Category Archives: Corruption

Open Thread | The Supreme Court on Presidential Immunity

Posted on July 1, 2024 by rikyrah

As you would guess, it’s a nightmare. Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 9:29 AM on Mon, Jul 01, 2024: 🚨The Supreme Court rules that President Trump has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for all “official acts” he took while … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Last Day of Supreme Court Nonsense for This Term

Posted on July 1, 2024 by rikyrah

Since we will be waiting for the last bit of nonsense from the Supreme Court, we really need to circle back to a few cases from Last week. 1. The criminalization of Homelessness. You really need to sit and marinate … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | What the Supreme Court Has Been Up To

Posted on June 28, 2024 by rikyrah

Lips so pursed: NOW, it’s criminal to be homeless. https://bsky.app/profile/taniel.bsky.social/post/3kvyiw65tnx2w The Grants Pass case, SCOTUS’ first big homelessness case in a while, dropped. 6-3 conservative majority. “Held: The enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Donald Trump Found Guilty on All 34 Counts in Election Interference Case

Posted on May 30, 2024 by rikyrah

erica orden (@eorden) posted at 3:50 PM on Thu, May 30, 2024: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg just entered the courtroom. (https://x.com/eorden/status/1796282985500828135?t=w5p6mf6xx1YbMr69KXHi3w&s=03) ALL THIRTY FOUR COUNTS! The New York Times (@nytimes) posted at 4:11 PM on Thu, May 30, 2024: … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Orange Menace Puts Price On the Future of the Planet

Posted on May 17, 2024 by rikyrah

Thank you, Charles Pierce for such a direct title. Donald Trump Has Put a Literal Price on the Future of the Planet He had a bunch of oil executives over to his place and told them not to get too … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Unca Clarence Has The Nerve To Be Whining…Man..If You Don’t Take Your Corrupt Self And Go Sit Down!

Posted on May 15, 2024 by rikyrah

Can you believe this whining? Thomas says critics are pushing ‘nastiness’ and calls Washington a ‘hideous place’ The justice has faced criticisms that he accepted luxury trips from a GOP donor without reporting them. FAIRHOPE, Alabama — Supreme Court Justice … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Never Forget….January 6th Was An Attempted COUP …As Were Those Fake Elector Schemes

Posted on April 29, 2024 by rikyrah

This cannot be allowed to be whitewashed. January 6th was an ATTEMPTED COUP…and part of that was the Fake Elector Schemes. It had always bothered me the way that the states, initially, didn’t take them seriously for what they were. … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | The Right-Wing of the Supreme Court Showed Their Corrupt Azzes Yesterday😠

Posted on April 26, 2024 by rikyrah

They were absolutely ridiculous with The Orange Menace’s Presidential Immunity case.😠😠 Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) posted at 4:35 PM on Thu, Apr 25, 2024: Today’s SCOTUS argument was more like a hearing in Congress to design an immunity law … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | They Are All Awful People – the Entire Lot of Them..And, They Need to Be Shut Down NOW

Posted on January 29, 2024 by rikyrah

Trump Owns The GOP Establishment Published by digby on January 26, 2024 It’s no longer about Washington. His top enforcers are the red state governors Trump was so angry on Wednesday that he fired off a post on his Truth … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | So, Some Democrats Sent This to Unca Clarence

Posted on January 2, 2024 by rikyrah

Recuse himself? BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA He has no shame, but, this needed to be written. The Honorable Clarence Thomas Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States 1 First Street NE Washington, DC 20543 Dear … Continue reading →

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