Kyle Griffin
@kylegriffin1
BREAKING:
Judge Aileen Cannon just dismissed the classified documents case against Donald Trump.
In a ruling Monday, Cannon said the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution.
9:00 AM · Jul 15, 2024
https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1812849752347705482
Via TPM:
Per the order, Cannon dismissed the case after finding that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment violated the Constitution.
Cannon’s determination that Smith was unlawfully appointed effectively endorses a legal theory tested multiple times in previous cases and dismissed, rooted in the idea that the Attorney General cannot appoint and fund a special counsel absent authorization from Congress. That was seen as an absurd notion, and one contravened by decades of special counsel investigations under the current statute.
But it received a boost both after Cannon held a multi-day hearing on the question and after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas supported the idea in a concurrence in the Trump immunity ruling. Cannon cited that concurrence throughout her order.
Adam Klasfeld
@KlasfeldReports
Until today, every federal judge that considered the issue—all eight of them—unanimously found that attorneys general can appoint a special counsel.Judge Cannon departs from that tradition.
My story on arguments before her last month,
@Just_Security
https://x.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1812857216971550724
Symone D. Sanders Townsend
@SymoneDSanders
I know it’s easy to believe the analysis of our current times is full of hyperbole and unnecessarily dramatic musings, but it’s not. Mere weeks after Justice Clarence Thomas needlessly suggests Jack Smith’s appointment is unconstitutional in a concurring opinion, Judge Cannon uses that opinion to underscore her decision to dismiss the case before her in Florida.Justice Thomas’ opinion was not a mere coincidence – and that is not my opinion. It is the only logical conclusion to draw.
https://x.com/SymoneDSanders/status/1812860586213994713
Mikel Jollett
@Mikel_Jollett
Judge Cannon was appointed by Trump and just dismissed his classified documents case because she is the most corrupt judge in America.This is a TREASONOUS betrayal justice which puts every American life at risk.
8:59 AM · Jul 15, 2024
https://x.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/1812849484977905902
Mike Sington
@MikeSington
“The case is not over.” Barbara McQuade explains how the Trump documents case being dismissed is actually a “blessing in disguise” for prosecutors. Trump could be re-indicted in a couple of weeks, with a different judge presiding. (Video: MSNBC)
https://x.com/MikeSington/status/1812879453401608212
I agree with this reply:
RaflW
JULY 15, 2024 AT 11:06 AM
As Ken White (aka Popehat) says, “It’s all 100% masks off at this point, lads.”
The Federalist-installed judiciary is going for broke. SCOTUS on down is behaving as if the autocratic regime is already here.
Look at other countries with corrupt regimes in place. It may be unusual to have the courts go first, but our whole system relies on three legs that all respect the law.
Which one goes first may not matter much. They have this lever of power and will use it ruthlessly, so that Trump can be installed and finish the revolution.
This whole thing isn’t over. But the Biden-dithering must stop. All hands need to be on deck and fighting. Now.
Ken is right. They’re going for it. The takeover is under way. If we were watching this in another country, we’d expect mass protests in the streets, a la Israel and their corruption-resistance.
TRUTH
Monique Pressley (@MoniquePressley) posted at 9:27 AM on Mon, Jul 15, 2024:
Please take this morning’s ruling as a reminder of why citizens who care about one day achieving the democratic goals of our constitution #fight and do not have the luxury of resigning ourselves to being ruled by an authoritarian regime.
(https://x.com/MoniquePressley/status/1812856461883556002?t=PSrgRmhGVIWJRSSU9meLTw&s=03)
Patrick S. Tomlinson
@stealthygeek
Elon Musk and his companies are under multiple civil and criminal investigations that threaten their future success.
#Project2025 seeks to move control of the Department of Justice entirely under the personal whim of the President.
Musk pledged almost $200m to Trump’s campaign.
10:16 AM · Jul 16, 2024
Patrick S. Tomlinson
@stealthygeek
The merger of corporate and government power under the banner and control of one man is a critical step towards fascism. Whether Germany’s industrialists profiteering off Hitler’s war machine, Putin’s oligarchs, or now Musk and Thiel picking Trump’s VP, this is a vital moment.
10:22 AM · Jul 16, 2024
https://x.com/stealthygeek/status/1813232716995043645
Jessica Valenti
@JessicaValenti
The
@nytimes
is has *deceptively edited a JD Vance quote* to make it appear that he opposes a national ban. Here’s the 2022 quote they use:
“Ohio is going to want to have a different abortion policy from California, from New York, and I think that’s reasonable.”
