“I have dedicated my career to public service because I love this country and our Constitution and the rights that make us free," Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said today at a White House ceremony celebrating her confirmation to the Supreme Court. Also today, we learned that Donald Trump, Jr., texted Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on November 5, 2020, two days after the presidential election and two days before the media would call the election for President Elect Joe Biden: "We have operational control Total leverage…. Moral High Ground POTUS must start 2nd term now.”
Why these people have not been indicted, tried, found guilty, and now living in orange jumpsuits behind bars is beyond me. It is a constant drip, drip, drip of "new" revelations of blatant evidence regarding the attempts to overthrow the government. The people of Ukraine are killing themselves fighting for democracy and we sit here letting democracy die on the vine.
Thank you again, Professor Richardson. Still writing during your time away with Buddy. You are so dedicated and I love this community of dedicated supporters.
I was pleased yesterday to see Senator Brian Schatz bravely speaking the truth about Josh Hawley on the Senate floor. The Ukrainians are being so brave, we need to be brave too!
Lindsay Graham, who wouldn't know what a moral compass was if he tripped over one, an empty suit that blows in the winds of opportunism, a truly worthless pile of shit so desperate to be thought of as something other than the worthless piece of shit he knows in his heart that he is that he has never let a belief in anything get in the way of doing what he thought would get him the object of his desire, who is the most abject of all of them in his conscious decision to allow himself to be walked on by Trump in return for being thought "serious," will be the one who comes out of this time most denigrated by history, regardless of the way things go. He's our times' Franz von Papen, the German conservative who convinced Hindenburg to offer Hitler the Chancellorship, believing he could control him. Of all the Nazis tried at Nuremberg, he was the only one who got off because his lawyer could prove Hitler had never confided anything to him about what was really going on, because Der Fuhrer didn't think Von Papen was anything but a spineless piece of shit. He couldn't even qualify as a war criminal. That will be Graham.
Ketanji Brown Jackson will out perform all of her detractors. She is such a classy lady. I hate what she was put through. But, she’s on her way to a great work for our country. Republican senators be damned.
Heather, yours is another brilliant compilation of the news that gives us a fisheye view of important US occurrences from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's celebratory words to Junior's proud declarations of righteous victory to tfg's inner circle of conspirators ready to destroy our democracy. Thank you!
That more and more are willing to speak out is a comfort. Patience, as they say, is a virtue of which I am low in reserve. How I wish that I had been a fly on the days when Javanka spoke with the 1/6 committee! And please don't get me started on Lindsey Graham, one of the most despicable and immoral players on our political scene!
On April 8, Salon published commentary by Col. Don Christensen (ret.), the former chief prosecutor of the U.S. Air Force, regarding Lindsey Graham's hypocritical stance on sentencing guidelines for those in the military convicted for child pornography.
"What has Sen. Graham done, then, to address how leniently the military sentences child pornography offenders? Has he proposed eliminating the "no punishment" sentencing option, imposing mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography offenses, authorizing the use of pre-sentencing reports, or giving military judges the same authority to place conditions on offenders after they have served their sentences? Has he either publicly or privately berated military leadership or military judges for light child pornography offenses? No. Instead, Graham has forcefully fought military justice reform, and worked to undermine his Senate colleagues who have sought such needed reform of the military justice system — often by using his years of service as a military lawyer to justify his opposition."
"Graham's indifference concerning the military's lenient treatment of child pornography, compared to his supposed disgust regarding Judge Jackson's sentencing record, is not only hypocritical. It is political theater at its worst. How we should sentence child pornography offenders is a legitimate debate. But after decades of inaction on his part to reform the military sentencing process, Graham's sudden concern about child pornography sentencing is no more than a cheap, hypocritical and destructive attempt to score political points."
Lying racist Senator Lindsey Graham - the posturing red faced schizophrenic senator - resembles a rotting hull in rough seas, a boat with no rudder, taking on water. Lying Trump likes him. Do they both cheat in golf?
I remember when Judge Keanji Brown Jackson was nominated. Lindsay Graham, as he is known to do, came out in support of her and said she was aptly competent to be a Supreme Court Justice and in fact and voted to confirm her for her current position on the Court of Appeals. But, typical to Lindsay Graham his opinion changes when the wind follows suit. In other words, he continues to be the biggest hypocrite in the Senate. Throughout the past administration he would show his disdain for the actions of DT, only to completely backtrack in the next few days acting as if we did not hear correctly. He is the epitome of gaslighting and does not deserve the office he holds.
