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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

March 18, 2024 09:14 PM Forum: Politics

Will SCOTUS Bail Out Navarro?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Navarro is still appealing, asking the Supreme Court to intervene before he turns himself in on Tuesday morning."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/18/politics/peter-navarro-miami-prison-supreme-court/index.html

IF Clarence hears it, I think he'll have a chance of a last minute reprieve. We'll just have to wait and see... tick, tick, tick...

March 18, 2024 09:40 PM Forum: Politics

Trump Says Biden Defeated Obama!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Geez:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbx-SRHRhyc

March 21, 2024 01:17 AM Forum: Politics

Latest GOP 'Impeachment" Hearing Implodes Again!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Parnas calls out GOP rep at hearing for ‘doing the bidding’ of Russia"

"Lev Parnas, a convicted former aide to Rudy Giuliani, named members of Congress on Wednesday he alleged were “doing the bidding” of Russia by attempting to dig up “dirt” on President Biden during his 2020 campaign."

"At a GOP-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” Parnas named Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) during his testimony as collaborators in their efforts."


“Most media groups — I’d probably say all, except for Fox and a few other right-wing media groups — didn’t want to take any of the information, and that aggravated Rudy Giuliani and John Solomon and other players,” Parnas said. “And the main group that it was being pushed through was Fox — Sean Hannity and some other media personalities over there.”

“But then there was also other people that were doing the bidding for the Russians — people in Congress, like Sen. Ron Johnson, like Congressman Pete Sessions, who sits here right now,” Parnas said, gesturing toward the Texas congressman, who sits on the committee."

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4545008-parnas-calls-out-gop-rep-hearing-doing-bidding-russia/

April 4, 2024 05:46 AM Forum: Politics

Ty Cobb, Trump's WH Former Attorney, On Aileen Cannon

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Former White House attorney Ty Cobb on Wednesday predicted that the 11th Circuit Court could ultimately decide to remove Judge Aileen Cannon from the case involving former President Trump’s mishandling of classified documents at his estate in Florida."

"Cobb pushed back on the idea that Cannon’s so-called missteps could be explained simply by inexperience or incompetence, saying, “the evidence of her bias is pretty palpable at this stage of the game.”

“I think the evidence is just too overwhelming,” he later added. “I mean, yes, she may be incompetent, but at this stage of the game, her incompetence is so gross that I think it clearly creates the perception of partiality, and her attempt to put her thumb on the scale. So, I think that should disqualify her.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/4573686-ty-cobb-says-11th-circuit-may-remove-judge-from-trump-documents-case/

April 4, 2024 08:46 PM Forum: Politics

Ty Cobb, Trump's WH Former Attorney, On Aileen Cannon

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman
"Former White House attorney Ty Cobb on Wednesday predicted that the 11th Circuit Court could ultimately decide to remove Judge Aileen Cannon from the case involving former President Trump’s mishandling of classified documents at his estate in Florida."

"Cobb pushed back on the idea that Cannon’s so-called missteps could be explained simply by inexperience or incompetence, saying, “the evidence of her bias is pretty palpable at this stage of the game.”

“I think the evidence is just too overwhelming,” he later added. “I mean, yes, she may be incompetent, but at this stage of the game, her incompetence is so gross that I think it clearly creates the perception of partiality, and her attempt to put her thumb on the scale. So, I think that should disqualify her.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/4573686-ty-cobb-says-11th-circuit-may-remove-judge-from-trump-documents-case/
MAGA Cannon incredible LOL response:

"The judge also pushed back against special counsel Jack Smith’s request that she make a final ruling on whether the theory can be used at trial, so that prosecutors could appeal to the 11th Circuit. She said that “demand” was “unprecedented and unjust.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/politics/trump-judge-aileen-cannon-classified-documents-jack-smith/index.html

High time for Smith to appeal to the eleventh circuit and have MAGA Cannon yanked off the case...

March 22, 2024 01:32 AM Forum: Politics

Ty Cobb, Trump's WH Former Attorney, On Aileen Cannon

Posted By Rod Kaufman

“The theory that Trump has the ability to designate classified material as personal records is absurd on its face,” he said. “There’s no legal support for that, but she has put Jack Smith in a position of trying to draft jury instructions in advance that would posit that question to the jury. I think that it is such a fundamental error.”