1:18 PM · Jul 16, 2024
https://x.com/JessicaValenti/status/1813277041166315767
BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️
@mmpadellan
We are witnessing, in real time, one of the biggest failures of curiosity in the history of journalism.
Katy Tur, squatting in the same building as trump at the RNC, is practicing her best tone of respectful reverence and fangirling as she looks at the mattress-sized gauze on the side of trump’s head, and it doesn’t occur to her to inquire what he was treated for.
Did he get stitches? If so, how many? Why is the bandage so insanely huge? The photographs didn’t appear to show any discernible wound whatsoever.
No, these jackasses are reserving their most harsh interrogations for President Biden, demanding to know if he watched the entire debate from 14 fucking days ago, and who is he listening to, and for the 100th time, is he sure he doesn’t want to drop out.
In fact, President Biden has politely attempted to steer the press’ focus back to doing their jobs, asking Lester Holt why nobody’s asking trump about the 28 lies he told during that debate.
It’s outrageous. If you’re going to subject one candidate to a body cavity-exam level of scrutiny, subject BOTH candidates to it.
Come on, you can’t adequately or honestly “both sides” anything if you’re only scrutinizing one side.
Nobody has even asked trump about the discrepancy of denying his involvement with Project 2025 and the fact that he knows many of its planners, and it mentions his name hundreds of times. FAILURE OF CURIOSITY.
Where are the questions about his weird fixation on Hannibal Lecter, or sharks, or any of the other batshit things he gets away with saying at all times?
How about asking him why he admitted to a discussion with Putin BEFORE the Ukraine invasion, or why he said Putin would release hostages to him, and not President Biden?
What about asking him why he was tooling around with the authoritarian leader of Hungary?
It does seem like, even prior to the shooting this weekend, the press has wrapped trump in a protective gauze as ridiculously oversized as his ear mattress.
He’s not even the sitting President, but many members of the press have granted him immunity from asking him any fucking questions.
They’re even allowing non-doctors to accuse President Biden of having dementia, while saying that trump DOES NOT — and not an iota of pushback.
Once again, it’s a disgraceful display of burying Biden under an avalanche of insipid inquiries and bullshit while extending utmost deference to a would-be dictator who plans to lock many of them up if he wins.
And they are shamelessly helping him.
https://x.com/mmpadellan/status/1813283888636084580
Deez & B
@D3andB
This is so true. Trump’s behavior is totally uncharacteristic. Normally he would be demanding an investigation and raising all kinds of hell. But he hasn’t really said shit.
Kim Wexler’s Ponytail 🎗
@MadisonKittay
“Is this the behavior of someone who was just almost assassinated, or is this the behavior of a serial fraudster once again engaging in fraud?”
https://x.com/MadisonKittay/status/1813273123631800395
reg the menace
@mistergeezy
Some of you don’t even realize that Democrats are winning. If your anxiety is off the rails, please log off because I personally don’t want to see your doomposting.
2:11 PM · Jul 16, 2024
https://x.com/mistergeezy/status/1813290320223756409
G O L D I E.
@goldietaylor
I’m sorry. I’ve never rung in on this before, but Tur’s last stand-up re: Trump’s countenance from the RNC plus an upcoming interview with Eric Trump are a bridge too far. This isn’t news. It’s propaganda.
1:22 PM · Jul 16, 2024
https://x.com/goldietaylor/status/1813277996209393902
LaurenBaratzLogsted
@LaurenBaratzL
The fact that
@MSNBC
would allow Andrea Mitchell and Katy Tur on the air today – when they wouldn’t allow Joe and Mika and most of their other regulars on air – tells you everything you need to know about MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell and Katy Tur: they’re Trump’s staff.
2:22 PM · Jul 15, 2024
https://x.com/LaurenBaratzL/status/1812930867465236771
cary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 8:52 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
So after demanding Biden do more interviews, he gives an extended one to Lester Holt and its crickets from the media. Do I have that right? The whole “he needs to drop out” storyline has now run its course, correct?
