SUPREME CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Use this map to tack the many ethical concerns Clarence Thomas ignored by ruling on the Jan 6th Insurrection case that his wife was at.
9 squared is 81, which would give us one justice for every state in the country, according to Lara Trump. “Unpack” is way better than “expand.” Words matter!
When I heard Justice Jackson say this, I immediately thought of LB and you, Greg:
“If someone with those kinds of powers, the most powerful person in the world with the greatest amount of authority, could go into office knowing that there would be no potential penalty for committing crimes, I’m trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into, you know, the seat of criminal activity in this country.”
Now, back to our regular programming with the "Really American" Ethan Bearman.
A real problem I see in the media's coverage of Trumps various legal problems is that the main focus is on Trump "running out the clock". The assumption always being he wins the election and kills his legal problems. That is acting as a "presumptive close" for Trump and can be self-fulling. Car salesman, contract negotiations, advertising use it all the time. And it works. It's already got him the nomination and may just work for the election if enough people buy in...just like 2016.
The only thing standing in the way of "unpacking" SCOTUS is SCOTUS and GOP. Funny how the Corruption always makes it improbable for the Un-corrupting
Except for an occasional glance, I quit twitter last Dec., but Ethan was always one of my favorite follows. Insightful, smart, sincere, Ethan appreciates all his followers and engages with them no matter how small or insignificant they may appear. I also share the same opinion he has for you, Greg. You are one of my favorite political authors. Not sure what you were doing before trump, but I sure am glad you traded genres for political genre.
I haven't thought about the Supreme Court much lately. What has been strongly in place, "threaten to undermine our collective faith in the entire judicial branch of government," has been the regular court judges who continue to let Trump get away with violating every gag order they put in place. When someone gets the guts to put his ass in jail for 30 days for violations, my respect may change, but right now, it's firmly at zero. He doesn't care about fines. He WOULD care about jail with no phone though.
“It’s a six-week ban in Florida. It’s really brilliant, isn’t it? Even before women know they’re pregnant — is that brilliant?”. Biden wasn’t done. “Trump describes the Dobbs decision as a ‘miracle.’ ... Maybe it’s coming from that Bible he’s trying to sell,”Biden said. “Whoa, I almost wanted to buy one just to see what the hell’s in it.” 📖
I agree wholeheartedly that the Supreme Court needs to be exp… (oops, unpacked), but I couldn’t have imagined a court with 27 justices! (Which is not nine squared, BTW, but … did I have to point that out just because I was a math major?) I can’t imagine that an even number is a good idea. Let’s go to 11 or 13 for starters!
The problem with today's media is lazy people who only want to hear what they want to hear. When old media tries to adapt, they are chastised for giving up on what they were, selling out. Open mindedness has become a thing of the past. A no win by people who fail to accept they are the problem.
In today's world one wakes up, dresses for work, drives through the McDonald's to get breakfast. Parks at work, eats at desk. Lunch, in today's gig economy supplied by employer, not too far from desk. After work drives to CVS drive through, collects Ozempic, heart med, etc. Home has dinner, settles into comfy chair to scroll through a hand held device which already knows what to populate the screen with. Of course much of it is old news as your watch has been pushing notifications throughout the day.
We can blame disrupters, scold traditional media for not keeping up with the times. Reality, the individual, one who used to do things to improve their place in the universe is no more. Give them what comforts them, don't challenge, you lose their click you lose ad money. We have succumbed to algorithms, the easy way out. The Twilight Zone broadcast an episode depicting humans as evolving into a brain in a jar. What the program got wrong was that the brain wanted to grow, improve, not simply be mush.
Thanks Greg for the opportunity to voice my rant for today. BTW, not sure there is any point to this rant other than helping myself stay sane. I so revered the Supreme Court, this week that reverence has turned to total and utter despondency, my worldview has suffered a major blow.
How about “unstack” the court, because it’s stacked now by tRump in Ultra Conservative’s favor. Like Minority Republican rule, it’s rule by the few. I agree the terminology is tricky, like “defund the police”. No, we just want more measures to insure that we don’t live in a police state. The tech bros are due for a comeuppance or at least be subject to more laws that evenly distribute the wealth of Google etc. Extreme headlines a la the National Enquirer have morphed onto YouTube channels in order to get clicks.
The five #GOP toolwankers on #SCOTUS are desperate to have a Republican president in 2025, otherwise their 30 year GOP plan to end democracy will fail.
Can’t wait to listen to the whole broadcast. I’ll play it instead of the radio as I eat breakfast. Thank you, Greg, for the introduction to Ethan.
SUPREME PAYBACK: How many of the Supreme Court Justices who made Bush president are now helping Trump's campaign? Check this interactive map.
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/25/justicecantwait-dont-let-the-supreme-court-shield-trump-from-accountability/
SUPREME CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Use this map to tack the many ethical concerns Clarence Thomas ignored by ruling on the Jan 6th Insurrection case that his wife was at.
