If it pleases the court, we would like to enter into evidence… (dramatic pause) …proof that you cannot fix stupid:
If that’s not enough proof…
The prosecution rests.
Of course it is AI (don’t come at me, bro), but other than that No Lie Detected; think of it as a better cartoon.
I would totally watch this show.
(Hat tip: Scissorhead calcurmedgeon)
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It’s time to wildly expand the courts (and other remedies) because:
The Torquemada of Trenton, Witchfinder Alito is retiring. Oops, no he’s not.
And while this is on the surface good news, it also means that Hair Füror will replace him, undoubtedly with another foul justice who will be much younger and on the bench longer.
I think that the 4th Reich called it Freedom250 because that’s the projected attendance… Anyway, here’s some snarky analysis to start your day:
MacFarlane: I feel like all of this was doomed to fail at the Great American State Fair the second Milli Vanilli canceled. Only bad things happen when Milli Vanilli cancels on you.
It’s going to be a chapter of the story of Trump that’s titled, Milli Vanilli Canceled on Trump, but He Persevered.
Yes. Here’s the thing. I’ve got an official document here. I’ve got a Post-it note that lists all the important dates coming up soon on Trump vanity projects.
It’s put-up-or-shut-up time. July 8, he’s going to be in court—or his Department of Justice will be in court—on the slush fund.
July 9, the Department of Justice, has to actually put on paper what it says people did at the reflecting pool. That’s the deadline to charge people either with minor water touching or some type of felonious box-cutter assault.
Then, in mid-July, he’s got to answer for the tarp on the Kennedy Center. The judge wants to know why the tarp is still up there and when the tarp is coming down.
I’ve never thought of Scott MacFarlane as being funny, so maybe I need to reassess him?
On a more serious note about the state-fair thingie:
Confederate flag images removed from North Carolina booth at Great American State Fair
Maybe there is —at last!— a line the fascist will not cross?
SCOTUS Dei Chief Justice John Roberts
“Today is going to be another big day, as the Supremes will hand down decisions in the three remaining undecided cases for this term: The first is National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, which is the RNC challenging rules that govern coordination between PACs and candidates. The second is West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox, which are about trans girls’ right to play high school sports. And the third, and the biggie, is Trump v. Barbara, which is Trump trying to overturn birthright citizenship. ”
The 14th Amendment has been a bone of contention for conservatives since 1866. Hair Füror vowed to change the law since entering politics in 2015, arguing the 14th Amendment was written specifically to enshrine the rights of freed slaves, only. His critics counter that it was always designed to apply to the children of immigrants too — a judgment upheld by the Supreme Court in 1898.
If this goes down, there really is no stare decisis left.
Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) email thingie ledes with our corrupt and illegitimate John Roberts’ SCOTUS:
JUDGMENT DAY, PART II: Brace yourselves for another Truth Social eruption. The Supreme Court justices will issue their final opinions of the term at 10 a.m., and once again they’ve saved most of the drama for the end.
Long-awaited judgments on birthright citizenship, transgender athletes’ rights and campaign spending rules will be handed down by the court today at the climax of a two-day blitz of opinions which, taken together, are permanently reshaping the power of the executive branch.
The Journos at NOTUS’ email thingie:
What will be remembered from this Supreme Court term? The last words on it come today, and they could be very loud.
The high court is expected to deliver a birthright citizenship decision: a ruling on Donald Trump’s effort to alter the way the 14th Amendment has been understood for more than a century.
Since his executive order limiting birthright citizenship to the children of legal residents was signed on the first day of his second term, the issue has spawned lawsuits and roiled the courts. Then, as today, legal scholars/observers/anyone with a political pulse say the belief is Trump loses, and loses big.
Of course, no one outside the court really knows what the justices will do, ever,but on this one most people think they do.
If they’re right, will it carry the same force it would have last summer, when the power of this administration seemed limitless to so many? Immigration enforcement — the seminal “80/20 issue” MAGA talks about — has become a negative for this White House. Sixty-eight percent of independents disapproved of the job Trump is doing on immigration, the most recent AP-NORC poll found. A midterm some Republicans hoped would be an immigration victory lap is going to be another one where the incumbent party is on defense over prices.
There’s another ruling expected that could have a huge impact on these midterms. A challenge to long-standing coordinated spending rules brought against the FEC by Republican campaign groups could significantly boost the power political parties have in elections, and make it easier for congressional races to be nationalized.
There’s no real consensus on how the court will rule on that one. Get that refresh button ready as cases drop at 10 a.m.
Probably by the time this post goes live we will know some of what outrage John Roberts has inflicted upon us. Expect updates.
UPDATE 1: The Decision is here, if you want to read it. TL;DR: they used the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to codify that trans people are not equal:
With that kind of 14th Amendment logic, Obergefell will fall when they find a test case.
UPDATE 2: Justice Kavanaugh holds that federal statutory limits on coordinated campaign expenditures by political parties violate the First Amendment. The Decision is here.
Money is free speech, in other words. The more of it, the better. This is a eff’ing disaster.
UPDATE 3: PEEWEE GERMAN HAZ A SAD —Birthright citizen ship is upheld (Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissenting). – the decision is here. It’s good to know that those 3 justices believe that a president can amend the constitution at will.
H/T @NamelessCynic
You can practically hear the crocodiles giggling after putting up that sign.
“The cat tells me hoomins taste like chicken,” the crocodile snickered. “Mmmmm, chicken.”
Anyone still want to argue about the imminent Death of Broadcast?
Comcast to Spin Off NBCUniversal, Ending a Long Union of Cable and Media
Comcast said on Monday that it planned to split off NBCUniversal into a separate publicly traded company, unwinding a 15-year corporate marriage that put celebrated films and TV shows like “Saturday Night Live” under the same roof as cable hookups and wireless internet service.
The deal is part of a trend in the media industry of separating faster-growing internet services from traditional TV. Earlier this year, Comcast spun off its cable channels, including MS NOW, CNBC and USA, into a separate company, called Versant, part of a bid to streamline its sprawling operations.
Comcast Chairman Brian Roberts will be involved in the leadership of both companies after the deal, which is expected to be completed in a year, according to the announcement. Mike Cavanagh, the co-chief executive of Comcast, will become chief executive of NBCUniversal; Michael Angelakis, the former chief financial officer of Comcast, will become Comcast’s chief executive. NBCUniversal will be spun off tax-free to Comcast shareholders, with Comcast retaining a 19.9 percent stake for up to one year.
“Both companies come out of this better off than they started,” Mr. Roberts said in an interview with The Times. “It’s going to set us up for a very exciting future.”
So I wonder if the 4th Reich DOJ will approve another merger for Gums Ellison, or if a different nepo-baby or outright billionaire will buy the sinking platform? Say, what’s Faceberg own these days besides the Socials?
Anyway, the future is streaming; broadcast is in the review mirror; cable is roadkill.
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This confused the merde out of me:
And in a 6-3 ruling along ideological lines, the justices found that his firing last year of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter was lawful, overruling Humphrey’s Executor, a 91-year-old precedent that said Congress can limit presidents’ power to fire Senate-confirmed leaders except in cases of “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.”
compared with this ruling…
The justices in another 5-4 decision sent a lawsuit over Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook from the Fed board back to a lower court, allowing Cook to remain in her post while the litigation continues to play out.
…and then I realized that the difference is money.
Sometimes we hoomins surprise me and do something good.
(Hat tip: Scissorhead M Davis)
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