Doomerism

I gotta admit I don't really understand the wave of "Trump's ear was bleeding, he had a cool photo taken, BIDEN IS DOOOOOOOOOMED!!!"

I mean, he might be doomed, but I don't think that's going to matter much!

Well, Dems going supine (their comfy place) in response to it might do it, but...

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But I Watched All Those Movies

I'm not immune to propaganda (none of us are) and I will admit that decades of Copaganda films in which the Secret Service are the most professional of law enforcement agencies, its agents perhaps imbued with mild superpowers and certainly willing to sacrfice everything to protect their charges, had an impact on me!

I suspect they aren't quite that good.

Calvinball

Just have to laugh.

BIG NEWS - Judge Cannon dismisses classified docs case —> says Jack Smith appointment is unconstitutional pic.twitter.com/kA4fCaHTPp

— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) July 15, 2024

...The Democrats!

Whatever the reality, why do so many of them use reporters for their therapy sessions?

But the second senior House Democrat offered one reason for why it might: "We've all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency."

I mean, telling people that all is lost for the presidency isn't going to do wonders for fundraising and volunteer recruitment everywhere! Saying these things out loud isn't the best way to keep those House seats!

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Sunday Night

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Sunday Evening

Monday tomorrow.

Clancy Wiggum Is On The Case

Amazing stuff.

Responding to questions from The Washington Post, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed Sunday that the agency relied on local police at the Trump rally to fill out significant parts of its typical array of specialized protective units — including its heavily-armed counter assault team that provided cover as Trump’s detail evacuated him and the counter sniper teams that ultimately spotted and killed the shooter.

Amazing:

One local police officer climbed to the roof and encountered Crooks, who pointed his rifle at the officer. The officer retreated down the ladder, and Crooks quickly took a shot toward Trump, and that’s when Secret Service snipers shot him, said the officials, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

Editorial Judgment

A good example of how reporting is always subject to profoundly important choices. Include this context or leave it out? That fucking newspaper* left it in this time.

*"That fucking newspaper, which in 2020 published an opinion piece by Tom Cotton that..."

Quiet Blogging Day

On some days it is best to retreat from The Discourse a bit.

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Sunday funday.

Saturday Night

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Ruh-Roh

Gunshots at Trump rally.

#BREAKING Trump seen with blood on ear as removed from rally stage by security: AFP pic.twitter.com/K3JIhbjQvZ

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 13, 2024

Hippie Shit

Not picking on the Biden campaign here, but I'm regularly struck how conventional wisdom is that to win the presidency you "campaign from the center" (after going left in the primary, if there is one), and that is not actually what Dems do.

Rudy!

Say goodbye to your money.

A federal judge in New York on Friday threw out Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, paving the way for a litany of creditors, including two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation claim against him, to pursue and potentially seize his assets.

In his 22-page order, Lane cited Giuliani’s “continued failure to meet his reporting obligations and provide the financial transparency required of a debtor in possession” and called his behavior “troubling.” It restricts Giuliani from seeking bankruptcy protection for one year.

Was There Even A Sternly Worded Letter

Powerless smol bean US.

Former commanders of the Netzah Yehuda battalion, an Israeli military unit that has been accused by the United States of gross human rights violations against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank prior to October 7, have been promoted to senior positions in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and are now active in training Israeli ground troops as well as running operations in Gaza, a CNN investigation has found.

If the Professional Democrats can spend weeks telling people the Biden's brain doesn't work, I think I'm entitled to highlight that some of the things he is doing are, in fact, bad.

Well He Is A Convict, A Rapist, and a Cheater

What is the bar for "facts" these days.

Neat trick the NYT has found, to dismiss all criticism as  somehow Trump-like.

The president’s defiance, and the crowd’s enthusiastic response, helped give the Biden event at a Detroit high school gym the flavor of a Trump rally at times. When Mr. Biden referred to his political opponent, there were chants of “Lock him up” — which the president did not discourage. When he criticized news media coverage, big cheers followed, with his supporters turning to boo and point fingers at reporters.

 

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