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/16/clarence-thomas-conflict-of-interest-map-on-jan-6th-insurrection-that-his-wife-attended/
Follow Trump’s ‘Catch And Kill’ election interference scheme with this visual guide
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/22/catch-and-kill-visual-guide-to-trumps-election-interference-scheme/
9 squared is 81, which would give us one justice for every state in the country, according to Lara Trump. “Unpack” is way better than “expand.” Words matter!
When I heard Justice Jackson say this, I immediately thought of LB and you, Greg:
“If someone with those kinds of powers, the most powerful person in the world with the greatest amount of authority, could go into office knowing that there would be no potential penalty for committing crimes, I’m trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the Oval Office into, you know, the seat of criminal activity in this country.”
Now, back to our regular programming with the "Really American" Ethan Bearman.
A real problem I see in the media's coverage of Trumps various legal problems is that the main focus is on Trump "running out the clock". The assumption always being he wins the election and kills his legal problems. That is acting as a "presumptive close" for Trump and can be self-fulling. Car salesman, contract negotiations, advertising use it all the time. And it works. It's already got him the nomination and may just work for the election if enough people buy in...just like 2016.
The only thing standing in the way of "unpacking" SCOTUS is SCOTUS and GOP. Funny how the Corruption always makes it improbable for the Un-corrupting
Except for an occasional glance, I quit twitter last Dec., but Ethan was always one of my favorite follows. Insightful, smart, sincere, Ethan appreciates all his followers and engages with them no matter how small or insignificant they may appear. I also share the same opinion he has for you, Greg. You are one of my favorite political authors. Not sure what you were doing before trump, but I sure am glad you traded genres for political genre.
I haven't thought about the Supreme Court much lately. What has been strongly in place, "threaten to undermine our collective faith in the entire judicial branch of government," has been the regular court judges who continue to let Trump get away with violating every gag order they put in place. When someone gets the guts to put his ass in jail for 30 days for violations, my respect may change, but right now, it's firmly at zero. He doesn't care about fines. He WOULD care about jail with no phone though.
TGIF🎉🎉🎉⚖️
“It’s a six-week ban in Florida. It’s really brilliant, isn’t it? Even before women know they’re pregnant — is that brilliant?”. Biden wasn’t done. “Trump describes the Dobbs decision as a ‘miracle.’ ... Maybe it’s coming from that Bible he’s trying to sell,”Biden said. “Whoa, I almost wanted to buy one just to see what the hell’s in it.” 📖
Just F**King Vote 🌊 - Nikki Fried, FL Dems
9 squared is 81. C'mon: numeracy does inflect credibility
I agree wholeheartedly that the Supreme Court needs to be exp… (oops, unpacked), but I couldn’t have imagined a court with 27 justices! (Which is not nine squared, BTW, but … did I have to point that out just because I was a math major?) I can’t imagine that an even number is a good idea. Let’s go to 11 or 13 for starters!
Thanks!
The problem with today's media is lazy people who only want to hear what they want to hear. When old media tries to adapt, they are chastised for giving up on what they were, selling out. Open mindedness has become a thing of the past. A no win by people who fail to accept they are the problem.
In today's world one wakes up, dresses for work, drives through the McDonald's to get breakfast. Parks at work, eats at desk. Lunch, in today's gig economy supplied by employer, not too far from desk. After work drives to CVS drive through, collects Ozempic, heart med, etc. Home has dinner, settles into comfy chair to scroll through a hand held device which already knows what to populate the screen with. Of course much of it is old news as your watch has been pushing notifications throughout the day.
We can blame disrupters, scold traditional media for not keeping up with the times. Reality, the individual, one who used to do things to improve their place in the universe is no more. Give them what comforts them, don't challenge, you lose their click you lose ad money. We have succumbed to algorithms, the easy way out. The Twilight Zone broadcast an episode depicting humans as evolving into a brain in a jar. What the program got wrong was that the brain wanted to grow, improve, not simply be mush.
Thanks Greg for the opportunity to voice my rant for today. BTW, not sure there is any point to this rant other than helping myself stay sane. I so revered the Supreme Court, this week that reverence has turned to total and utter despondency, my worldview has suffered a major blow.
How about “unstack” the court, because it’s stacked now by tRump in Ultra Conservative’s favor. Like Minority Republican rule, it’s rule by the few. I agree the terminology is tricky, like “defund the police”. No, we just want more measures to insure that we don’t live in a police state. The tech bros are due for a comeuppance or at least be subject to more laws that evenly distribute the wealth of Google etc. Extreme headlines a la the National Enquirer have morphed onto YouTube channels in order to get clicks.
Thank you, Greg, as always.
The five #GOP toolwankers on #SCOTUS are desperate to have a Republican president in 2025, otherwise their 30 year GOP plan to end democracy will fail.
#GOPtraitors