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Thursday Good News: Arraignment Day! [1]

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Date: 2023-08-03

It’s a big day for Democracy, the Rule of Law, Motherhood, and—What’s your favorite pie? (As Churchy once said in a Pogo strip, “Anything handy is purty favorite.”) It’s a big day, too, for paskudnyakery in all forms that we have to push back on. (See Funny or Fuggedaboudit below for early pointing and laughing) Our first order of business today is the indictment itself, which is just chock full of our kind of Good News. And there’s plenty more where that came from.

x Americans:

1.#ReadTheIndictment

2. Then retweet every tweet that links to a copy of the indictment.

3. Then reply to the disinformation with a link to a copy of the indictment.https://t.co/67j4Z3QhJv — Respectful Dialogue (@timeindawater1) August 2, 2023

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v.

DONALD J. TRUMP Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 371 (Conspiracy to Defraud the United States)

Count 2: 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k) (Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding)

Count 3: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2), 2 (Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding)

Count 4: 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Conspiracy Against Rights) INTRODUCTION

1. The Defendant, DONALD J. TRUMP, was the forty-fifth President of the United

States and a candidate for re-election in 2020. The Defendant lost the 2020 presidential election.

And it all went downhill from there.

Indictment Good News

WaPo, not paywalled:

Read the full text of the 45-page Trump Jan. 6 indictment document The released indictment below details the full charges, including conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing a congressional proceeding and conspiracy against rights: Civil War-era rights law key in Trump election interference charges It was central to the 1967 trial of more than a dozen Ku Klux Klan members who conspired to murder three civil rights workers, a case immortalized in the 1988 film "Mississippi Burning." Pence speaks on Trump indictment in 2020 election interference probe

Trump's arraignment on federal charges: Here's what to expect

Trump has been summoned to appear at 4 p.m. ET on Thursday before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. The case has been randomly assigned to U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan. Chutkan was appointed to the bench in 2014 by then President Obama, and has presided over the trials of numerous defendants in Jan. 6-related cases.

538: Is This The Indictment That Really Hurts Trump?

A June 22-26 poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that only 35 percent of U.S. adults thought Trump did something illegal when it came to the hush-money payments. But 53 percent thought he did something illegal with regard to the classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. By this logic, this third indictment could be even more damaging to Trump than the one involving classified documents. According to the same YouGov/Yahoo News poll, 69 percent of registered voters considered it a serious crime to attempt to obstruct the certification of a presidential election, and 71 percent said the same about conspiring to overturn the results of a presidential election.

We don’t need it to wipe him out. We want it to shave a few points from his support, enough to solidify our gains and swing a few more states than Biden won in 2020. We want big enough majorities in the House and Senate so that a few troublemakers can’t derail our agenda. And similarly, we want to win control in a few more states—governors, legislatures, Supreme Courts…

Of course, if we get more than that, we can wear ourselves out binkying (below).

Oh, and how about the other charges against Trump’s co-conspirators, who will be indicted later, in part so as to keep this case as simple as possible, and not invite endless delay from attorneys for multiple defendants.

a. Co-Conspirator1, an attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant’s 2020 re-election campaign attorneys would not. b, Co-Conspirator 2, an attorney who devised and attempted to implement a strategy to leverage the Vice President’s ceremonial role overseeing the certification proceeding to obstruct the certification of the presidential election. c. Co-Conspirator 3, an attorney whose unfounded claims of election fraud the

Defendant privately acknowledged to others sounded “crazy.” Nonetheless, the Defendant embraced and publicly amplified Co-Conspirator 3’s

disinformation. d. Co-Conspirator 4, a Justice Department official who worked on civil matters and who, with the Defendant, attempted to use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims of election fraud. e Co-Conspirator 5, an attorney who assisted in devising and attempting to implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding. f. Co-Conspirator 6, a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.

CNN: Who are the Trump co-conspirators in the 2020 election interference indictment?

Co-Conspirator 1 is former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Co-Conspirator 2 is former Trump lawyer John Eastman.

Co-Conspirator 3 is former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell.

Co-Conspirator 4 is former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.

Co-Conspirator 5 is pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro.

The identity of Co-Conspirator 6 is unclear. The indictment says [he is] “a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.” The indictment also further ties this person to the fake elector slate in Pennsylvania.

And how about the fake electors in six more states, now that Michigan has indicted its own fraudsters? And hundreds more people still being sought by the FBI for J6 violence. We get these every day.

x 🔍🔍PLEASE RETWEET🔎🔎#Consequences#Jan6thInsurrection#FBI is seeking to identify this person involved at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.



If this person looks familiar contact FBI at https://t.co/ZfTtFzYXoX or 1-800-225-5324.



Reference # 353 AFO



CC: @BadBradRSR pic.twitter.com/W0RgcsVMPN — Walter Klingler (@WalterKlingler) August 2, 2023

MICHegas

Oh, BTW, ICYMI, in addition to the indicted fake electors,

Matt DePerno, ex-Rep. Daire Rendon charged in Michigan voting machine probe

Republican former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno and GOP ex-state Rep. Daire Rendon are facing criminal charges for their alleged roles in an effort to access Michigan voting machines after the 2020 presidential election. Special prosecutor D.J. Hilson confirmed the charges Tuesday afternoon, saying his investigation into the handling of tabulators in Michigan was "ongoing and not over," which could mean other individuals will be charged.

They and others intimidated election workers to get possession of voting machines, in order to run bogus tests in unsecured locations, etc. etc.

So there is more where that came from, too.

