Three years on from 1980871
Then,


Now


'They demolished my house for this?' Residents outraged by the Foxconn factory that fizzled

While Donny keeps on racking up his loses (the election and numerous court cases trying to overturn those election results along with blocking some of his more extreme policies) it looks like he may add another to that list.

Lawmakers vow to override Trump veto of defense bill.

He'll certainly go down as the world's greatest loser and he will go down as the world's greatest COVID spreader after holding yet another spreader event.

Trump lawyer who attended White House party tests positive for Covid.

And then after not taking up the option to buy additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine he goes and signs an executive order restricting the distribution of it.

Trump makes another largely symbolic effort to combat coronavirus.

What an absolute imbecile.

While Donny keeps on racking up his losses...

... And then after not taking up the option to buy additional doses of the Pfizer vaccine he goes and signs an executive order restricting the distribution of it.

Trump makes another largely symbolic effort to combat coronavirus....

This quote from that article sums up the deadly game:

... it could have a detrimental effect on inoculating the American public, the official said.

"It's going to look bad," the official added...

Stay safe folks!
Martin

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He's going to appeal all the way up to SCOTUS, with the hope that "his" appointed judges will rule in his favour of course, so he can stay as a dictator.
That's been the plan all the time. By having his insane cases thrown out from every court so far, he will appeal until the last appeal(s) end up with the SCOTUS. Not that hard to figure out.

Let's see how that bold strategy paid off:

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an effort to overturn the results of the presidential election in Pennsylvania, signaling the high court would not go along with President Trump's unprecedented efforts to win another term despite a decisive defeat in the popular vote and Electoral College.

The lawsuit was brought by Republican Rep. Mike Kelly, who argued a 2019 state law authorizing universal mail-in voting is unconstitutional and that all ballots cast by mail in the general election in Pennsylvania should be thrown out.

"The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice [Samuel] Alito and by him referred to the Court is denied," said the court's one-sentence order, which did not suggest any dissent among the nine justices.

Did not seem to pay off so well.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see, exactly how political and corrupt SCOTUS is.

A possible 9-0 would seem to indicate: not as much as was thought. :^)
(including by Mr. Trump.)

I hope that the events of the past few weeks have restored at least some confidence in the integrity of the U.S. and its officials.

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The Washington Post says that the changes to Act 77 to allow mail-in votes was made by the Republican controlled legislature, and that any challenges to this should have been made before the count not after.

I'm not certain I follow the logic here.

it would seem to me that the Republicans
Changed the rules for mail-in voting.
Some of those self same Republican politicians told their constituents to use the mail-in system.
Organised and supervised the election in Pennsylvania and the counting of the votes, with the count of the mail-in and absentee votes to be done after the day of the election and definitely not before.

And then claim that all this was illegal.

The Washington Post says that the changes to Act 77 to allow mail-in votes was made by the Republican controlled legislature, and that any challenges to this should have been made before the count not after.

I'm not certain I follow the logic here.

it would seem to me that the Republicans
Changed the rules for mail-in voting.
Some of those self same Republican politicians told their constituents to use the mail-in system.
Organised and supervised the election in Pennsylvania and the counting of the votes, with the count of the mail-in and absentee votes to be done after the day of the election and definitely not before.

And then claim that all this was illegal.

Right wingnut logic. It makes perfect sense to them.

v2.0 and his equally dangerous senate stooges are certainly trying their hardest to cripple Biden's government before it evens gets started.

Republicans play FCC hardball to jam Biden’s tech ambitions.

If ever political reform is needed in the U.S. it's needed now before it's too late.

The bizarre second lawsuit in which 17 states filed suit to overturn the results of other states has also been tossed by the SCOTUS in even less time:

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday night rejected an eleventh hour challenge to Joe Biden's election as president.

The court's action came in a one-page order, which said the complaint was denied "for lack of standing."

"Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections," the court wrote.

Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote that in their view the court does "not have discretion to deny the filing of a bill of complaint in a case that falls within our original jurisdiction."

"I would therefore grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief, and I express no view on any other issue," Alito wrote.

With sterling legal acumen such as this, similar to the last tossed filing, I am not surprised:

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It also looks like Sidney is a total incompetent.

And here secret witness is no better. https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1337558506195574784

From WaPo, https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/sidney-powell-spider-spyder-witness/2020/12/11/0cd567e6-3b2a-11eb-98c4-25dc9f4987e8_story.html

Records show that Merritt is an Army veteran and that he enrolled in a training program at the 305th Military Intelligence Battalion, the unit he cites in his declaration. But he never completed the entry-level training course, according to Meredith Mingledorff, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, which includes the battalion.

