| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| So much for the rule of law! | 2021-12-31 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1476779226292359170 | 1476779226292359170 |
| https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo | 2021-12-31 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1476754404619395072 | 1476754404619395072 |
| FBI surveillance in Portland. | 2021-12-24 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474212511754817542 | 1474212511754817542 |
| Sackler settlement fair? | 2021-12-17 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1471653411288272902 | 1471653411288272902 |
| If the Supreme Court upholds nullification, John C Calhoun | 2021-12-13 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470255458514395136 | 1470255458514395136 |
| The Trumpist Supreme Court seems to be willing to | 2021-12-13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470253865387716609 | 1470253865387716609 |
| Blind judges! | 2021-12-13 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1470251605723205635 | 1470251605723205635 |
| Social-media organized mash-and-grab crime has changed | 2021-12-13 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470244020752302080 | 1470244020752302080 |
| Legal strategy worthy of Trumpism - send random documents | 2021-12-13 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470242186050613249 | 1470242186050613249 |
| Crime gets old. | 2021-12-12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469843048108490755 | 1469843048108490755 |
| Border Patrol plays amateur detective. | 2021-12-12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469840642394103811 | 1469840642394103811 |
| Is expanding the Supreme Court the only way to get it out | 2021-12-11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469661217694224386 | 1469661217694224386 |
| Think Pandora Papers had nothing to do with you? | 2021-12-10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1469119872529436677 | 1469119872529436677 |
| What things a president says are part of his job? | 2021-12-06 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1467771235517927424 | 1467771235517927424 |
| Why are flash-mob robberies spreading like covid? | 2021-12-04 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1466968746933686281 | 1466968746933686281 |
| Ingraham and Cruz drop the fig leaves - "if this court | 2021-12-03 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466907810512338946 | 1466907810512338946 |
| Democratic senators take another look at restructuring | 2021-12-03 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466612955395477505 | 1466612955395477505 |
| Overturning Roe v Wade was Trump's public promise to | 2021-12-02 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1466463132574965768 | 1466463132574965768 |
| Don't cheat if you're incompetent. | 2021-12-02 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466258973196120069 | 1466258973196120069 |
| Waves of crime lead to waves of tough anti-crime | 2021-12-01 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466122822569259012 | 1466122822569259012 |
| "Much of their fortunes are held in offshore trusts that | 2021-12-01 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1465940173217153027 | 1465940173217153027 |
| Doing something about unruly passengers? They're just | 2021-11-25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463741104759607301 | 1463741104759607301 |
| White supremacists get to pay for the publicity from their | 2021-11-24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1463409563449790467 | 1463409563449790467 |
| White supremacist guards beating black inmates? | 2021-11-21 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1462503401812418560 | 1462503401812418560 |
| Of course the Dixiecrat GOP endorses terrorism. It's an | 2021-11-20 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461931257583976453 | 1461931257583976453 |
| A reactionary judiciary reacts - | 2021-11-19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461545781035368453 | 1461545781035368453 |
| Defunding the police is a dead issue. No city is doing | 2021-11-18 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461172027977461761 | 1461172027977461761 |
| Justice delayed is justice denied! | 2021-11-17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460983044861423617 | 1460983044861423617 |
| Too bad - even if Trump were president he couldn't save | 2021-11-15 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460372075948896259 | 1460372075948896259 |
| Criminals in cells, criminals outside cells. | 2021-11-14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459957657893105666 | 1459957657893105666 |
| No more black pastors? | 2021-11-12 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459007618068803588 | 1459007618068803588 |
| It's still legal to kill anybody you don't like in most | 2021-11-06 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456830945118470148 | 1456830945118470148 |
| Political considerations at the Supreme Court over | 2021-11-05 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456474718161149953 | 1456474718161149953 |
| FBI criminal prosecution for worst violent flight | 2021-11-05 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456430391254937602 | 1456430391254937602 |
| Two more tests of the Supreme Court's willingness to | 2021-10-30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454445521507012609 | 1454445521507012609 |
| How will the Supreme Court handle abortion? | 2021-10-29 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454122702936051717 | 1454122702936051717 |
| Limit sentences to 20 years? | 2021-10-24 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452293176077783052 | 1452293176077783052 |
| Desperate as we are to hire more police officers, don't | 2021-10-22 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451376412883968004 | 1451376412883968004 |
| Bringing the big guns to bear on Gaetz. It's hard to | 2021-10-22 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451375654629306375 | 1451375654629306375 |
| By a vote of 202-9, GOP Representatives think you should | 2021-10-21 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451303720013086748 | 1451303720013086748 |
| Defund the police? Only in GOP propaganda. Name one | 2021-10-18 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449922724495708169 | 1449922724495708169 |
| Term limits for Supreme Court justices? | 2021-10-18 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449897426488229888 | 1449897426488229888 |
| Fire camp is better than prison! | 2021-10-17 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449628074685788166 | 1449628074685788166 |
| Clarence Thomas, the most reactionary justice since | 2021-10-15 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449001294824280073 | 1449001294824280073 |
| Term limits would be good for the Federal judiciary. | 2021-10-15 | 103 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448864895676469255 | 1448864895676469255 |
| Undoing some Trump damage. | 2021-10-15 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448842798774439937 | 1448842798774439937 |
| You can't expect a busy man like Trump to worry about | 2021-10-08 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446300379155615751 | 1446300379155615751 |
| Covid hoaxes can land you in prison. | 2021-10-07 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446218532853727254 | 1446218532853727254 |
| So ten months later how many have been disbarred? | 2021-10-06 | 210 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445897939822395396 | 1445897939822395396 |
| After 40 years, a Dixiecrat court to match a Dixiecrat | 2021-10-04 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445150387036590094 | 1445150387036590094 |
| When should the cops be able to impound your car? And how | 2021-09-20 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439749474008514560 | 1439749474008514560 |
| The modern McConnell Supreme Court and Federal judiciary | 2021-09-15 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438147196348551170 | 1438147196348551170 |
| The Supreme Court is what it was made to be by the Senate | 2021-09-11 | 73 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1436546140590149634 | 1436546140590149634 |
| The biggest change in Trump's administration - installation | 2021-08-27 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1431073015001804802 | 1431073015001804802 |
| It's all about individual freedom! | 2021-08-19 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1428229262243287040 | 1428229262243287040 |
| Presidential pardons do not affect state crimes, or civil | 2021-08-19 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1428223442629775367 | 1428223442629775367 |
| Some cops want to defund themselves. | 2021-08-13 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1426031963173916683 | 1426031963173916683 |
| Trumpism in the air is getting out of hand. | 2021-07-30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1420955537382854660 | 1420955537382854660 |
| He's a friend with Trump, so of course he goes where the | 2021-07-21 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417704056852647938 | 1417704056852647938 |
| Who knew that ELECTED officials are Federal employees? | 2021-07-19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417259953887223817 | 1417259953887223817 |
