#Politics Predictions for tonight's #Biden #Trump debate, in no particular order of accuracy.
* Trump will show. He'll claim it's rigged and unfair. He'll walk off before the end in "protest."
* Biden will stutter. MSM will proclaim him senile.
* Because mics will be muted, Trump will walk over to Biden to shout and interrupt so he can be heard on that mic.
* This will be a s***show, and everyone will wonder why they held this in the first place. They'll do it again anyway.
#Politics From #CNN: 6-3 #SCOTUS majority rule that presidents may "urge" social media to remove disinformation. The majority found that the plaintiffs didn't have standing (i.e. hadn't suffered an injury or loss).
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/26/politics/social-media-disinformation-supreme-court-ruling/index.html
#Politics From #TheHill: Rep. Anna Luna (R-FL) will force vote to have Attorney General Merrick Garland arrested and dragged before the House for trial.
Comment ... Are the #MAGA Republicans plotting this as counter-programming to Thursday night's presidential debate? ๐ค
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4736798-anna-paulina-luna-detain-garland/
#Politics From #NYTimes: Judge Merchan says the #Trump gag order will be lifted after July 11 sentencing. In the interim, can attack witnesses, but individual jurors are still protected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/nyregion/trump-gag-order-hush-money-trial.html
#Politics Following the #CNN thread on today's #Trump classified documents hearing, Judge Cannon seems to have spent much of the morning questioning the special counsel's budget and funding, as if that's relevant.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-06-24-24/index.html
#Politics From #CNN: Judge Aileen Cannon holding more hearings today and tomorrow in #Trump classified documents case.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-06-24-24/index.html
#Politics From #TheHill: Missouri attorney general says he'll sue the State of New York for prosecuting #Trump. ๐คฃ ๐คฃ ๐คฃ
(I wonder just where the dipswitch is going to file his lawsuit ...)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4733638-missouri-ag-sue-new-york-lawfare-trump/
#Politics #SCOTUS From #CNN ... The vote was 8-1, with Thomas the lone dissent.
"The Supreme Court upheld a federal law Friday that bars guns for domestic abusers, rejecting an argument pressed by gun rights groups that the prohibition violated the Second Amendment.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/politics/supreme-court-guns-rahimi/index.html
#Trump judge Aileen Cannon will start a two-day hearing tomorrow to decide if classified documents charges should be dismissed because special counsel Jack Smith wasn't appointed by a president. Cannon isn't following standard procedure, which is to assign the motion to a magistrate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/us/politics/trump-documents-case-unusual-rulings.html
#Politics From #NYTimes: Billionaire gives $50 million to #Trump PAC, $25 million to #RFKJr PAC.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/us/politics/timothy-mellon-trump-donation.html
Two South Florida federal judges urged Aileen Cannon not to take #Trump classified documents case, but she did so anyway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/us/politics/aileen-cannon-trump-classified-documents.html
#Politics #SCOTUS Buried at the bottom of this #CNN article:
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Justice Samuel Alito was not present Thursday as his colleagues took their seats to announce the dayโs opinions โ a relatively rare absence.
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House Republicans put forth an amendment that would require Arlington National Cemetery to restore a racist monument showing a "mammy" tending to the child of a white Confederate officer. The bill was defeated 192-230, with all 192 votes coming from Republicans.
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