“He kept washing out of courses,” said Mingledorff, citing his education records. “He’s not an intelligence analyst.”

In late November, Thomas McInerney, a retired lieutenant general in the Air Force and a proponent of election fraud claims, said that President Trump and Powell have “got the 305th Military Intelligence Battalion working with them” and that “the Kraken is the 305th Military Intelligence Battalion.”
The battalion is an entry-level training unit.

Merritt show that he enlisted in 2003. He first aimed to be a medic, but did not graduate from a training program at Fort Sam Houston in Texas

Merritt was honorably discharged from the Army in 2013, after a decade of service, including deployments to the wars in Iraq in 2005-2006 and Afghanistan in 2009-2010, according to his separation papers. His commendations included the Combat Action Badge, which is authorized for soldiers who are “present and actively engaging or being engaged by the enemy, and performing satisfactorily in accordance with prescribed rules of engagement.”

Merritt told The Post he left the military because he had had reached a “retention control point” and was unlikely to be promoted. Under Army rules, soldiers are only permitted to serve a certain number of years at a particular rank.

Looks like this Merritt guy, was a military failure, only got "I was there medals" for his foreign service, and discharged because he failed to be promoted to Corporal in 10 years.

You watch, King Donald will order the Post Office to not deliver the Electoral College votes!

It looks like v2.0 is in for another loss.

Senate passes defense bill, setting up veto showdown with Trump.

Senators approved the National Defense Authorization Act by a wide 84-13 margin, well beyond the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto.

Which comes after.

The House passed the bill Tuesday with 335 votes in support, signaling it can achieve the two-thirds majority needed to overturn a veto.

So will he set himself up for that loss, or will he give in with a whole lot more whining?

denied "for lack of standing."

Hmm, now "lack of standing" might mean that the person, or body, bringing the accusations is one of insufficient social status (such as a pauper bringing a case against a king in the middle ages); or that there insufficient evidence presented to the court such that the court is unable to "see" the case to try the case; or that the person or body making the accusation is a renowned liar (basically incapable of telling the truth).

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

denied "for lack of standing."

Hmm, now "lack of standing" might mean that the person, or body, bringing the accusations is one of insufficient social status (such as a pauper bringing a case against a king in the middle ages); or that there insufficient evidence presented to the court such that the court is unable to "see" the case to try the case; or that the person or body making the accusation is a renowned liar (basically incapable of telling the truth).

Means the persons bringing the case have suffered no harm, hence they are just a bystander, er peanut gallery.

I'll add that to my list of definitions for "lack of standing" (even if it is a bit prosaic when compared to the pauper & the king.....)

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Bob Smith
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Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

USA politics + COVID-19 = A 9/11 disaster every day (3000+ deaths every day, continuing every day.)

See for yourselves:


CNBC Hosts EXPLODE in Insane Covid Showdown


Scarily, that is all too real.

Note: It is real.


Why such insanity?

Stay safe folks!
Martin

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... And you thought Donald Trump was inept and bad for the USA and The World?...

See, hear:

(Think? Consider?)


Why the US was Lucky to get Donald Trump | George Monbiot


Stay safe folks!!
Martin

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Maybe it's about time for Rule 11 to be used.

There’s a Way to Halt Trump’s Baseless Election Fraud Cases.

The dozens of postelection lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign and his Republican supporters are hard to keep track of, but the scorecard is as clear as it is grim for the president’s side: one modest victory versus 55 losses—and counting.

The defeats are piling up so fast—the Supreme Court summarily rejected two lawsuits inside of four days—and the judges’ rebukes have been so withering that many people outside the legal profession wonder why trained lawyers are being allowed to persist in this doomed effort to overturn the results of an election that has been described by the president’s own elections officials as the “most secure in American history.” Isn’t there some kind of rule against this?

There is. In federal court (where 11 of the cases have been brought) it’s called Rule 11. And courts have used it many times to discourage the very kinds of legally insufficient and bad faith claims that have been advanced by Rudy Giuliani and his so-called elite strike force of attorneys.

That 1 "modest victory" was just a short stay on counting legal postal votes which didn't last long.

Time to dust off the law on Vexatious litigation, methinks.

I'd do the same thing.

Joe Biden has ordered deep clean to ‘exorcise’ Donald Trump from the White House after numerous coronavirus infections.

As goodness knows what else he could've left behind.

Sadly, too true to laugh?


Donald Trump Leaves The White House | Spitting Image



Trump: The no(n) laughing matter...

Is Trump gaming to childishly Trump up an inauguration day spoiler?


Trump Planning HUMILIATING Inauguration Day Stunt


Would you believe it?!...


Stay safe folks!
Martin

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