Said TFG to Hannity on national(ist) TV:

“If you’re the President of the United States you can declassify just by saying ‘it’s declassified’ even by thinking about it because you’re sending it to Mar-a-Lago or to whoever you’re sending it and there doesn’t have to be a process.”

Do you see what he did there? Everywhere else (except on nationalist TV) the buzz is that in this moment TFG admitted to sending government documents to Mar-a-Lago, which were not-so-coincidently discovered right there in Mar-a-Lago by an FBI search last month.

Nowadays the question has become is Mar-a-Lago the only place he has government documents?

We would need another FBI search of, say, Bedminster, to find out. But to do that, they would need probable cause which is what they laid out in their Mar-a-Lago affidavit. Strong evidence of a crime, not just probable cause.

I’ll make a probable cause case. It’s thin, but he undeniably said on video “…because you’re sending it to Mar-a-Lago or to whoever you’re sending it”.

“…or to whoever you’re sending it.” What did he mean by that? Did he realize when he said “Mar-a-Lago” that he had spilled the beans and tried to cover himself essentially by saying “or anywhere else”? That was an awkward addition marked by an odd pronunciation of “whoever”.

Or did he keep informing on himself and that there could be government documents  anywhere under his control?

As I said, thin.

Ask most biologists what scares them most it is the viruses and diseases we once thought were eradicated. Admittedly, my knowledge of immunology is limited to how my wife dumbs it down for me, but you see this every once in awhile. Someone somewhere will come down with the plague. Someone else will come down with measles. We get the occasional bout with whooping cough and polio as well.

When diseases are eradicated people and experts naturally let their guard down. They let strategic supplies of key medicines and vaccines go away. After all, we don’t need them anymore. So, we focus our energies on the newest threats and the diseases that claim millions. After all, cancer, HIV, and diabetes claim a whole lot more than whooping cough.

Unfortunately, when you find someone that has developed one of those conditions we thought was a distant memory we find ourselves flabbergasted. We don’t know what to do. The same happens when we find arguments we thought were long since settled. Someone comes out and defends the indefensible. If you are anything like me, you have that moment where you are frozen in time. Are they really saying what I think they are saying right now?

Congressional candidate John Gibbs is the latest to do this. In all fairness, he did this in college in the early 2000s, but he very clearly argued that the 19th amendment should be overturned. For those that don’t remember their U.S. History, that gave women the right to vote. That happened over 100 years ago. This is settled law and settled as an issue. At least we thought it was.

Gibbs is an originalist in the stupidest way possible. He wants everything returned to the factory settings which means he would become three-fifths a person and ineligible to run for office. At least, that is where he was in the early 2000s. Maybe he has wised up since then. Gibbs is hardly the point. Unless you live in Michigan, he really isn’t your concern.

What is our problem is that this phenomenon is growing. You can hardly live anywhere where there isn’t some idiot arguing for things that were long since settled decades ago. We have people like Gibbs arguing against women’s rights. We have people arguing against interracial marriage. We have people arguing against other civil rights. Hell, our very own senator (John Cornyn) argued that we should overturn Brown vs. Board of Education.

Much like the biologists, defeating idiocy long since defeated can prove dangerous. The arguments we had in our quiver have been replaced by newer arguments for newer issues. Then, there is the question of how much energy you want to invest in such tomfoolery. Fighting a half-wit over a zombie issue is a lot harder than you think. It’s like fighting a one armed man. What do you gain when you win?

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals just dropped a 29 page ruling on TFG, siding with the DOJ that classified materials are classified, that TFG had provided zero evidence he’d declassified anything when he infested the Oval Office, and that he had no purpose to possess US government documents.  Key quote:

“[Mr. Trump] has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents.  Nor has he established that the current administration has waived that requirement for these documents. And even if he had, that, in and of itself, would not explain why plaintiff has an individual interest in the classified documents.”

The ruling went further to say that the Special Master, Judge Dearie, had no need to review any classified documents and ordered the removal of those documents from those he was to review.  This ruling cleared the way for the FBI to continue its criminal investigation into TFG’s hoarding of highly sensitive documents and his obstruction to stop the DOJ from recovering them.

Oh, and two of the three judges on the panel were TFG appointees.

Bad day for TFG, good day for democracy. Boom.

BREAKING: BIG setback for Alex Jones in his bankruptcy case–federal bk Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston has tossed out both Jones's lawyer AND his chief restructuring officer. Judge cites transparency issues, incl personal expenses by Jones…

— Elizabeth Williamson (@NYTLiz) September 21, 2022

Read the full conversation.  This is happening just as Mark predicted.

You know, after the performance of TFG’s lawyers today (more on that later), it’s beginning to look like bad lawyers are going to save democracy.  The damn fools can’t get good lawyers.

Attention-getting headline aside, what did Ron De Santis do to piss off TFG? He sure pissed off me and a few tens of millions of Americans over his cheap political stunt that (I agree with Juanita Jean) is a dead-ringer for human trafficking. His depravity is all there for the world to see, and for MAGAn GOPers to get the giggles over.

But that’s not what pisses off TFG. What pisses off TFG is that de Santis is stealing his schtick. After all, according to TFG, de Santis stole his idea to pack 50 Venezuelans off to Martha’s Vineyard. That was HIS idea!

Only TFG is allowed to commit felony, it seems.

And not only that, de Santis is being given applause, praise and (most importantly) the credit for this felonious act by the GQP. Only TFG can commit felonies in full view.

Next thing you know, de Santis will claim credit for TFG’s recipe for a well-done steak smothered in ketchup.

The nerve.

Okay, so this was in the news:

Vice President Kamala Harris accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) of “dereliction of duty” over their recent transports of migrants to Democratic-led cities.

“I think it is the height of irresponsibility … frankly, a dereliction of duty, when you are an elected leader, to play those kinds of games with human life and human beings,” Harris said in an interview with Vice News. “If you think there is a problem, be part of the solution.”

I had to read that a couple of times. Dereliction of duty? That’s what she thinks it is?

Now, I’m not going to make any friends saying this, but what the damn hell?

This, Madam Vice President, is human trafficking.

This is a full frontal assault on human decency, the Virgin Mary, the Boy Scout Code, the Ideals of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Binglewood Homeowners Association, and every damn thing your mother taught you.

Duty is about eighteen rungs above these guys on the ladder of self actualization.

This is like saying that because these immigrants were not fed on their 16 hour journey, Abbott and DeSantis broke southern hospitality customs.

This is human trafficking. Say it.

Damn, I am tired of being being wimpy.