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Post by SSHoya on May 17, 2024 5:02:52 GMT -5
The clown cult. Not interested in actual governing but only meaningless performative politics in support of a sexual assaulter, fraudster and liar. House GOP escalates war on Justice Dept. as members flock to Trump trial The Republican chairs of the powerful House Judiciary and Oversight committees slammed the Biden administration this week, accusing the president and Attorney General Merrick Garland of politicizing the justice system. But as Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and James Comer (R-Ky.) pilloried the White House and the Justice Department, their committees were hobbled by attendance problems: At least five members were in New York on Thursday morning, standing behind former president Donald Trump at his criminal trial and inserting themselves, and their political views, into the same justice system the two chairmen claimed to be defending from politicization. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/16/trump-trial-politicization-justice-gaetz/
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Post by SSHoya on May 17, 2024 4:58:21 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on May 17, 2024 3:00:59 GMT -5
Details matter. Goober seeks an unredacted audio recording of the interview. The transcript provided has redactions over the matters deemed covered by executive privilege. OK. Then how is a redacted written transcript of an interview not subject to executive privilege, but the redacted audio recording of it is? Pre-Mazars summary of the federal courts reluctance to review executive privilege. (N.B. News organizations have filed FOIA requests for the audio of the interview. Goober has also stated that he thinks Biden's counsel was answering or coaching Biden in his answers during the interview. One would think that Hur would have noted that in his report and Congressional testimony. The cynical political take is that Biden is taking a page out of the Grifter's playbook - delay resolution of any FOIA or executive privilege claim until after the election). And federal judges have been reluctant to weigh in when presidents refuse to share information with Congress. From 1789 until Trump’s inauguration in 2017, federal courts had only considered five cases in which the president claimed executive privilege in response to a congressional subpoena. Astonishingly, the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in when a president refuses to comply with a congressional subpoena – even though presidents since George Washington have resisted congressional demands for information. theconversation.com/courts-have-avoided-refereeing-between-congress-and-the-president-but-trump-may-force-them-to-wade-in-128269
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Post by SSHoya on May 17, 2024 2:05:23 GMT -5
Details matter. Goober seeks an unredacted audio recording of the interview. The transcript provided has redactions over the matters deemed covered by executive privilege. OK. Then how is a redacted written transcript of an interview not subject to executive privilege, but the redacted audio recording of it is? It looks like Garland is drawing a line in the sand and is willing to litigate the assertion of privilege. It remains to be seen if the assertion of privilege will be upheld here. Under Trump v. Mazars, infra, Garland may be relying upon Roberts's suggested analysis and have determined that the provision of the transcript has met the Congressional request and that the subpoena for the actual recording is overly broad. As the response noted: "The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal—to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes. Demanding such sensitive and constitutionally-protected law enforcement materials from the Executive Branch because you want to manipulate them for potential political gain is inappropriate." Congressional subpoenas are presumed to be issued in good faith and have a legitimate legislative purpose. Presidents and Congresses have engaged in protracted disputes over provision of information from the former to the latter, but the basic thing to know is that most congressional requests for information are complied with. The disputes, however, have been colorful and varied. The basic premise of the concept of executive privilege, as it is applied to resist requests for information from Congress as from private parties with or without the assistance of the courts, is found in the doctrine of separation of powers, the prerogative of each coequal branch to operate within its own sphere independent of control or direction of the other branches. In this context, the President then asserts that phase of the claim of privilege relevant to the moment, such as confidentiality of communications, protection of diplomatic and military secrets, or preservation of investigative records. Counterposed against this assertion of presidential privilege is the power of Congress to obtain information upon which to legislate, to oversee the carrying out of its legislation, to check and root out corruption and wrongdoing in the Executive Branch, involving both the legislating and appropriating function of Congress, and in the final analysis to impeach the President, the Vice President, and all civil officers of the Federal Government. In Trump v. Mazars, the Court recognized several separation-of-powers-based limitations on Congress's ability to access presidential records. Writing on behalf of the Court, Chief Justice Roberts began by acknowledging three central limits on all congressional inquiries, regardless of the target of the inquiry: (1) there must be a valid legislative purpose related to a subject of legislation; (2) the purpose of the inquiry must not be for law enforcement or to expose for the sake of exposure; and (3) certain constitutional and common law privileges can limit disclosures of information. Recognizing that the typical limits on the subpoena power did not prevent Congress from attempting to "aggrandize itself at the President's expense," the Chief Justice feared that judicial resolution of such a dispute using only those limits could deter negotiation between the two branches, historically the hallmark of such inquiries, and encourage Congress to seek compliance through the courts. As a result, the Chief Justice instructed lower courts to (1) carefully assess whether the confrontation can be avoided by relying on other sources to provide Congress the information it needs in light of its legislative objective; (2) "insist" on a subpoena that is no broader than is reasonably necessary to support Congress's objective; (3) consider the nature of the evidence of Congress's legislative purpose, preferring more detailed and substantial evidence to vague or loosely worded evidence of Congress's purpose; and (4) assess the burdens, such as time and attention, the subpoena imposes on the President. constitution.findlaw.com/article2/article-ii--executive-privilege.html#:~:text=The%20doctrine%20of%20executive%20privilege%20defines%20the%20authority%20of%20the,judicial%20branch%20of%20the%20government.