WOW...Lindsey Graham (R-SC) got it right! Justices who are "judicial activist, she/he (sic) gets the outcome she/he (sic) wants no matter how the law’s written, when it comes to crime, her/his record is very, very dangerous”...speaking of course of Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett who disregard the principle of stare decisis and the plain text of the Constitution so as to avoid results anathema to GOP objectives.
As always, thank you Heather and hello LFAA community.
My wife and I watched the South Lawn proceedings this morning. Our hearts swelled with pride, joy and goodwill - if not hope. Justice Jackson is worthy of her appointment, and We the People are fortunate to have her.
Meanwhile...
“I voted no to Judge Jackson, and now I understand why the radical left wanted her so badly. She’s a judicial activist, she gets the outcome she wants no matter how the law’s written, when it comes to crime, her record is very, very dangerous.” - Sen. Lindsey Graham
Don’t people, influencers if you will, like Sen. Graham understand just how dangerous their rhetoric is, and the violence it can incite? His action was shameful and unbecoming of a statesman.
The more you write about the violent attempted overthrow of our government, the more chilling the reality becomes. Like a page-turner thriller, each letter reinforces the struggle we are all involved in to preserve our flawed, but democratic system. Thank god you are there, shining the light, in this, our darkest night….
Apologetically, for lack of exact relevance; Ginni And Clarence Thomas have vanished from all news media. Were they abducted by aliens? No follow-up, investigative reporting? No legal repercussions?
Ketanji Brown Jackson, our most revered and newest justice, will not be able to render much until she is fully instated, after Breyer retires. I cannot wait for her dissents! In the meantime, I have been reading an interesting book by Elizabeth Becker called “You Don’t Belong Here”. It focuses on three female journalists covering the Vietnam War. The lies we were told by Nixon and Kissinger plus Gen. Westmoreland were atrocious and yet Kissinger won a Nobel Peace Prize. I mention this book as it truly gives a perspective that is now mirrored by the women who are covering yet another costly and unnecessary war. I simply do not understand why mankind continually wishes to engage in these battles. We are already fighting against the evil forces within our own country…lies, deceit, religious zealots, white supremacy. The only good thing I can say right now is it certainly appears that the DOJ is making headway through the muck they’ve been dealt. Please please, let us see that these mongrels are sent to the slammer! Thank you, HRC, for your relentless pursuit of the truth while wading through the filth.
What has happened to our two party system, our Democracy, when the peaceful transfer of power is blocked by the losing party? From before the election and continuing more than a year later. Those players include TFG’s family members and elected repubs. “Trump, Jr., offered a number of different ways in which Trump could nonetheless steal the election, most of which later materialized. Trump, Jr. apparently could not see why this would be a problem, since, "we have operational control.” “It's very simple," he texted: “We have multiple paths[.] We control them all.” ‘ The losing party continues to attempt to sabotage and make false claims about policies and actions by the Biden administration, including Lindsay Graham casting shadows on the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. “ “I voted no to Judge Jackson, and now I understand why the radical left wanted her so badly. She’s a judicial activist, she gets the outcome she wants no matter how the law’s written, when it comes to crime, her record is very, very dangerous.” Twisting the truth and the facts. Lies.
A plan to distract from the daily news of repubs’ continuing plans to help TFG steal the election? We’re paying attention.
The more I read about the plans that were in place to circumvent Biden's legimate win and the continuing gameplan to overcome this Administration , I am gobsmacked.
At first blush, I think my life is not horribly different than it was prior to January 6th. Sans pandemic protocol, I get up everyday, feed my animals, go to work, come home, go to bed and start all over again. My own version of "groundhog day".
Except it's not. The underpins of my life and yours are very different to a point that perhaps we just don't realize.
During the transition of power, someone had the edge of the rug we were standing on and couldn't quite pull it out from under us. It really was that close.
Ali Alexander is one witness whose testimony I’d like to hear.
If he goes in to the hearings claiming he had no knowledge of anyone planning unlawful acts, the members are going to be prepared to test the truth of that claim, and the sword of a possible perjury charge will be hanging very near his head.