“This is a remarkable misunderstanding of the applicable law,”

“It’s embarrassing."

“A month ago, she ordered the identities of witnesses to be disclosed and Jack Smith pointed out to her that that was just not allowable,” Cobb stated. “It’s really remarkable some of the things that she’s done that are just fundamentally unhinged.”

"Any other judge in the country would’ve long ago announced a trial date and then simply moved it. I don’t think she has any intention of letting this case come to trial before the election or before the inauguration… And to her credit, this is not the only case that she has made fundamental errors in.”

https://www.mediaite.com/crime/embarrassing-baffling-unhinged-former-trump-white-house-lawyer-throws-the-thesaurus-at-trump-appointed-judge-in-docs-case/

March 26, 2024 07:11 PM Forum: Politics

SCOTUS To Hear Abortion Case On Tuesday

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Leave it to the usual suspects, Clarence & Samuel, to continue to attempt to conflate logic reasoning and understanding with their preconceived political ideology:

"Alito and Thomas really tried hard to challenge FDA"
"Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion reversing Roe v. Wade, and fellow ardent abortion opponent Justice Clarence Thomas, pushed the question of whether anyone can actually challenge the FDA on drug approvals."
"The FDA wants to be “infallible,” Alito said at one point."

No Samuel, the FDA wants to do its job, if you'll let them...


https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/politics/takeaways-from-the-supreme-court-arguments-over-the-abortion-drug-mifepristone/index.html

March 25, 2024 02:02 AM Forum: Politics

SCOTUS To Hear Abortion Case On Tuesday

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"If the anti-abortion groups win, “anyone with an ideological disagreement, coupled with a scientifically untrained judge, could challenge the FDA’s authority,” said Amanda Banks, a physician and entrepreneur who signed a brief along with dozens of other pharmaceutical executives and companies backing the FDA. "

"Other medications that could be subject to challenge include those developed using embryonic stem cells, drugs that treat HIV/AIDS and fertility drugs used for in vitro fertilization, industry experts and others who back the FDA say."

"...the FDA is considered the “gold standard” of drug regulation worldwide. For investors, FDA approval is the final part of a rigorous and expensive process. Only 1 in 10 drugs under development ever end up being marketed..."

"The plaintiffs sued in a federal court in Texas where the case was guaranteed to be assigned to Matthew Kacsmaryk, a conservative judge appointed by President Donald Trump."
"Kacsmaryk in April of last year issued a sweeping ruling that invalidated the FDA’s approval of the drug decades ago."


"That the justices put Kascmaryk’s ruling on hold could be a sign that a majority is inclined to reject the challenge. Only two of the nine justices, conservatives Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, objected to that decision."

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/supreme-court-abortion-pill-case-could-spark-challenges-to-other-drugs/3371326/

Leave it to the usual suspects, Samuel and Clarence, to throw logic, reasoning and understanding out the window...

March 26, 2024 08:28 PM Forum: Politics

Guess Who Funded Newsmax, Trump's Favorite Network

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Newsmax, the conservative cable news channel touted by former President Trump and his allies, received funding from a member of the Qatari royal family during Trump’s years in the White House, according to a new report."

"At the time the investment was made, the Post noted a coalition of countries led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had put up a diplomatic and economic blockade against Qatar, over what they said were ties to terrorist organizations."

"After the investment was made, leaders at the conservative cable news channel encouraged staffers to “soften coverage of Qatar,” the Post reported."


https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4557594-newsmax-funding-qatari-royal-family-trump-administration-wapo/

Qatar is a major funder of Hamas, too...

March 27, 2024 08:28 PM Forum: Politics

Springtime resolution

Posted By Rod Kaufman

You guys are missing the point: You gotta do it like a Republican! That's why Rich posts in the manner that he does and it typifies today's Republican party, the party of MAGA and Donald Trump! 
I really don't know what kind of a sheltered life Jim Brown has been leading since he apparently doesn't understand that in Republican speak, every other word and a half is the F word. And for everything in between, see Rich's posts for a tutorial...