| Another reason to stay home! | 2021-07-19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417129182857809932 | 1417129182857809932 |
| Trump said so! What more evidence would any reasonable | 2021-07-19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416938342713757699 | 1416938342713757699 |
| Right out of the Cohn/Trump playbook - hit back twice | 2021-07-14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415318345738457088 | 1415318345738457088 |
| No glory for whistleblowers. | 2021-07-08 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413135151094136844 | 1413135151094136844 |
| Who do the cops say support funding police? | 2021-06-30 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410090048897183744 | 1410090048897183744 |
| If Trump and Trumpists don't bother to obey the law, | 2021-06-29 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1409718156604502016 | 1409718156604502016 |
| What a concept - reinforce police and attack the root | 2021-06-29 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1409695380552355845 | 1409695380552355845 |
| You can't hire Rudy to represent you in court any more! | 2021-06-25 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1408513447076065280 | 1408513447076065280 |
| Another of Trump's greatest legacies - eroding the | 2021-06-20 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1406612164245278725 | 1406612164245278725 |
| GOP plans to run against crime and defunding police, even | 2021-06-13 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404221244942077955 | 1404221244942077955 |
| Who wants to be a cop these days? | 2021-06-11 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403330527168401420 | 1403330527168401420 |
| Remember the Pentagon Papers? Sometimes "patriotic" | 2021-06-10 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403127969657155584 | 1403127969657155584 |
| Some folks just can't seem to stay out of trouble. | 2021-06-10 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402850058354135044 | 1402850058354135044 |
| Restoring history by removing the rewrites. | 2021-06-10 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402787510191751173 | 1402787510191751173 |
| Odd justice system! | 2021-06-10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402783362759086080 | 1402783362759086080 |
| Like everybody else, some of Vollmer's ideas were better | 2021-06-03 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400480628068343813 | 1400480628068343813 |
| Stanford Federalist Society tries to strike against satire, | 2021-06-03 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1400297209174786050 | 1400297209174786050 |
| The evil men do lives after them. | 2021-06-03 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400246491730513920 | 1400246491730513920 |
| When violence hijacks non-violence... the public loses | 2021-05-31 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399430272672690179 | 1399430272672690179 |
| Barr did more for Trump than he ever should have. | 2021-05-28 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1398079634541998080 | 1398079634541998080 |
| Here's part of the swamp that might well be drained. | 2021-05-26 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397392785070641152 | 1397392785070641152 |
| Can a president or ex-president EVER be guilty of ANYthing? | 2021-05-26 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397386922830430208 | 1397386922830430208 |
| Justice is different at the high end and the low end. | 2021-05-25 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397041083868008450 | 1397041083868008450 |
| Acting so as to be above suspicion seems to be too high | 2021-05-24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396967733590302725 | 1396967733590302725 |
| Seems like the solution has to be better pay and working | 2021-05-24 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396966460300300290 | 1396966460300300290 |
| Supreme Court vs California | 2021-05-24 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396868807629500418 | 1396868807629500418 |
| Wherever there's corruption - can Roger Stone be far away? | 2021-05-01 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388287267471429637 | 1388287267471429637 |
| Of course they ignored the law. They're Trumpists! | 2021-04-30 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388271640006459395 | 1388271640006459395 |
| Long past time to close Guantanamo. | 2021-04-29 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387573788477251585 | 1387573788477251585 |
| Supreme Court gets another chance to rule on civil | 2021-04-12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381742294794002438 | 1381742294794002438 |
| If you ever do something outrageous, it's good to know | 2021-04-10 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380688562991951872 | 1380688562991951872 |
| Usually presidential commissions are appointed to bury | 2021-04-10 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380686029976309760 | 1380686029976309760 |
| Judicial support for libel suits against news media. | 2021-03-25 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375142267485220864 | 1375142267485220864 |
| Why Trump has more to fear from civil litigation than | 2021-03-14 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1371134010424848385 | 1371134010424848385 |
| Sounds like a law from Russia, China, N Korea, or Iran. | 2021-03-13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370763606485127170 | 1370763606485127170 |
| Making up stories? | 2021-03-13 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370762589051887618 | 1370762589051887618 |
| Who were the 30 senators who voted against Garland? | 2021-03-10 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1369781921274761217 | 1369781921274761217 |
| Using defamation suits to silence poor people. | 2021-03-07 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368669855059046403 | 1368669855059046403 |
| You don't have a constitutional right to a lawyer in | 2021-02-28 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1366155254186745862 | 1366155254186745862 |
| Vocational training to fight insurrection. | 2021-02-20 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363152628083949571 | 1363152628083949571 |
| Lindsey Graham thinks that encouraging donations to a | 2021-02-19 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1362860273116192769 | 1362860273116192769 |
| What a clever idea for funding law enforcement - put poor | 2021-02-18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362393829370851329 | 1362393829370851329 |
| Evidence can't convince anybody who refuses to consider | 2021-02-13 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360692888246517761 | 1360692888246517761 |
| AT last perhaps we can cleanse this stain on the rule | 2021-02-13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360385453916966912 | 1360385453916966912 |
| It's not just Trumpist politicians and Trumpist media | 2021-02-12 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1360293502202990595 | 1360293502202990595 |
| Democrats need to restore balance to the Federal judiciary. | 2021-02-11 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359967622922530816 | 1359967622922530816 |
| Pardon me! It's who you know AND how much is it worth | 2021-02-05 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357755463127900161 | 1357755463127900161 |
| Known by the company they keep. | 2021-02-04 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357433713634598912 | 1357433713634598912 |
| Trump really changed public opinion! | 2021-02-04 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1357337227576025098 | 1357337227576025098 |
| Not off the hook! | 2021-02-03 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1356860179506028546 | 1356860179506028546 |
| Letting Bannon off the hook might mean it goes deeper into | 2021-01-27 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354529913429061633 | 1354529913429061633 |
| Defamation catches up with Giuliani. | 2021-01-25 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1353693300339822592 | 1353693300339822592 |
| The Saturday Night Massacre that wasn't - stopped by the | 2021-01-23 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352973499581665280 | 1352973499581665280 |
| Next time before you risk jail for rioting or industrial | 2021-01-22 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352457055211122688 | 1352457055211122688 |
| A communication error? | 2021-01-21 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352273258393964546 | 1352273258393964546 |
| Are secret pardons a thing? | 2021-01-20 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351984262069723137 | 1351984262069723137 |
| Rioters disappointed not to get an Official Bad Guy Badge | 2021-01-20 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351778479411367939 | 1351778479411367939 |
| Now we know who all the bad guys are! | 2021-01-20 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351776724657209346 | 1351776724657209346 |
| Who's on the list? | 2021-01-19 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351401297036001280 | 1351401297036001280 |
| Never done anything for Trump and never going to do | 2021-01-18 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351239153690824718 | 1351239153690824718 |
