Re: the Roberts Court's decisions promoting corruption...*McDonnell v US* is a paradigm in this regard, where the Court held that a bribery conviction in a federal trial of a state's governor based upon accepting gifts is not a violation of the propriety of "official acts" minus any CLEAR evidence of a quid pro quo arrangement. IOW, accepting a "gift" after the fact is no indication of bribery before the fact, something-something.
The decision virtually removes from federal prosecution any suspected bribery of state officials under federal bribery statutes, rather it kicks it back to the states to enforce their own bribery statues...SUBJECT TO the constitutionality of resultant prosecutions. And there you have it.
I read the ICE WARNING NOTICE you linked to -- OMG! "My blood is boiling" -- the noted "criminality" is so outrageous!! So targeting is the first step towards loss of rule of law - our rights -- WTF?!!!! Thank you for informing the citizenry -- Kudos!
Suppression, with violence, is fast becoming the rule! Often a citizen is captured on the street, cuffed after an altercation, whisked away to where? No one knows for sure. This dismantling of The RULE of LAW is the GOAL of DHS and their hired ICE employees. All approved my the Baby in our House, #47! 🤥🤥🤥
“Maine election law provides a clear—though tightly constrained—mechanism for replacing a general-election nominee after the primary. Under Title 21-A, §374-A, a political party may name a new candidate if its nominee withdraws by 5 p.m. on the second Monday in July, which falls on July 13 in 2026.
If that happens, the party then has until 5 p.m. on the fourth Monday in July—July 27—to select a replacement nominee. The process is handled internally by the party, which must move quickly to settle on a new candidate and transition into the general election.”
The corrupting power of the Supreme Court, is not only in its results that smash democratic standards but also in its methodology which is idesigned to dodge even the accountability of stare decisis so as to present the possibility of dodging a less than desirable result from its logic in the future. Hard to believe but the biggest fascist contributors of the early 21st century will be the Court and not the stumbling, bumbling, crumbling MAGAs.
Speaking of stumbling, bumbling and crumbling, the weird alliance of berniebros and Obama podcasters promoting Platner’s campaign owe accountability for this disaster, which if it costs control of the Senate will be equal to their misguided dance into Trumps first term where the Supreme Court was lost. Platner was always problematic and at best another Fetterman. But, hey,just as we need our own Joe Rogan, how about our own Trump?
Re: the Roberts Court's decisions promoting corruption...*McDonnell v US* is a paradigm in this regard, where the Court held that a bribery conviction in a federal trial of a state's governor based upon accepting gifts is not a violation of the propriety of "official acts" minus any CLEAR evidence of a quid pro quo arrangement. IOW, accepting a "gift" after the fact is no indication of bribery before the fact, something-something.
The decision virtually removes from federal prosecution any suspected bribery of state officials under federal bribery statutes, rather it kicks it back to the states to enforce their own bribery statues...SUBJECT TO the constitutionality of resultant prosecutions. And there you have it.
Police state shit. Makes Vance salivate like hell.
I read the ICE WARNING NOTICE you linked to -- OMG! "My blood is boiling" -- the noted "criminality" is so outrageous!! So targeting is the first step towards loss of rule of law - our rights -- WTF?!!!! Thank you for informing the citizenry -- Kudos!
Suppression, with violence, is fast becoming the rule! Often a citizen is captured on the street, cuffed after an altercation, whisked away to where? No one knows for sure. This dismantling of The RULE of LAW is the GOAL of DHS and their hired ICE employees. All approved my the Baby in our House, #47! 🤥🤥🤥
How do we protect our email and chat? In his speeches Trump has called Democrats terrorists. Is he pushing this to what he considers Treason?
Re Platner: He has to decide soon:
“Maine election law provides a clear—though tightly constrained—mechanism for replacing a general-election nominee after the primary. Under Title 21-A, §374-A, a political party may name a new candidate if its nominee withdraws by 5 p.m. on the second Monday in July, which falls on July 13 in 2026.
If that happens, the party then has until 5 p.m. on the fourth Monday in July—July 27—to select a replacement nominee. The process is handled internally by the party, which must move quickly to settle on a new candidate and transition into the general election.”
(Via https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/07/pod-save-republican-control-of-the-senate)
Firstly, I’m not sure he’s not electable even now. Not going to second guess the Maine electorate.
But what is possibly disturbing that apparently the national Democrats have been involved in pushing the stories re his behavior.
The national party is at the point where they really, really hate us.
The corrupting power of the Supreme Court, is not only in its results that smash democratic standards but also in its methodology which is idesigned to dodge even the accountability of stare decisis so as to present the possibility of dodging a less than desirable result from its logic in the future. Hard to believe but the biggest fascist contributors of the early 21st century will be the Court and not the stumbling, bumbling, crumbling MAGAs.
Speaking of stumbling, bumbling and crumbling, the weird alliance of berniebros and Obama podcasters promoting Platner’s campaign owe accountability for this disaster, which if it costs control of the Senate will be equal to their misguided dance into Trumps first term where the Supreme Court was lost. Platner was always problematic and at best another Fetterman. But, hey,just as we need our own Joe Rogan, how about our own Trump?