history. Please consider donating to Direct Relief International,  Maui Strong Foundation, or the Maui Food Bank.

And now, what you've all been waiting for. 

The memes 'n' toons.

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Chris Britt

Steve Breen

Joe Heller

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Thanks to my Sister Resisters for all the stuff you sent me!