"Anti-democratic measures like Ohio’s Issue 1 are emblematic of how the fight for abortion rights is playing out in a post-Roe America. With almost 70 percent of Americans supporting abortion rights, opponents are increasingly offering no substantive response."
~ Laleh Ispahani
#Ohio #abortion #democracy
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https://newrepublic.com/article/174814/ohio-election-abortion-rights-ballot-democracy
nostr:npub18l6jhr7hj23j5mfxa9v8uza7q56ck0xqfy56zmw90r2u3jcg0kgqe6gmj2 Yes, I agree, and at the same time, I see the intent concern of law officials including Jack Smith not to let Trump draw them into a trap with his dramatics and acting out.
nostr:npub1jszvy99w7kzd5se3hyz3z6k2wlcqg9jtxh3c3vl3uwrpdec4yqhsdk42fk It could surely be both, couldn't it? Yes, I agree that a cynical political calculus is at work in what Turbeville's doing, and it's probably being developed by more players than Tuberville himself. He's far from the sharpest knife in the drawer. The end-game, seems to me, is to make Republican-leaning people incline to thinking the military is "infected" — by people of color, women, LGBTQ folks and especially transgender folks. And then to use that to lock down GOP control.
nostr:npub1r3gufu3753wjdvtpu5jdeduyd8c2rualu6mtumcsv8rd6m9ym7yqp5dvg5 Absolutely. No law for me and mine, but law and order for the rest of you!
nostr:npub1f9v63qyf622d8cg0e45p3n77xlz85f4fh2d5jz0fa30ltupkqtqspka0lw It does for sure.
nostr:npub1vzq495gux2rtp8dy34hge37f348009a9zgaam7swszycra2cf02q3agn6z Yes, dangerous either way, for sure — but I think the cunning, planned out malicious actions of an ill-intentioned person may ultimately be more dangerous than those of stupid people, especially when that person achieves a position of power.
nostr:npub1x8095g8udkay5fuheqkx7kejtpm3e0hvxcpmkzd3negr5e0gdcrs7xjrzl It's definitely an experience living in a deep-red state dominated by white evangelical culture right now. Reminds me of the deep corruption of one-party rule allied with unchecked power of the super-rich in the 1890s. The corruption is deep.
nostr:npub1g4xg7dpd8uv5sukch6sump8vv9w9ac85r2rfgp625d5pwuxmzmpq99xug4 Glad you've found a way out of that world — a story that gives hope.
nostr:npub1t7udgg8wrtykgfguv25ywwqjrj6hld3jhhdhv24xj2rnwdtdpwssa8zdhu Yes, symbolic issues that, for him ad those who take part in this way of framing things, crystallize all that's wrong with the world at present — government overreach, gender confusion, etc.
"Judge Chutkan has broad discretion over Trump’s D.C. trial date. Anger her and you add incentive to set a trial as early as is consistent with the time Trump’s lawyers need to adequately prepare.
If a trial occurs in the spring of 2024, the prospects for a pre-election conviction are strong."
~ Dennis Aftergut
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #Republicans
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https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/will-trump-social-media-behavior-cost-him-court
"A Thursday Reuters-Ipsos poll told us that if a conviction occurs, 45 percent of Republicans would not vote for him, compared to 35 percent who would.
Tough getting back into the Oval Office with those numbers.
So, Mr. Trump, with respect to more threatening posts, consider taking some time off social media. Otherwise, it might be you—and not just an autotuned collection of your video clips—singing, 'I fought the law and the law won.'”
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #Republicans
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"Judge Chutkan has broad discretion over Trump’s D.C. trial date. Anger her and you add incentive to set a trial as early as is consistent with the time Trump’s lawyers need to adequately prepare.
If a trial occurs in the spring of 2024, the prospects for a pre-election conviction are strong."
~ Dennis Aftergut
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #Republicans
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https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/will-trump-social-media-behavior-cost-him-court
Republicans, aka members of The Crime Party, believe that the law applies ONLY to targeted others. Not to themselves.
This is what they have meant all along when they've ranted about law and order. Flaunting the law, thumbing their nose at the law, when it seeks to restrain their own criminal behavior, gives them great delight, and this is a great part of Trump's appeal to Republican (aka Crime Party) voters.
#Trump #Republicans #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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Republicans, aka members of The Crime Party, believe that the law applies ONLY to targeted others. Not to themselves.
This is what they have meant all along when they've ranted about law and order. Flaunting the law, thumbing their nose at the law, when it seeks to restrain their own criminal behavior, gives them great delight, and this is a great part of Trump's appeal to Republican (aka Crime Party) voters.
#Trump #Republicans #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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"As a three-decade former state prosecutor in New York, I have never seen a defendant treated as leniently as defendant Trump. He has a rap sheet with 3 open felony indictments, 78-charges, in 3 separate jurisdictions. He has repeatedly threatened prosecutors, judges, and potential witnesses and has his own 757 jumbo jet at the ready to fly anywhere in the world and can abscond at any time."
~ Karen Friedman Agnifilo
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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https://www.meidastouch.com/news/defendant-trumps-sweetheart-deal
"And the nature of his charges are among the most serious there are — he is accused of stealing our nation’s most sensitive secrets, trying to destroy evidence of his crimes, committing fraud in the oval office, and causing a violent insurrection in order to attempt to steal an election he lost, and our democracy.
Imagine if he were Black or Muslim. There is no doubt he would be incarcerated pending trial."
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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"As a three-decade former state prosecutor in New York, I have never seen a defendant treated as leniently as defendant Trump. He has a rap sheet with 3 open felony indictments, 78-charges, in 3 separate jurisdictions. He has repeatedly threatened prosecutors, judges, and potential witnesses and has his own 757 jumbo jet at the ready to fly anywhere in the world and can abscond at any time."
~ Karen Friedman Agnifilo
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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https://www.meidastouch.com/news/defendant-trumps-sweetheart-deal
"It’s a deadly serious moment, and yet in many ways it’s a joke that this man is still the leader of his party, the front runner for their nomination to be president again, their voice."
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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"After going on the attack against prosecutors and Mike Pence, now a witness against him, this weekend, he attacked the judge on social media too, just to round out his trifecta of terrible. Good luck on finding those 'powerful grounds' Trump claims he’ll trot out to argue Judge Chutkan should be recused. They don’t exist."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
"For non-lawyers, you should know that publicly attacking the impartiality of the judge on social media is a very bad idea. …
The judge may not react immediately to offensive posts by Trump because she is 'developing a record' of persistent abuses—a fact that would help sanctions against Trump stand up on appeal."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
Give him enough rope, and he'll ….
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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"It’s going to get worse unless Judge Chutkan (on her own initiative or at the urging of prosecutors) orders Trump’s lawyers to show cause why his release pending trial should not be revoked in light of his violation of the conditions of his release.
This would at least put Trump on notice that he will be treated like any other criminal defendant who violates conditions of release pending trial."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/mr-trump-goes-to-his-washington-arraignment
"That’s what the rule of law is all about. At this moment, 400,000 criminal defendants in the United States are awaiting trial in jail because they didn’t meet a condition of their release.
Trump is now under the supervision of the court, as would be any criminal defendant after an arraignment. But he will continue to test the willingness and ability of the court to treat him like any other criminal defendant unless he’s firmly reined in."
#Trump #crime #criminal #LawandOrder
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