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1813209999063109746?t=xHXNfHwUdg08dieLZ6Pggw&s=03)
philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) posted at 7:23 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects https://t.co/E0SRB2IfZN
(https://x.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1813187770011054411?s=03)
Nate Silver
@NateSilver538
I mean Jaime Harrison and the DNC are blatantly lying about this (Ohio changed its law so there’s no reason to nominate Biden early) but the good news is that there very much will be consequences if they force Biden’s nomination thru and he loses. https://nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/dnc-biden-nominee.html
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Jaime Harrison
@harrisonjaime
Nate… you can call me a lot of things but a liar is definitely not one of them.
I know you THINK you know every thing but class is now truly in session.
Pull up a chair:
* The DNC started this process in May in response to the OH Secretary of State stating that our convention was after their deadline and no waiver would be provided
*The current law in OH requires certification by Aug 7 to ensure a presidential candidate is on the ballot for November
*Gov. DeWine signed into law on 6/2 a bill delaying the deadline until Sept 6
*Under the OH constitution the new law doesn’t take effect until 90 days after enactment which is 9/1
* Therefore the August 7th deadline will still be in place… giving rise to litigation and/or GOP games to create more hurdles and road blocks So if we did nothing, then from August 7th- September 6th, we would not be in compliance with the OH law.
To not have a presidential candidate on a state ballot would have enormous consequences and impacts on turnout for all races on the ballot. So you can definitely take that risk and other chances when you Chair a party… I however will not.
https://x.com/harrisonjaime/status/1813241706990473389
The Biden Accomplishments Guy
@What46HasDone
Trump had time to call RFK Jr. but not the widow of the guy who was killed at his rally.
Last edited9:47 AM · Jul 16, 2024
https://x.com/What46HasDone/status/1813223858893168800
Cari Golden
@caridiva
Joy Reid just told us we are watching the wholesale purchase of the American experiment by two billionaires from South Africa: Peter Theil and Elon Musk. She’s absolutely right.
11:39 PM · Jul 15, 2024
https://x.com/caridiva/status/1813071055650725996
Marvin Sapp InTheSkreets/Marvin Gaye InTheSheets (@groove_sdc) posted at 9:30 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
Twitter is pushing right-wing accounts and ads onto our timelines.
Elon Musty endorsed Trump and is giving his PAC $45 million a month.
Facebook is removing articles criticizing Trump.
The media is demanding Biden dropout.
A weak party doesn’t need this much resistance.
(https://x.com/groove_sdc/status/1813219766640710109?t=Knrzn6eFm3ymCAWpooEgQQ&s=03)
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Sons of Killmonger & Disciple of Dark Brandon (@2Strong2Silence) posted at 5:51 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
Good morning: Van Jones & Lester Holt.
IYKYK: https://t.co/qAq6KOjphX
(https://x.com/2Strong2Silence/status/1813164499446231482?t=J79SeC2S9BUTC3Vce7kfLw&s=03)
call me a conspiracy theorist…ok..
But, once again..
Split screen Reagan’s attempted assassination with that mess in PA
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Sons of Killmonger & Disciple of Dark Brandon (@2Strong2Silence) posted at 5:44 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
One more time: This is what every single security professional that has done this for years has been saying.
(https://x.com/2Strong2Silence/status/1813162846982660581?t=LeIJVu8beDbKHJrNdsymPg&s=03)
Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) posted at 8:57 PM on Mon, Jul 15, 2024:
Republican Platform Chair Marsha Blackburn says Griswold v. Connecticut is “constitutionally unsound”
(Griswold v. Connecticut is the 1965 Supreme Court ruling that legalized birth control) https://t.co/fqb7lR1GJS
(https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1813030152999477716?t=Mwq8qeAG3u0q31SdRBdfNg&s=03)
Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) posted at 7:55 PM on Mon, Jul 15, 2024:
The legal max a person can donate to a candidate is $3300.
But, when billionaires like Elon Musk exploit our broken campaign finance laws to donate $45 million a month to a candidate, we’re no longer a democracy and it’s no longer an election — it’s an oligarchy and an auction. https://t.co/pBQmG5J9z1
(https://x.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/1813014533767586065?t=feFBpL1-y-k_zfGF6yzVvQ&s=03)
Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) posted at 8:53 PM on Mon, Jul 15, 2024:
#VanJones is just off the rails. Voice cracking again. Feeling emotion for #DonaldTrump the almost slain hero who dodged the glass shattering bullet across his ear. And yet, NO doctor will brief the people, or share his prognosis or what actually happened. I am so over this crap.
(https://x.com/IAmSophiaNelson/status/1813029078859194696?t=OybA_hxHGyhizEUV0XE7rQ&s=03)
Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) posted at 8:32 PM on Mon, Jul 15, 2024:
The Republican ticket went to Yale and Penn.