Why these people have not been indicted, tried, found guilty, and now living in orange jumpsuits behind bars is beyond me. It is a constant drip, drip, drip of "new" revelations of blatant evidence regarding the attempts to overthrow the government. The people of Ukraine are killing themselves fighting for democracy and we sit here letting democracy die on the vine.
Thank you again, Professor Richardson. Still writing during your time away with Buddy. You are so dedicated and I love this community of dedicated supporters.
I was pleased yesterday to see Senator Brian Schatz bravely speaking the truth about Josh Hawley on the Senate floor. The Ukrainians are being so brave, we need to be brave too!
Lindsay Graham, who wouldn't know what a moral compass was if he tripped over one, an empty suit that blows in the winds of opportunism, a truly worthless pile of shit so desperate to be thought of as something other than the worthless piece of shit he knows in his heart that he is that he has never let a belief in anything get in the way of doing what he thought would get him the object of his desire, who is the most abject of all of them in his conscious decision to allow himself to be walked on by Trump in return for being thought "serious," will be the one who comes out of this time most denigrated by history, regardless of the way things go. He's our times' Franz von Papen, the German conservative who convinced Hindenburg to offer Hitler the Chancellorship, believing he could control him. Of all the Nazis tried at Nuremberg, he was the only one who got off because his lawyer could prove Hitler had never confided anything to him about what was really going on, because Der Fuhrer didn't think Von Papen was anything but a spineless piece of shit. He couldn't even qualify as a war criminal. That will be Graham.
Ketanji Brown Jackson will out perform all of her detractors. She is such a classy lady. I hate what she was put through. But, she’s on her way to a great work for our country. Republican senators be damned.
Heather, yours is another brilliant compilation of the news that gives us a fisheye view of important US occurrences from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's celebratory words to Junior's proud declarations of righteous victory to tfg's inner circle of conspirators ready to destroy our democracy. Thank you!
That more and more are willing to speak out is a comfort. Patience, as they say, is a virtue of which I am low in reserve. How I wish that I had been a fly on the days when Javanka spoke with the 1/6 committee! And please don't get me started on Lindsey Graham, one of the most despicable and immoral players on our political scene!
On April 8, Salon published commentary by Col. Don Christensen (ret.), the former chief prosecutor of the U.S. Air Force, regarding Lindsey Graham's hypocritical stance on sentencing guidelines for those in the military convicted for child pornography.
"What has Sen. Graham done, then, to address how leniently the military sentences child pornography offenders? Has he proposed eliminating the "no punishment" sentencing option, imposing mandatory minimum sentences for child pornography offenses, authorizing the use of pre-sentencing reports, or giving military judges the same authority to place conditions on offenders after they have served their sentences? Has he either publicly or privately berated military leadership or military judges for light child pornography offenses? No. Instead, Graham has forcefully fought military justice reform, and worked to undermine his Senate colleagues who have sought such needed reform of the military justice system — often by using his years of service as a military lawyer to justify his opposition."
"Graham's indifference concerning the military's lenient treatment of child pornography, compared to his supposed disgust regarding Judge Jackson's sentencing record, is not only hypocritical. It is political theater at its worst. How we should sentence child pornography offenders is a legitimate debate. But after decades of inaction on his part to reform the military sentencing process, Graham's sudden concern about child pornography sentencing is no more than a cheap, hypocritical and destructive attempt to score political points."
https://www.salon.com/2022/04/08/lindsey-graham-is-a-total-hypocrite-on-jackson-and-child-porn-heres-why/
Lying racist Senator Lindsey Graham - the posturing red faced schizophrenic senator - resembles a rotting hull in rough seas, a boat with no rudder, taking on water. Lying Trump likes him. Do they both cheat in golf?
I remember when Judge Keanji Brown Jackson was nominated. Lindsay Graham, as he is known to do, came out in support of her and said she was aptly competent to be a Supreme Court Justice and in fact and voted to confirm her for her current position on the Court of Appeals. But, typical to Lindsay Graham his opinion changes when the wind follows suit. In other words, he continues to be the biggest hypocrite in the Senate. Throughout the past administration he would show his disdain for the actions of DT, only to completely backtrack in the next few days acting as if we did not hear correctly. He is the epitome of gaslighting and does not deserve the office he holds.