| Presidential pardon doesn't extend to civil litigation. | 2021-01-18 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1351163150725480451 | 1351163150725480451 |
| A real door-buster sale! | 2021-01-18 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1351161678520602625 | 1351161678520602625 |
| Truly a bank for Trump! | 2021-01-15 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350218420285935617 | 1350218420285935617 |
| Guantanamo is a national embarrassment. | 2021-01-13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349478736207376388 | 1349478736207376388 |
| It's about time! Giuliani needs to join Roy Cohn on | 2021-01-12 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348800131101982722 | 1348800131101982722 |
| To prosecute or not - we can't just ignore crimes. | 2021-01-11 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348486403336769536 | 1348486403336769536 |
| Biometrics in Afghanistan. | 2021-01-11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348483341415186434 | 1348483341415186434 |
| Trump should think twice about self-pardon. | 2021-01-10 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1348414891409870849 | 1348414891409870849 |
| New rules for shell companies. Did Trump not notice? | 2021-01-10 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1348308820066406404 | 1348308820066406404 |
| Funny business in Georgia - by order of Trump! | 2021-01-09 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347783543213092869 | 1347783543213092869 |
| Trump changed Eliason's mind on criminal prosecution. | 2021-01-08 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347683764885864450 | 1347683764885864450 |
| The FBI can do two things at once! | 2021-01-08 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347679831438155777 | 1347679831438155777 |
| Trump wants to pardon himself - | 2021-01-08 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347577929597739008 | 1347577929597739008 |
| Powell now, then Giuliani, Wood - and Trump. | 2021-01-08 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347548738735067139 | 1347548738735067139 |
| Trump will pardon himself and his family. | 2021-01-08 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347337499400568832 | 1347337499400568832 |
| To avoid mistaken ideas - Congress should IMMEDIATELY | 2021-01-07 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1347214694939967490 | 1347214694939967490 |
| Some Republicans are ready to think Merrick Garland isn't | 2021-01-07 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346981088711770114 | 1346981088711770114 |
| Any reputable law firm would be glad to be rid of a | 2021-01-06 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346717460225949696 | 1346717460225949696 |
| "If there is no penalty for Republican cheating, there | 2021-01-05 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1346268477607215104 | 1346268477607215104 |
| A true Trumpist - never admit you're wrong, never say | 2021-01-03 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1345532909512400898 | 1345532909512400898 |
| They don't make Republicans like that any more! | 2021-01-01 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1344797354960932864 | 1344797354960932864 |
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========== So much for the rule of law! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/30/mitch-mcconnells-un-conservative-plea-supreme-court/ Strike down a law with severability provisions? Even McConnell can no longer pass muster as a traditional conservative. That must be an ideological dead end. It's always all about unlimited dark campaign money! #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 27 likes 1 time 2021-12-31 04:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476779226292359170 ========== https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo Guantanamo still a stain on America. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opinion/guantanamo-lawyer.html #PS1justice ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-31 03:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1476754404619395072 ========== FBI surveillance in Portland. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/us/portland-protests-fbi-surveillance.html #PS1justice ===== impress 39 time 2021-12-24 02:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474212511754817542 ========== Sackler settlement fair? https://apnews.com/article/business-health-lawsuits-opioids-colleen-mcmahon-1e96ea41f783d8f5db0a024fbb304c1f Opinions vary. #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% expands 1 impress 33 time 2021-12-17 01:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1471653411288272902 ========== If the Supreme Court upholds nullification, John C Calhoun will be vindicated at last - states as well as individuals need pay no attention to laws they don't like. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/opinion/abortion-rights-america.html #PS1justice ===== impress 40 time 2021-12-13 04:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470255458514395136 ========== The Trumpist Supreme Court seems to be willing to decide itself into irrelevance, at least for red states. Maybe that was the point all along. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/11/supreme-court-radical-texas-abortion-ruling/ #PS1justice ===== impress 33 time 2021-12-13 04:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470253865387716609 ========== Blind judges! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/12/term-limits-court-packing-for-supreme-court-bad-ideas/ The era of Federal judges chosen for legal acumen and impartiality is over, thanks to Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. Recent appointees know why they were appointed and what is expected of them. #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 36 time 2021-12-13 04:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470251605723205635 ========== Social-media organized mash-and-grab crime has changed the conversation about crime and punishment. No more talk about defunding police. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/11/8722383/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/11/skelton-how-should-california-respond-to-smash-and-grab-thefts/ Social media transformed disinformation and insurrection, so why not theft? #PS1justice ===== impress 39 time 2021-12-13 04:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470244020752302080 ========== Legal strategy worthy of Trumpism - send random documents to counsel and then claim attorney-client privilege. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-30/judge-orders-google-to-hand-over-antiunion-campaign-documents-in #PS1justice ===== impress 34 time 2021-12-13 04:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470242186050613249 ========== Crime gets old. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-sports-business-health-lifestyle-538efc664e9da0d2f0831f3f3ed9a4d7 It eventually tempts support of authoritarians. #PS1justice ===== impress 21 time 2021-12-12 01:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469843048108490755 ========== Border Patrol plays amateur detective. https://apnews.com/article/business-arts-and-entertainment-journalists-congress-992f41e92d9402299eaffe798048cd12 #PS1justice ===== impress 13 time 2021-12-12 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469840642394103811 ========== Is expanding the Supreme Court the only way to get it out of its current role of protecting minority rule? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/09/expand-supreme-court-laurence-tribe-nancy-gertner/ #PS1justice ===== impress 36 time 2021-12-11 13:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469661217694224386 ========== Think Pandora Papers had nothing to do with you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_Papers Think again if you are trying to buy a house but losing to above-market all-cash offers from foreign investors! The Biden administration is taking a closer look. https://apnews.com/article/politics-business-0881a307f2e672859cd9c31d764ad7ff #PS1justice ===== impress 26 time 2021-12-10 01:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1469119872529436677 ========== What things a president says are part of his job? How can comments about civil litigation over actions taken long before his presidency be part of his job? https://apnews.com/article/trump-defamation-lawsuit-e-jean-carroll-7943f39877672e3ec472f5bf902676a3 #PS1justice ===== impress 39 time 2021-12-06 08:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1467771235517927424 ========== Why are flash-mob robberies spreading like covid? Because nobody needs to obey laws they don't like - or even customs - just ask Trump. Americans value their freedoms and despise the associated responsibilities. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article256234457.html #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 likes 1 time 2021-12-04 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466968746933686281 ========== Ingraham and Cruz drop the fig leaves - "if this court with six justices cannot do the right thing here, then Republicans should blow it up” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/03/supreme-court-conservatives-lied/ So much for the rule of law! It was really all about protecting minority rule all along. #PS1justice ===== impress 29 time 2021-12-03 23:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466907810512338946 ========== Democratic senators take another look at restructuring Supreme Court. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senators-overhaul-supreme-court/2021/12/02/efee5458-5374-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.html The justices have talked the senators into looking. Going beyond looking is not possible without ending filibuster. #PS1justice ===== impress 24 time 2021-12-03 03:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466612955395477505 ========== Overturning Roe v Wade was Trump's public promise to his voters. Installing reactionary judges who would ALSO protect minority rule was his more important private promise to his donors. His judges know that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/02/supreme-court-faces-an-existential-crisis-legitimacy/ #PS1justice ===== engage 2 engage-rate 8% impress 26 time 2021-12-02 17:43 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466463132574965768 ========== Don't cheat if you're incompetent. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/28/us/ppp-funds-miami-lamborghini-trnd/index.html #PS1justice ===== impress 10 time 2021-12-02 04:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466258973196120069 ========== Waves of crime lead to waves of tough anti-crime candidates. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/crime-rates-campaign-political-election-2022/ But the example was set and is set by Trump - you don't have to obey laws you don't like. Especially if you can afford good lawyers. But it's put an end to "defund the police". #PS1justice ===== impress 27 time 2021-12-01 19:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466122822569259012 ========== "Much of their fortunes are held in offshore trusts that could be hard to access in U.S. lawsuits." How much more do you need to know? https://apnews.com/article/business-health-lawsuits-epidemics-opioids-e6049c4d70381c84bfd0d11d5534a6d0 #PS1justice ===== impress 30 time 2021-12-01 07:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1465940173217153027 ========== Doing something about unruly passengers? They're just asserting their freedoms to make other people sick and uncomfortable! https://apnews.com/article/business-merrick-garland-c3b947f81b4281266f9f97eb279db3ba #PS1justice ===== impress 21 time 2021-11-25 05:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463741104759607301 ========== White supremacists get to pay for the publicity from their day in court. https://apnews.com/article/violence-lawsuits-race-and-ethnicity-charlottesville-01d9437ec28ed71b4bae293d7e0d815d #PS1justice ===== impress 21 time 2021-11-24 07:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1463409563449790467 ========== White supremacist guards beating black inmates? Why would that be a problem in DeSantis' Florida? Best. State. Ever. https://apnews.com/article/prisons-florida-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-60b96681445509d89e6c0497405497d6 #PS1justice ===== impress 27 time 2021-11-21 19:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1462503401812418560 ========== Of course the Dixiecrat GOP endorses terrorism. It's an old Southern tradition! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lynch_(judge) Why wait for the slow wheels of the legal system? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/opinion/kyle-rittenhouse-not-guilty-vigilantes.html #PS1justice ===== impress 25 time 2021-11-20 05:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461931257583976453 ========== A reactionary judiciary reacts - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/opinion/abortion-covid19-supreme-court.html Leo's and McConnell's dreams realized. #PS1justice ===== impress 13 time 2021-11-19 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461545781035368453 ========== Defunding the police is a dead issue. No city is doing it now. https://apnews.com/article/business-police-oregon-george-floyd-race-and-ethnicity-7f6bc5b96ebb4dfb69eb910a2e9e9e56 But that won't keep the GOP from campaigning against it. #PS1justice ===== impress 28 time 2021-11-18 03:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461172027977461761 ========== Justice delayed is justice denied! But you never have to face justice if you can afford enough lawyers to run down the clock forever. "This is a legal system in which being able to afford a lawyer is very often the side that prevails” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/trump-january-6-strategy/2021/11/16/c17cbe1e-4624-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 23 time 2021-11-17 14:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460983044861423617 ========== Too bad - even if Trump were president he couldn't save Alex Jones from civil lawsuits. https://apnews.com/article/business-alex-jones-school-shootings-lawsuits-sandy-hook-elementary-school-shooting-154bd79946433d0b8db18dfb34906cf1 His whole business is selling lies and quack supplements. Why should this be different? #PS1justice ===== impress 41 time 2021-11-15 22:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460372075948896259 ========== Criminals in cells, criminals outside cells. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-personnel-health-arrests-5be574b4103a2f5420e0d9da2daf5c9c Instead of staff influencing inmates, it's the opposite. #PS1justice ===== impress 16 time 2021-11-14 18:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459957657893105666 ========== No more black pastors? https://apnews.com/article/al-sharpton-racial-injustice-georgia-brunswick-crime-d79f3ef1a8cc16ce74adc38f9e6ec0ec Must be OK, Trump would say the same thing. #PS1justice ===== impress 94 time 2021-11-12 03:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459007618068803588 ========== It's still legal to kill anybody you don't like in most states, as long as there aren't any witnesses willing to dispute your story. Or surveillance video. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/05/ahmaud-arbery-citizens-arrest-vigilante/ #PS1justice ===== impress 42 time 2021-11-06 03:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456830945118470148 ========== Political considerations at the Supreme Court over abortion. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/opinion/roe-v-wade-texas-abortion-sb8.html They know what they were nominated and confirmed to do. But they want to go about it carefully. #PS1justice ===== impress 116 time 2021-11-05 04:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456474718161149953 ========== FBI criminal prosecution for worst violent flight behaviors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/11/04/faa-refers-unruly-passengers-fbi/ Flight attendants cheer! But the passengers were only following Trump's example and ignoring laws they don't like. But can they afford the same lawyers as Trump? #PS1justice ===== impress 119 time 2021-11-05 01:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456430391254937602 ========== Two more tests of the Supreme Court's willingness to follow the Trump line. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-epa-greenhouse-gas/2021/10/29/33d2740e-38f6-11ec-91dc-551d44733e2d_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 30 time 2021-10-30 13:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454445521507012609 ========== How will the Supreme Court handle abortion? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/opinion/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-abortion.html Barrett will finally have to show her hand. #PS1justice ===== impress 37 time 2021-10-29 16:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454122702936051717 ========== Limit sentences to 20 years? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/23/opinion/sunday/illinois-parole-mass-incarceration.html #PS1justice ===== impress 28 time 2021-10-24 15:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452293176077783052 ========== Desperate as we are to hire more police officers, don't take just anybody who comes along. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/21/san-jose-civilian-officer-charged-with-weapons-crimes-after-investigation-into-cop-threats-on-alt-right-social-media/ #PS1justice ===== impress 69 time 2021-10-22 02:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451376412883968004 ========== Bringing the big guns to bear on Gaetz. It's hard to imagine a more fitting target. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/us/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department.html If you're not rich like Trump or Epstein, it's harder to get away with crimes like theirs. #PS1justice ===== impress 87 time 2021-10-22 02:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451375654629306375 ========== By a vote of 202-9, GOP Representatives think you should ignore any Congressional subpoena you don't like. https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-donald-trump-capitol-siege-subpoenas-congress-f1807d868003e4e93ca9bf59d7821e90 #PS1justice ===== impress 87 time 2021-10-21 21:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451303720013086748 ========== Defund the police? Only in GOP propaganda. Name one major city that is not desperately trying to hire more officers! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/16/oakland-homicides-surpass-2020-totals-leaving-victims-families-in-stunned-grief/ #PS1justice ===== impress 117 time 2021-10-18 02:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449922724495708169 ========== Term limits for Supreme Court justices? Yes - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/17/what-supreme-court-commission-does-does-not-do/ No - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/supreme-court-term-limits-wouldnt-solve-anything/ The court is already politicized, so give each president a chance to politicize the court. The GOP has studied Eastern European methods and is eager to adopt them. #PS1justice ===== impress 115 time 2021-10-18 00:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449897426488229888 ========== Fire camp is better than prison! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/prison-firefighter-california-exploit/2021/10/15/3310eccc-2c61-11ec-8ef6-3ca8fe943a92_story.html And we need fire fighters. #PS1justice ===== impress 84 time 2021-10-17 06:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449628074685788166 ========== Clarence Thomas, the most reactionary justice since the 1930's. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/opinion/clarence-thomas-supreme-court.html He was a minority of one, until Trump came along. #PS1justice ===== impress 98 time 2021-10-15 13:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449001294824280073 ========== Term limits would be good for the Federal judiciary. 18 years is ideal for the Supreme Court - on average, each Congress would have one vacancy to fill. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/us/politics/supreme-court-expansion-term-limits.html However, if a constitutional amendment were required, the GOP would block it. #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 103 time 2021-10-15 04:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448864895676469255 ========== Undoing some Trump damage. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-lawsuits-james-comey-jeff-sessions-2be69b9a619dcbeb64469edd485b1a1b #PS1justice ===== impress 87 time 2021-10-15 02:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448842798774439937 ========== You can't expect a busy man like Trump to worry about little details, even if he's no longer busy on social media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/07/james-rosemond-trump-clemency/ Maybe Trump meant it, maybe not, but he might have to testify in court to prove it, and he won't do that. #PS1justice ===== impress 45 time 2021-10-08 02:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446300379155615751 ========== Covid hoaxes can land you in prison. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/us/christopher-charles-perez-covid-licking.html Unless you're rich and powerful. #PS1justice ===== impress 77 time 2021-10-07 20:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446218532853727254 ========== So ten months later how many have been disbarred? Lawyers are also officers of the court. If they seek to undermine the legal system, shouldn't they be disbarred? And sooner than a month before they die, like Roy Cohn? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/01/dc-bar-presidents-lawyers-trump-election/ #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 210 time 2021-10-06 23:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445897939822395396 ========== After 40 years, a Dixiecrat court to match a Dixiecrat GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/04/victory-rights-40-year-quest-remake-american-law-is-hand/ Strom Thurmond would be so proud. The Federalist Society will have to be proud on his behalf. #PS1justice ===== impress 126 time 2021-10-04 22:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445150387036590094 ========== When should the cops be able to impound your car? And how long can they keep it - at $50/day? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/16/chp-sidesteps-feds-to-continue-30-day-tows/ #PS1justice ===== impress 53 time 2021-09-20 00:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439749474008514560 ========== The modern McConnell Supreme Court and Federal judiciary understands that it came from the Federalist Society with the charter to defend minority rule. Any which way they can. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/14/amy-coney-barrett-is-wrong-hackery-isnt-political-its-judicial/ #PS1justice ===== impress 39 time 2021-09-15 14:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438147196348551170 ========== The Supreme Court is what it was made to be by the Senate and the Federalist Society - a partisan reactionary body in support of minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/10/breyers-airbrushed-portrayal-judicial-process/ #PS1justice ===== engage 10 engage-rate 14% expands 2 impress 73 likes 3 retweets 3 time 2021-09-11 04:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436546140590149634 ========== The biggest change in Trump's administration - installation of a reactionary judiciary to defend minority rule. This was not really Trump's accomplishment - he was just the messenger between Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-mitch-mcconnell-elections-judiciary-d5807340e86d05fbc78ed50fb43c1c46 #PS1justice ===== impress 78 time 2021-08-27 01:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1431073015001804802 ========== It's all about individual freedom! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/opinion/covid-vaccine-freedom.html Individuals have no responsibility to protect other people's freedom to be healthy. So they don't. That's what Trump would do! #PS1justice ===== impress 61 time 2021-08-19 05:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428229262243287040 ========== Presidential pardons do not affect state crimes, or civil matters. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/nyregion/ken-kurson-charged-trump-kushner.html #PS1justice ===== impress 67 time 2021-08-19 05:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1428223442629775367 ========== Some cops want to defund themselves. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/12/if-cops-want-defund-themselves-let-them/ Have at it! Although most large police departments are way understaffed and desperate to hire qualified officers and trainees. #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 time 2021-08-13 04:04 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426031963173916683 ========== Trumpism in the air is getting out of hand. 30000' in the air is no place for civil disobedience. Trump and his cronies seem to be rich enough to avoid legal consequences for ignoring laws, but his followers are not. https://apnews.com/article/business-663d05a98fabfa56c41be8d6aa5f8b21 #PS1justice ===== impress 26 time 2021-07-30 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1420955537382854660 ========== He's a friend with Trump, so of course he goes where the money is, and he doesn't have to tell the FBI about that. Is that a crime or just another political witch hunt? https://apnews.com/article/barrack-trump-inaugural-uae-030e53361c4e6355baa7c463198a5b0b #PS1justice ===== impress 43 time 2021-07-21 04:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417704056852647938 ========== Who knew that ELECTED officials are Federal employees? When, exactly, are they on and off the clock? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/opinion/merrick-garland-mo-brooks-capitol-attack.html #PS1justice ===== impress 19 time 2021-07-19 23:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417259953887223817 ========== Another reason to stay home! https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/07/18/airplane-fight-behavior-faa-arrests/ It's Trumpism for the people - you don't have to obey laws you don't like. It used to be you could avoid punishment by hiring a good lawyer - now you just need to join enough like minds to bog down enforcement. #PS1justice ===== impress 18 time 2021-07-19 14:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417129182857809932 ========== Trump said so! What more evidence would any reasonable person want? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sanctions-hearing-2020-lawsuit/2021/07/16/90392266-e661-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html Don't law schools teach the difference between "hearsay" and "evidence" any more? #PS1justice ===== impress 22 time 2021-07-19 01:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416938342713757699 ========== Right out of the Cohn/Trump playbook - hit back twice as hard! https://apnews.com/article/business-09dfd1c03b59b1af55aa967d1c093482 #PS1justice ===== impress 27 time 2021-07-14 14:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415318345738457088 ========== No glory for whistleblowers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/may-edwards-treasury-buzzfeed-fincen-whistleblower/2021/07/07/28f5c1f8-da05-11eb-8fb8-aea56b785b00_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 24 time 2021-07-08 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413135151094136844 ========== Who do the cops say support funding police? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/29/even-squad-is-more-pro-police-than-these-republicans/ But GOP legislators lie so much they no longer feel any qualms about it. That's what you have to do to protect the minority rule of your donors. #PS1justice ===== impress 29 time 2021-06-30 04:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410090048897183744 ========== If Trump and Trumpists don't bother to obey the law, why should anybody else? https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/28/perfect-storm-for-fire-danger-as-fourth-of-july-approaches-fireworks-use-explodes/ #PS1justice ===== impress 37 time 2021-06-29 03:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409718156604502016 ========== What a concept - reinforce police and attack the root causes of crime. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/28/biden-crime-plan-transcends-partisan-ideologies/ But since it's Biden's, the GOP will oppose it and talk about the squad rather than how lawlessness at the top of the GOP filtered down to the masses on Jan 6. #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 26 time 2021-06-29 02:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1409695380552355845 ========== You can't hire Rudy to represent you in court any more! https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-new-york-law-license-suspended-c67f4504a22f8642d6096f29e3a5c51e But he's still available for covert foreign operations and domestic propaganda campaigns. #PS1justice ===== impress 34 time 2021-06-25 19:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1408513447076065280 ========== Another of Trump's greatest legacies - eroding the integrity of the Dept of Justice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/06/16/merrick-garland-apple-schiff-justice/ #PS1justice ===== impress 37 time 2021-06-20 13:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1406612164245278725 ========== GOP plans to run against crime and defunding police, even though crime is rising everywhere and almost all Democrats are opposed to defunding police. https://apnews.com/article/politics-republicans-democrats-police-defund-crime-murder-a3f94cba375d526040763350c9acbc28 #PS1justice ===== impress 44 time 2021-06-13 23:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404221244942077955 ========== Who wants to be a cop these days? https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-george-floyd-racial-injustice-only-on-ap-coronavirus-pandemic-d434cc8023875ddb996abb7df0a7bc44 #PS1justice ===== impress 72 time 2021-06-11 12:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403330527168401420 ========== Remember the Pentagon Papers? Sometimes "patriotic" and "lawful" are not the same thing. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/10/opinion/fincen-buzzfeed-edwards-prison.html #PS1justice ===== impress 53 time 2021-06-10 23:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403127969657155584 ========== Some folks just can't seem to stay out of trouble. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-us-supreme-court-texas-election-2020-071cd81a1447f17bfd115edffc4ff456 No surprise that so many of them gravitate toward Trump, a kindred spirit. #PS1justice ===== impress 45 time 2021-06-10 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402850058354135044 ========== Restoring history by removing the rewrites. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/08/not-far-tulsa-quieter-consequential-correction-historical-record/ #PS1justice ===== impress 43 time 2021-06-10 00:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402787510191751173 ========== Odd justice system! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/bureau-of-prisons-bank-system/2021/06/08/2aff9766-c3d1-11eb-8c18-fd53a628b992_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 44 time 2021-06-10 00:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402783362759086080 ========== Like everybody else, some of Vollmer's ideas were better than others. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/opinion/august-vollmer-abolish-police.html Like most people, he should be remembered mostly for his better ideas. The high point in the Berkeley Hills is named Vollmer Peak. #PS1justice ===== impress 43 time 2021-06-03 15:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400480628068343813 ========== Stanford Federalist Society tries to strike against satire, but loses. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/02/stanford-clears-student-after-satirical-mocking-of-federalist-society/ The national Federalist Society has been the prime source for the stream of reactionary GOP judicial nominees. #PS1justice ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 55 time 2021-06-03 03:44 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400297209174786050 ========== The evil men do lives after them. https://apnews.com/article/bernie-madoff-fraud-investigation-295bbd961885caca88c5c7c76b7df297 #PS1justice ===== impress 31 time 2021-06-03 00:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400246491730513920 ========== When violence hijacks non-violence... the public loses interest in defunding police. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/anarchists-and-an-increase-in-crime-hijack-portlands-social-justice-movement/2021/05/28/d49ee1b6-bf1a-11eb-a55f-4871b8ac676f_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 42 time 2021-05-31 18:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399430272672690179 ========== Barr did more for Trump than he ever should have. But with Trump, it is never enough, and he forced out Barr for disloyalty. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/27/how-william-barr-served-trumps-legal-heat-shield/ Trump enablers should ponder how it all ends. #PS1justice ===== impress 46 time 2021-05-28 00:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1398079634541998080 ========== Here's part of the swamp that might well be drained. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/05/24/commerce-department-monitoring-itms/ #PS1justice ===== impress 44 time 2021-05-26 03:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397392785070641152 ========== Can a president or ex-president EVER be guilty of ANYthing? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/why-is-justice-department-withholding-most-its-trump-memo/ #PS1justice ===== impress 41 time 2021-05-26 02:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397386922830430208 ========== Justice is different at the high end and the low end. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/free-reality-winner-documentary/2021/05/11/9c803766-b25a-11eb-9059-d8176b9e3798_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 41 time 2021-05-25 04:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397041083868008450 ========== Acting so as to be above suspicion seems to be too high a bar for legislators. https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-business-government-and-politics-388628625536887fefa47b9bbca629eb #PS1justice ===== impress 35 time 2021-05-24 23:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396967733590302725 ========== Seems like the solution has to be better pay and working conditions! https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-prisons-government-and-politics-88fff925b1901a36a10581c28d826916 #PS1justice ===== impress 34 time 2021-05-24 23:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396966460300300290 ========== Supreme Court vs California https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/California-vs-The-Supreme-Court-16195219.php #PS1justice ===== impress 34 time 2021-05-24 16:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396868807629500418 ========== Wherever there's corruption - can Roger Stone be far away? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/30/matt-gaetz-scandal-takes-strange-new-turn/ #PS1justice ===== impress 40 time 2021-05-01 00:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388287267471429637 ========== Of course they ignored the law. They're Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/business-b6d67b170c946bef0db47de550c752ab #PS1justice ===== impress 38 time 2021-04-30 23:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388271640006459395 ========== Long past time to close Guantanamo. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/opinion/Guantanamo-Afghanistan-Biden.html https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo #PS1justice ===== impress 51 time 2021-04-29 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387573788477251585 ========== Supreme Court gets another chance to rule on civil forfeiture abuse. https://apnews.com/article/truck-seized-over-5-bullets-gerardo-serrano-border-crossing-f550e0e8b5321b2431e4332b3e382f6c It's about time. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#forfeiture It's been illegal in California for decades, following investigative reporting by the Mercury. #PS1justice ===== impress 48 time 2021-04-12 22:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381742294794002438 ========== If you ever do something outrageous, it's good to know that there are lawyers willing to defend you - if you can afford them. Or get a rich donor to pay for them. Maybe trade for a future draft legislation pick. https://apnews.com/article/new-york-florida-crime-c64f9142f20f15701ea50d5de79f600b #PS1justice ===== impress 59 time 2021-04-10 01:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380688562991951872 ========== Usually presidential commissions are appointed to bury a problem that the president doesn't want to deal with. Will that be true here? https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-amy-coney-barrett-judiciary-8734750b75318ed429bf206e2a8af6d1 #PS1justice ===== impress 66 time 2021-04-10 00:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380686029976309760 ========== Judicial support for libel suits against news media. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/21/trumps-attacks-press-were-bad-what-this-federal-judge-did-was-worse/ Do 85-year old judges feel that they don't have enough time left to waste on judicial restraint? #PS1justice ===== impress 45 time 2021-03-25 17:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375142267485220864 ========== Why Trump has more to fear from civil litigation than criminal. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/civil-plaintiffs-can-get-more-from-trump-in-discovery-than-criminal-prosecutors-can/2021/03/12/83d15d20-82bd-11eb-ac37-4383f7709abe_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 44 time 2021-03-14 16:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371134010424848385 ========== Sounds like a law from Russia, China, N Korea, or Iran. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/12/kentucky-insulting-police-bill/ #PS1justice ===== impress 48 time 2021-03-13 15:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370763606485127170 ========== Making up stories? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/vanita-gupta-tom-cotton/2021/03/12/8999eae2-8344-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html If Cotton actually had any evidence to support his assertion he could state so. But Trumpism is all about made-up stories. #PS1justice ===== impress 48 time 2021-03-13 15:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1370762589051887618 ========== Who were the 30 senators who voted against Garland? What could they have been thinking? https://apnews.com/article/merrick-garland-confirmed-us-attorney-general-47319bb0337f4d7344d0cffaead37374 #PS1justice ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 57 time 2021-03-10 22:47 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369781921274761217 ========== Using defamation suits to silence poor people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/06/georgia-capitol-riot-defamation-lawsuit/ #PS1justice ===== impress 29 time 2021-03-07 21:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368669855059046403 ========== You don't have a constitutional right to a lawyer in civil matters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/26/noncriminal-cases-right-to-lawyer-representation/ #PS1justice ===== impress 38 time 2021-02-28 22:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1366155254186745862 ========== Vocational training to fight insurrection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/merrick-garland-oklahoma-city-bombing/2021/02/19/a9e6adde-67f2-11eb-8468-21bc48f07fe5_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 36 time 2021-02-20 15:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363152628083949571 ========== Lindsey Graham thinks that encouraging donations to a bail fund is like encouraging insurrectionists to storm the US Capitol. So he'll vote to impeach Kamala Harris. https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article249293135.html He's a Trumpist, so what do you expect? The Trump base likes it. #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 66 likes 1 time 2021-02-19 20:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362860273116192769 ========== What a clever idea for funding law enforcement - put poor debtors in prison labor camps and then keep most of the money they make! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/opinion/politics/debt-america.html But only poor people! Rich people can afford lawyers to protect themselves. #PS1justice ===== impress 27 time 2021-02-18 13:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362393829370851329 ========== Evidence can't convince anybody who refuses to consider any evidence! https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/impeachment-video-evidence-ignore/2021/02/12/9013eb2e-6cc0-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html Everybody's already made up their mind about everything! #PS1justice ===== impress 40 time 2021-02-13 20:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360692888246517761 ========== AT last perhaps we can cleanse this stain on the rule of law. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-biden-cabinet-prisons-taliban-jen-psaki-b751784fdb5c29de907057cc7833ec1f It's about time! https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo #PS1justice ===== impress 36 time 2021-02-13 00:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360385453916966912 ========== It's not just Trumpist politicians and Trumpist media stars that need to be called to account. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/opinion/politics/trump-lawyers.html It's Trumpist lawyers too. #PS1justice ===== impress 43 time 2021-02-12 18:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1360293502202990595 ========== Democrats need to restore balance to the Federal judiciary. Start by getting enough judgeships that trials need not be scheduled five years in advance. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/opinion/biden-senate-judges-courts.html #PS1justice ===== impress 64 time 2021-02-11 20:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359967622922530816 ========== Pardon me! It's who you know AND how much is it worth to you? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pardons-lobbying/2021/02/05/896f0b52-624b-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 31 time 2021-02-05 18:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357755463127900161 ========== Known by the company they keep. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/nyregion/lev-parnas-fraud-sec.html #PS1justice ===== impress 51 time 2021-02-04 20:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357433713634598912 ========== Trump really changed public opinion! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/trump-blm-george-floyd-police-polls/ #PS1justice ===== engage 2 engage-rate 4% impress 54 time 2021-02-04 14:36 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357337227576025098 ========== Not off the hook! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/nyregion/bannon-vance-fraud-border-wall.html Something for Trump to think about, too. #PS1justice ===== impress 55 time 2021-02-03 07:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1356860179506028546 ========== Letting Bannon off the hook might mean it goes deeper into his co-conspirators. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/nyregion/steve-bannon-pardon-trump.html #PS1justice ===== impress 40 time 2021-01-27 20:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354529913429061633 ========== Defamation catches up with Giuliani. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/25/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-dominion-trump.html Disbarment next! #PS1justice ===== impress 41 time 2021-01-25 13:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353693300339822592 ========== The Saturday Night Massacre that wasn't - stopped by the Georgia phone call. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/politics/jeffrey-clark-trump-justice-department-election.html #PS1justice ===== impress 44 time 2021-01-23 13:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352973499581665280 ========== Next time before you risk jail for rioting or industrial espionage - make sure Peter Thiel is on your side if Trump is in the White House. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-anthony-levandowski-theft-5a7413d10d8c359ab7aeeb4e3370fcd1 Good luck if Biden is still president. #PS1justice ===== impress 48 time 2021-01-22 03:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352457055211122688 ========== A communication error? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/tiger-king-joe-exotic-pardon-trump/2021/01/20/44ba42a0-5b3a-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html Maybe he didn't understand the "length and level of $upport" required to attract Trump's interest. #PS1justice ===== impress 50 time 2021-01-21 15:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352273258393964546 ========== Are secret pardons a thing? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/20/trump-secret-pardons-validity/ Hopefully not. But who can be sure of what Trump might try now? #PS1justice ===== impress 50 time 2021-01-20 20:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351984262069723137 ========== Rioters disappointed not to get an Official Bad Guy Badge from Trump? But there are only about 10 hours left to get a pardon. Maybe they'll get 20 years instead, to think about how Trump loyalty only works uphill, not down. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-riots-32a212d3ac899905be744632d236862c #PS1justice ===== impress 37 time 2021-01-20 06:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351778479411367939 ========== Now we know who all the bad guys are! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ap-top-news-pardons-and-commutations-66c82f25134735e742b2501c118723bb A pardon from Trump is an Official Bad Guy Badge - awarded for corruption, insurrection, murder, or just loyal incompetence. But what about all the rioters in jail that he left hanging in the wind? #PS1justice ===== impress 98 time 2021-01-20 06:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351776724657209346 ========== Who's on the list? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/18/us/politics/trump-pardons.html And who's not? #PS1justice ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-19 05:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351401297036001280 ========== Never done anything for Trump and never going to do anything for Trump? No pardon for you! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wildlife-coronavirus-pandemic-crime-terre-haute-28e44cc5c026dc16472751bbde0ead50 #PS1justice ===== impress 40 time 2021-01-18 18:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351239153690824718 ========== Presidential pardon doesn't extend to civil litigation. He should have thought about that. Maybe he did and that's why he fought eviction so long. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/roberta-kaplan-lawyer-attorney-trump/2021/01/17/ae8890f2-50f8-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 45 time 2021-01-18 13:42 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351163150725480451 ========== A real door-buster sale! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pardons-final-days/2021/01/17/7a57969c-5905-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html A self-pardon could complicate his defense against civil liability for injuries in the riot. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/politics/trump-pardons-expected/index.html #PS1justice ===== impress 44 time 2021-01-18 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1351161678520602625 ========== Truly a bank for Trump! https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-new-york-city-brooklyn-europe-648b6d0798e19d78d9d3ad39a5578036 But even they don't want to have anything to do with him now. #PS1justice ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-15 23:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350218420285935617 ========== Guantanamo is a national embarrassment. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/theres-no-justice-guantanamo-bay-americas-sake-that-must-change/ Soldiers or criminals, try them appropriately and promptly through normal legal channels. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo #PS1justice ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-13 22:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349478736207376388 ========== It's about time! Giuliani needs to join Roy Cohn on the disbarred list. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/rudy-giuliani-new-york-bar-association/2021/01/11/5cfaf084-544c-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 43 time 2021-01-12 01:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348800131101982722 ========== To prosecute or not - we can't just ignore crimes. But we can't afford to get bogged down either. Perhaps the prosecution should be put on hold and taken up if Republicans start to obstruct - then there's nothing to lose. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/us/politics/democrats-trump-crimes-prosecute.html #PS1justice ===== impress 46 time 2021-01-11 04:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348486403336769536 ========== Biometrics in Afghanistan. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/09/opinion/trump-pardon-clint-lorance.html Doesn't matter to Trump, as long as the pardonee lavishly and publicly praises him. #PS1justice ===== impress 52 time 2021-01-11 04:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348483341415186434 ========== Trump should think twice about self-pardon. It forces Garland's hand to prosecute Trump to determine if self-pardon is valid. Republicans want an answer to that too - otherwise every president will self-pardon at the end of each term. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/trump-raffensperger-pardon-prosecute/2021/01/06/a32388fe-4f9d-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 42 time 2021-01-10 23:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348414891409870849 ========== New rules for shell companies. Did Trump not notice? It might be inconvenient for him. https://apnews.com/article/business-miami-money-laundering-legislation-trump-investigations-1e6c527fafd9e5a7b56af1eff9d3247e #PS1justice ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 42 likes 1 time 2021-01-10 16:40 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1348308820066406404 ========== Funny business in Georgia - by order of Trump! https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/atlanta-us-attorney-brings-in-assistants-who-worked-on-voter-fraud-issues-raising-fears-of-political-interference/2021/01/08/c4057f9a-51c9-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 32 time 2021-01-09 05:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347783543213092869 ========== Trump changed Eliason's mind on criminal prosecution. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-should-be-criminally-investigated/2021/01/07/900ffa1a-5135-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html #PS1justice ===== impress 66 time 2021-01-08 23:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347683764885864450 ========== The FBI can do two things at once! https://apnews.com/article/david-boling-tennessee-48f7da2037c7a4d8b116ae9f6e814b4e This appears to be a long-term investigation, completely unrelated to the riot. Good that it's not California this time - look up "abscam" or "shrimp boy leland yee". #PS1justice ===== impress 68 time 2021-01-08 23:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347679831438155777 ========== Trump wants to pardon himself - https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/08/pences-break-trump-comes-amid-25th-amendment-talk-capitol-riots/6582212002/ but risks that courts will ignore that. A better bet would have been to resign in exchange for an immediate pardon from Pence - but is Pence in any mood to make a deal now? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/08/pences-break-trump-comes-amid-25th-amendment-talk-capitol-riots/6582212002/ #PS1justice ===== impress 69 time 2021-01-08 16:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347577929597739008 ========== Powell now, then Giuliani, Wood - and Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dominion-sues-pro-trump-lawyer-sidney-powell-seeking-more-than-13-billion/2021/01/08/ebe5dbe0-5106-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html Trump can't pardon around civil litigation or state laws - and he can't pardon anybody after Jan 20. #PS1justice ===== impress 59 time 2021-01-08 14:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347548738735067139 ========== Trump will pardon himself and his family. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/us/politics/trump-self-pardon.html But anybody receiving a pardon can no longer plead the 5th to avoid testifying, and is still subject to contempt charges if refusing and perjury if lying. Lying to the FBI is still a crime. #PS1justice ===== impress 70 time 2021-01-08 00:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347337499400568832 ========== To avoid mistaken ideas - Congress should IMMEDIATELY pass a joint resolution expressing its view that because nobody is above the law and nobody can be his own judge, the presidential pardon power does not encompass the president himself. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2019-rep-sen.html #PS1justice ===== impress 41 time 2021-01-07 16:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1347214694939967490 ========== Some Republicans are ready to think Merrick Garland isn't so bad. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/merrick-garland-biden-attorney-general/2021/01/06/071053ce-2dd4-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html Nothing like being forced to hide from the mob to focus your thinking on what law and order really means. #PS1justice ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-07 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346981088711770114 ========== Any reputable law firm would be glad to be rid of a Trump lawyer! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitchell-trump-resigns-firm/2021/01/05/ea5364b4-4f9e-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html Just remember how Trump's role model Roy Cohn ended up! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn#Later_career_and_disbarment #PS1justice ===== impress 42 time 2021-01-06 07:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346717460225949696 ========== "If there is no penalty for Republican cheating, there will be more of it. Republicans feel free to openly scheme against the majority." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/04/opinion/trump-georgia-call.html #PS1justice ===== impress 50 time 2021-01-05 01:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1346268477607215104 ========== A true Trumpist - never admit you're wrong, never say you're sorry, hit back twice as hard. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-shootings-baghdad-only-on-ap-iraq-7b3e202ac353db544180fb2a61d2902c A Trump pardon has become a merit badge in criminality. #PS1justice ===== impress 45 time 2021-01-03 00:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1345532909512400898 ========== They don't make Republicans like that any more! https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-pittsburgh-dick-thornburgh-746fe9abb81012e54d20ee94da078fe3 #PS1justice ===== impress 55 time 2021-01-01 00:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1344797354960932864