The Democratic ticket went to Howard and the University of Delaware.
(https://x.com/TristanSnell/status/1813023988681220543?t=e54smFGy7Q3Ux9dmBTkVsA&s=03)
serenity now 🏴☠️ (@MissesDread) posted at 0:25 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
If President Joe showed up at the Democratic convention with a sanitary pad taped to his face while he took a narcolepsy nap, the mainstream media would shit themselves then start flinging the shit everywhere, at each other, at their own cameras, like deranged monkeys.
(https://x.com/MissesDread/status/1813082573394092288?t=34p7M9uCo5DhkJeS-hD31w&s=03)
because, of course
Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) posted at 5:05 PM on Mon, Jul 15, 2024:
NEW: The Trump campaign and RNC are suing to block voter registration at the Veterans Affairs agency.
https://t.co/ztQoAH5LXx
(https://x.com/marceelias/status/1812971769319551441?t=kCjdM9WJMhEAPtPyfgVYZA&s=03)
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) posted at 6:06 PM on Mon, Jul 15, 2024:
I will NEVER be onboard with the government or a group of white Christian nationalist men having the final word on what a real family is. I was raised by a single mom, and we were/are a family.
PROJECT 2025
(Page 316)
“The next secretary should also reverse the Biden Administration’s focus on “‘LGBTQ+ equity,’ subsidizing single-motherhood, disincentivizing work, and penalizing marriage,” replacing such policies with those encouraging marriage, work, motherhood, fatherhood.”
https://t.co/8xr7AtRxfT
(https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1812987034069573943?t=pOkZCswNfj8L1ns-3j4UCg&s=03)
yep
NR_Garrett (@NR_Garrett) posted at 6:17 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
Remember how the media CLAMORED FOR DAYS to get a comment from Biden neurologist yet they’re now COMPLETELY disinterested in hearing from Trump medical personnel about his injuries from shooting
(https://x.com/NR_Garrett/status/1813171206884896860?t=QSglhW0T-om1fxMOh8MNHg&s=03)
Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) posted at 6:51 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
J.D. Vance wants to track pregnant people through their medical records to ensure they aren’t having abortions.
How Project 2025 of him.
https://t.co/pe7qSP35xB
(https://x.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/1813179530514710913?t=1dwCD5RHNnp0OvyU1nNSIA&s=03)
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) posted at 7:10 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
One reason JD Vance was chosen: He is one of the Republican Party’s most vocal critic of U.S. aid to Ukraine and has called on Ukraine to cede territory to achieve peace with Russia.
(https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1813184501704437987?t=7Kmy7LvNi6GjwEv6_c3snQ&s=03)
Meridith McGraw
@meridithmcgraw
A video of Trump’s call with RFK Jr. was leaked – Trump talks about vaccines, tells RFK Jr. doing something with him would be “big,” mentioned his call with Biden and said the bullet was like “the world’s largest mosquito.”
RFK Jr apologized for the leak.
https://x.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1813201574518288387
chris evans
@notcapnamerica
There is something really fucked up happening at MSNBC and it’s coming from the top
9:17 AM · Jul 15, 2024
Scarborough talking about yesterday’s calamity
chris evans
@notcapnamerica
Like I said:
https://x.com/notcapnamerica/status/1813194118790627639
Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline
Have you noticed the silence? Members of Congress calling for Biden to step aside have stopped dead in their tracks. And it’s because of us. They realized airing dirty laundry in public was backfiring. This analysis lays it out.
https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1813055232194277768
scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 6:49 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
The last three weeks, not to mention the last three days, should remove any doubt from anyone’s mind that the media is in the tank for Trump and is going to do all they can to help him win. I’m not talking Fox or Newsmax, I mean NYT, Washington Post, CNN, and yes, even MSNBC
(https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1813179196346114414?t=wOuEPMFRVpnoWGYIbXOLkQ&s=03)
Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) posted at 7:15 AM on Tue, Jul 16, 2024:
It’s hard to confront the fact that, with Trump-Vance, we’re facing a full-on authoritarian movement.
Yes, Vance is an opportunist. But lots of politicians are opportunists. Vance is something new: As VP, Vance would be a committed apparatchik in the service of authoritarianism.
(https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1813185748914315639?t=ZiE818CxDmc8aFSO4B8qiw&s=03)
Good Morning, Everyone 😊😊😊