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 20:32:46 GMT -5
Alito and Thomas = Insurrectionists. And blame your wife? Weak. — An upside-down American flag – a symbol used by some supporters of former President Donald Trump who challenged the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory – hung outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after the election, The New York Times reported Thursday. www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/politics/alito-upside-down-american-flag-house/index.html
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 16:01:14 GMT -5
Texas! Yee Haw! No better way to energize the MAGA GOP base - simply side with a murdering racist. Maybe Abbott is auditioning to be the Grifter's Veep candidate? Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday he was pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting of a protester during a Black Lives Matter march, after a review board recommended he be released from prison. Abbott has long vowed to pardon Perry, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison last year. After Perry’s conviction, unsealed court records revealed that he regularly shared racist memes and threatening content in private messages and social media posts, including descriptions of killing protesters and minorities. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/abbott-daniel-perry-blm-protester/
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 15:31:31 GMT -5
So Menendez is throwing his wife under the bus when she has cancer? That's Newt Gingrich territory! NEW YORK — Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) announced Thursday as opening statements continued in his corruption trial that his wife has advanced breast cancer and will undergo surgery and possibly radiation treatment. The news came a day after a defense attorney told the jury that Nadine Menendez, 57, had kept her husband in the dark about her personal finances and about where she obtained gold bars and other luxury items that the FBI seized — which prosecutors say were bribes from several businessmen in exchange for the senator’s help on ventures involving Egypt and Qatar. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05/16/bob-menendez-trial-corruption-bribery/
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 15:10:37 GMT -5
One of my top 10 all time so underrated ALWAYS seemed to hit the big shots Wallace's 3-pointer to send the Hoyas into OT and an eventual victory over UNC to get to the Final Four is one of my favorites.