WOW...Lindsey Graham (R-SC) got it right! Justices who are "judicial activist, she/he (sic) gets the outcome she/he (sic) wants no matter how the law’s written, when it comes to crime, her/his record is very, very dangerous”...speaking of course of Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Coney Barrett who disregard the principle of stare decisis and the plain text of the Constitution so as to avoid results anathema to GOP objectives.
As always, thank you Heather and hello LFAA community.
My wife and I watched the South Lawn proceedings this morning. Our hearts swelled with pride, joy and goodwill - if not hope. Justice Jackson is worthy of her appointment, and We the People are fortunate to have her.
Meanwhile...
“I voted no to Judge Jackson, and now I understand why the radical left wanted her so badly. She’s a judicial activist, she gets the outcome she wants no matter how the law’s written, when it comes to crime, her record is very, very dangerous.” - Sen. Lindsey Graham
Don’t people, influencers if you will, like Sen. Graham understand just how dangerous their rhetoric is, and the violence it can incite? His action was shameful and unbecoming of a statesman.
The more you write about the violent attempted overthrow of our government, the more chilling the reality becomes. Like a page-turner thriller, each letter reinforces the struggle we are all involved in to preserve our flawed, but democratic system. Thank god you are there, shining the light, in this, our darkest night….
Apologetically, for lack of exact relevance; Ginni And Clarence Thomas have vanished from all news media. Were they abducted by aliens? No follow-up, investigative reporting? No legal repercussions?
Ketanji Brown Jackson, our most revered and newest justice, will not be able to render much until she is fully instated, after Breyer retires. I cannot wait for her dissents! In the meantime, I have been reading an interesting book by Elizabeth Becker called “You Don’t Belong Here”. It focuses on three female journalists covering the Vietnam War. The lies we were told by Nixon and Kissinger plus Gen. Westmoreland were atrocious and yet Kissinger won a Nobel Peace Prize. I mention this book as it truly gives a perspective that is now mirrored by the women who are covering yet another costly and unnecessary war. I simply do not understand why mankind continually wishes to engage in these battles. We are already fighting against the evil forces within our own country…lies, deceit, religious zealots, white supremacy. The only good thing I can say right now is it certainly appears that the DOJ is making headway through the muck they’ve been dealt. Please please, let us see that these mongrels are sent to the slammer! Thank you, HRC, for your relentless pursuit of the truth while wading through the filth.
What has happened to our two party system, our Democracy, when the peaceful transfer of power is blocked by the losing party? From before the election and continuing more than a year later. Those players include TFG’s family members and elected repubs. “Trump, Jr., offered a number of different ways in which Trump could nonetheless steal the election, most of which later materialized. Trump, Jr. apparently could not see why this would be a problem, since, "we have operational control.” “It's very simple," he texted: “We have multiple paths[.] We control them all.” ‘ The losing party continues to attempt to sabotage and make false claims about policies and actions by the Biden administration, including Lindsay Graham casting shadows on the confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. “ “I voted no to Judge Jackson, and now I understand why the radical left wanted her so badly. She’s a judicial activist, she gets the outcome she wants no matter how the law’s written, when it comes to crime, her record is very, very dangerous.” Twisting the truth and the facts. Lies.
A plan to distract from the daily news of repubs’ continuing plans to help TFG steal the election? We’re paying attention.
Thank you Heather.
The more I read about the plans that were in place to circumvent Biden's legimate win and the continuing gameplan to overcome this Administration , I am gobsmacked.
At first blush, I think my life is not horribly different than it was prior to January 6th. Sans pandemic protocol, I get up everyday, feed my animals, go to work, come home, go to bed and start all over again. My own version of "groundhog day".
Except it's not. The underpins of my life and yours are very different to a point that perhaps we just don't realize.
During the transition of power, someone had the edge of the rug we were standing on and couldn't quite pull it out from under us. It really was that close.
Be safe. Be well.
Ali Alexander is one witness whose testimony I’d like to hear.
If he goes in to the hearings claiming he had no knowledge of anyone planning unlawful acts, the members are going to be prepared to test the truth of that claim, and the sword of a possible perjury charge will be hanging very near his head.