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September - Season Two.... [1]

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Date: 2022-09-07

I’ve heard someone say that they consider this month “season 2” of the J6 hearings. I thought that was pretty funny, hence the title of my post. So what can we expect in this round of hearings? I think there will be a lot of emphasis on the funders of the insurrection and rightly so. Here’s some words from Jamie Raskin:

x Jamie Raskin on CBS: "Two of the hallmarks of a fascist political party are, one, they don't accept the results of elections that don't go their way, and two, they embrace political violence. And I think that's why President Biden was right to sound the alarm this week." pic.twitter.com/9S13L7ZG3D — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022

They seem to be working to get people like Mike Pence and Newt Gingrich to testify. Whether they are successful in this endeavor, we’ll soon find out. One person I hope they would snare is Gini Thomas, but I truly do not think they’ll be successful there.

Now on to the mid terms. We need to keep pushing Trump out front and hanging him around the necks of all the GOPers running. Trump is doing his part by holding an insane rally in PA. Of course he said very little about the two candidates there, Oz & Mastriano, but said a lot about his grievances. (is it Festivus already?)

x Holy shit. A CNN panel member just compared a Trump rally speaker supporting literal Nazis to the background of Biden’s speech featuring a US Marine as both being “issues with optics.” pic.twitter.com/RqcuhXjwjs — No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) September 5, 2022

x The demon of chaos continues his incitement.https://t.co/7oBkVfb7b1 — Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) September 5, 2022

Speaking of the midterms… there are also a great deal of GOP candidates who are removing Trump’s name from their websites and also scrubbing their anti-Roe pages. It’s up to us and our candidates to not let them get away with scrubbing their past.

We’re polling ahead of the GOP, slightly, to keep the House. We need to keep that trajectory going up. I think pollsters are possibly missing the anger of women and rational men over the Dobbs decision. If states around the country, like MI and CA, manage to get a ballot measure to codify Roe on the ballot that could bring a lot more pro-choice voters to the polls than in a usual midterm.

Find a competitive race, whether it’s in your state or not, and support that candidate by either donating, phone banking, door knocking or writing postcards. Here’s a good resource as of Sept 2nd:

x Here's the list of competitive Democratic House midterm candidates you should support right now. They're now grouped into Toss up, Lean R, and Lean D races. Donate, volunteer in person, volunteer online. We must win the House in the midterms, and this is how we do it: — Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) September 2, 2022

Finally, the DOJ v Judge Loose Cannon. I’m sure you’ve seen all the analyses on this bonkers ruling. I am still gob smacked that someone who doesn’t OWN the property can demand a special master and try to get it back. Also, this judge and her court are not even the right jurisdiction. Here’s a good explainer thread by Teri Kanefield who spent most of her career as an appellate lawyer. It’s a long thread, but a good explainer.

x Well, she did it. She temporarily halted the criminal investigation and gave Trump his special master.



Expect the DOJ to appeal. (Because my work involved writing appeals when the court got it wrong, I may be less shocked than others).



1/https://t.co/CWIU0JUOK6 — Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) September 5, 2022

Whether the DOJ should appeal or not is a tricky question. I think they should do something to prevent this idiot judge’s ruling from becoming precedent. But an appeal will delay things, which Trump wants. By the way, this judge was rated ABA NOT QUALIFIED and was pushed through onto the bench after Trump lost the election.

Well, that’s all for now. I’m writing this on Tuesday afternoon, so perhaps the DOJ has already appealed the ruling. Who knows? I have a funeral to attend this morning (a friend’s dad passed), but I will try to pop in in the afternoon. Chat away.

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