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 12:57:33 GMT -5
Leaving aside the Republicans' reason for the request for the audio recording, how is a written transcript of an interview not subject to executive privilege, but the audio recording of it is? Details matter. Goober seeks an unredacted audio recording of the interview. The transcript provided has redactions over the matters deemed covered by executive privilege. Goober is not a lawyer. Gym has a law degree but no evidence that he has any understanding of anything. He is truly a moron as they flail about in their pit of idiocy. The question is who the staff counsel is - another moron perhaps? Here's Goober! Fox Propaganda. . . The first jarring line offered by Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) during his conversation with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business on Thursday morning was his declaration that he believed that the impeachment inquiry he’s helping to lead into President Biden was “hopefully in the final stages.” That inquiry, initiated in September, has been reportedly in its final stages since January. Or, rather, since December. Or, really, since November. It has been in its final stages for longer than it was ever not in its final stages for the simple reason that Comer and his colleagues keep pushing things out in hopes that they can wrap things up with some credible point of success. But credible successes have eluded them. The probe, instead, has only offered a surfeit of oversteps and embarrassments. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/16/comer-biden-inquiry-noncitizen-voting/The agency has provided lawmakers with letters and redacted transcripts related to Hur’s probe but has so far bucked attempts to secure audio recordings. The Justice Department has argued that handing over the audio of the special counsel interviews could have a chilling effect on future investigations. www.courthousenews.com/house-republicans-gunning-for-ag-garland-amid-biden-classified-documents-probe/Also a bad faith nature of the request given the track record of Goober and the clowns. In his letter, Siskel noted disclosure of materials like the audio would make it less likely that witnesses in future high-profile investigations will voluntarily cooperate. And, he noted: "The absence of a legitimate need for the audio recordings lays bare your likely goal—to chop them up, distort them, and use them for partisan political purposes. Demanding such sensitive and constitutionally-protected law enforcement materials from the Executive Branch because you want to manipulate them for potential political gain is inappropriate." Siskel added: "Rather than demonstrating respect for the rule of law, this contempt proceeding is just the latest in the Committees' damaging efforts to undermine the very independence and impartiality of the Department of Justice and criminal justice system that President Biden seeks to protect." www.npr.org/2024/05/16/1251759154/garland-house-contempt
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 8:21:17 GMT -5
It's a bad look to publically negotiate with a player who isn't technically on the open market, kind of surprising the staff allowed it to happen. Serious question. In the era of NIL when is a player in the portal ever truly committed? I assume there is no equivalent of a NLI for a player in the transfer portal?
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 8:14:15 GMT -5
Their capacity for abject humiliation is spectacular. They can’t just take an L and move on; they need to continually and thoroughly embarrass themselves. Like dogs to their own vomit.
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 7:40:00 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 7:38:17 GMT -5
Don't give up yet! There's still time!
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 6:45:21 GMT -5
Long in-depth article about American immigration. IOW, most "Republicans" will lack the cognitive ability to read and comprehend it. Twenty years from now, White, non-Hispanic Americans will slip below 50 percent of the population and become just another, albeit big, minority. For Trump’s electoral base of older, White rural voters, the prospect of non-Whites acquiring power to challenge their status as embodiments of American identity amounts to an existential menace that may justify radical action. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2024/immigration-history-race-quota-progress/?itid=hp_opinions_p003_f001
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Post by SSHoya on May 16, 2024 3:02:08 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on May 15, 2024 13:33:52 GMT -5
At this point I have zero faith that the news about a " top '25" kid will be positive for us. Old saying, "Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see!" (When I was stationed in the Middle East, we used to somewhat jokingly say this to ourselves).
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Post by SSHoya on May 15, 2024 7:32:32 GMT -5
Instead of red ties, the cultists should have worn red noses because they are clowns.
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Post by SSHoya on May 15, 2024 7:14:05 GMT -5
"I hear you're free on Wednesdays." Biden proposes June and September faceoffs with Trump, ditching debate commission “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020, and since then he hasn’t shown up for a debate. Now he is acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal. I’ll even do it twice,” Biden said in the video released Wednesday that referenced the weekly break in Trump’s New York criminal trial. “So let’s pick the dates, Donald. I hear you’re free on Wednesdays.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/15/biden-trump-presidential-debates/
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Post by SSHoya on May 15, 2024 2:56:36 GMT -5
This is my read. The rumors about the Georgetown budget weren't necessarily wrong; it was the "Top 5" designation that was completely misread by whomever said that (and it was naive even then). I can see us having a high NIL for the BE, but when Jerry Jones is basically like, I'll fund whatever you want to Arkansas, we won't get that unless we have the similar sugar daddy. Paging Uncle Ted and Monumental! He could use GU as a farm system/minor league team. He’s the logical billionaire booster alum and the person who would get the most out of GU being a top team. Imagine CaveOne full! All the concessions… Uncle Ted has bigger fish he wants to fry. Still wants to buy the Nationals. I can't even remember the last time I saw him at a Hoyas game. Ted Leonsis remains interested in buying the Nationals www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/05/14/ted-leonsis-nationals-sale/
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Post by SSHoya on May 14, 2024 19:38:27 GMT -5
He just denied he was leaving Memphis on Twitter This seems sub optimal
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