Ben Meiselas of the Meidas Touch Network tells us about Our Ochre Abomination basically declaring war on Los Angeles by trying to federalize CA’s national guard since folks in that town bravely stood up to the jackbooted tactics of Trump’s ICE thugs...and I suppose it will come as a shock (well, maybe not really) that none of the conditions of the statute invoked by this regime (10 USC 12406) apply here...the only “invasion” is by the ICE goons, and this *preznit most definitely did NOT work with any officials in CA including Governor “Newscum” and LA Mayor Karen Bass...and “I’ll drink to that” Hegseth wants to mobilize Marines at Camp Pendleton and throw them into this mess also, further adding to the criminality of this utterly lawless administration...
Oh, and by the way...
...and Brian Tyler Cohen and Marc Elias discuss the SCOTUS ruling that ends up giving “Big Balls” and some of Elon’s other idiot incels access to our Social Security data...and I’ve heard Elias discuss the “presumption of regularity” before as something of a legal doctrine; it sounds like there could be another ”shoe to drop,” if you will, when it comes to ruling about the supposed “merits” of Musk’s clueless crew getting their hands on this highly sensitive info, but given that we’re talking about the SCOTUS of Hangin’ Judge JR, I’m not optimistic of them doing the right thing (and even if, by some miracle, the Supremes ruled against the Gropenfuhrer, that likely wouldn’t stop #47 anyway since he doesn’t give a fig about the law or judicial precedent)...yep, as Elias says, we’re not just talking about “the gang that couldn’t shoot straight,” but “the gang that wouldn’t have good intentions even if they COULD shoot straight”...
...and Thom Hartmann asks “How did the land of Lincoln, Roosevelt(s), Eisenhower and Kennedy become a playground for billionaire sociopaths?”...indeed, and maybe you’re thinking, “oh, here he goes again, blaming John Roberts for Citizens United,” and you’re absolutely right...Thom blames Anthony Kennedy for the expansive C.U. ruling, but I’ve read that that was Alito's handiwork (pretty sure I saw that in “We The Corporations” by Adam Winkler)...and I would agree that revealing the source of the money doesn’t generally diminish the impact of the money, in an ad that is...there’s a reason I advocate voting out every Republican (and a few Dems also), and Thom also makes that case pretty well here I believe...
...and Mike Figueredo brings us the news that corporations that pandered to #47 are crying about declining revenue from boycotts, with Target having to request a meeting with Rev. Al Sharpton over the company’s rollback of DEI initiatives, and the meeting didn’t fix Target’s problems as Figueredo points out; by the way, I’m not going to be cheering bad news for Target – yes, the company didn’t use good judgment to kowtow to Cantaloupe Capone, but the bigger issue as far as I’m concerned is that we’re heading into a recession, and hurting Target will make it even worse for employees facing layoffs...and yes, I feel that way also about Wal-of-China Mart and Home Depot, utterly wretched corporate entities that employ a lot of innocent people likely to be hurt in a downturn affecting our end stage capitalist economy...and color me shocked (well, not really) that “Mickey D’s” is facing a backlash over Pumpkin Pol Pot’s ridiculous drive-through window stunt last year...(NSFW/H)...
...and RIP songwriter Roger Nichols, who composed this hit for The Carpenters, among other great tunes (selection is apropos for today...not to be confused with the record producer of the same name who recorded Steely Dan and other bands).
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