Liars and Cheaters and Thieves, Oh My

x You can tell that Trumpers haven't #ReadTheIndictment because 1st Amendment is trending.



Per the indictment, Trump had a right to lie and even challenge results through lawful means. But he doesn't have the right to pursue unlawful means to subvert the will of the people. pic.twitter.com/Ky4Qob5TZU — Blake London (@blakejlondon) August 2, 2023

Trump has tried out various privilege defenses. Courts consistently said no.

Now it’s 1st amendment. Courts have said no.

Political persecution! Witch hunt! No.

But Hunter! No.

Well, my lawyers said...No.

But I was insane! No, you weren’t. You knew you lost, and you knew what you were doing was a bunch of crimes.

x All Republicans OCK HER UP Stacey Abrams Eastman #ReadTheIndictment What a POS



'No, These Indictments Don't Strengthen Trump. That's Just Media Nonsense'



Not to mention his campaign funds are down fm $100M to $3M .... he's almost broke.https://t.co/sAlcwLXKtC — J Blue (@BlueGirl714) August 2, 2023

When you have both the News and the Post against you in New York, fuggedaboudit.

x There's always one key word that any legal situation has to address: INTENTION.



We have, without a doubt, a multitude of language and witnesses who can attest to Trump's intentions. One that is most compelling is his conversations with Mike Pence.

#ReadTheIndictment pic.twitter.com/AXlOnfLS9m — 🌐 Agent K ➖🕵️‍♂️ 🔎 👁️ 💬 📡 ⏱️ 🎯 ⚖️ ➖ 🌊 (@gary_kline) August 2, 2023

Pence will be the star witness in this trial.

Oops

x No Labels have been awfully quiet since the Lincoln Democracy Institute dropped this banger 🫢pic.twitter.com/VldEbVSniG — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 29, 2023

Science! Animals! Weirdness!

The world goes on, regardless of the meshugas above.

x 'The era of global warming has ended. The era of global boiling has arrived'. UN Secretary General Guterres warns of 'unbreathable' air and 'unbearable' temperatures to come: https://t.co/RHBcINw8B1



No time to wait. #ActOnClimate#climate #energy #renewables #fossilfools pic.twitter.com/eIgYN1yhQj — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) July 28, 2023

x James Webb Space Telescope #JWST sees Jupiter moons in a new light. A spectroscopic map of Ganymede (left) derived from JWST measurements shows light absorption around the poles characteristic of the molecule hydrogen peroxide. 1/



👉 https://t.co/Vx5g9yr1br pic.twitter.com/cnFjwJ2Pmk — Erika  𝕏 (@ExploreCosmos_) July 27, 2023

x Dog refuses to get out of the pool.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/Vl2aohrYkx — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 2, 2023

x An actual alien hiding from us: pic.twitter.com/iKGCOOi1pZ — Astro Joke of the Week (@JokesAstro) July 26, 2023

x Part of the irregular galaxy NGC 6822, imaged in infrared by NIRCam & MIRI camaras of JWST.

NGC 6822 lies 1.5 million light-years away, and is the Milky Way’s nearest galaxy. It has a very low metallicity: it is composed mainly by hydrogen and helium. pic.twitter.com/MNEK4cIgzt — Xavi Bros (@Xavi_Bros) July 31, 2023

x A rabbit will binky when it feels really happy or excited. Binkying looks like a large jump in the air while the rabbit slightly twists its body and head at the same time. pic.twitter.com/khixffRdiL — Fascinating (@fasc1nate) July 28, 2023

Yes, we humans in the GNR community are binkying too.

Oh, frabjous day!

Calloo! Callay!

x Michelle Alozie is a Yale grad microbiologist, working in a cancer research lab at Texas Children's cancer hospital and is also playing as a defender for the Super Falcons of Nigeria at the Women's World Cup in Australia. 💫👏🏾🙌🏾🇳🇬 pic.twitter.com/vuveWpH6Mm — ✨👑 DaddyMO👑✨🏁 (@therealdaddymo1) July 27, 2023

x A new class of molecules called #transcriptional/epigenetic CIPs is found to recruit cancer driver, or a downstream transcription factor, to the promoters of #cell death genes, thereby activating their expression! @Nature https://t.co/jnhuPGOglq#phenomics #CancerResearch pic.twitter.com/6hBOxKwwFS — Phenomics (@Phenomics_J) July 28, 2023

x Thinking outside the box.. 😏 pic.twitter.com/0rEqVyW453 — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) August 2, 2023

x On the island of Newfoundland, Canada, people saw a colossal iceberg approaching the mainland. pic.twitter.com/AlzUaBZSNv — Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3) August 2, 2023

x Mommy and her baby.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/SZH4kXmXz0 — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 28, 2023

x 'Clearly defined body count': Florida and Ohio Republicans experienced 43 percent more COVID deaths than Dems



Masks work! 5 shots so far. Waiting on any further updates to the vaccine. Damn, ain't science great? 😉👍 https://t.co/zFMbUkCo1S — 🏴‍☠️ Bob Lawrence🟧 🟦--Obama is #1 (@TrumpluvsObama) August 2, 2023

x Florida: Where woke goes to die, but ancient diseases largely eradicated by modern science come back to life. pic.twitter.com/B8OfEnM3J6 — Scott Barber (@thescottbarber) August 2, 2023

x Marmots dancing in the street.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/R1e7TlXwwE — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 27, 2023

x By playing games of “chase the hand” and tickling rats on their backs and bellies, researchers say they have identified the area of the brain responsible for this playfulness. https://t.co/aTiu6uawRi @NewsfromScience pic.twitter.com/byrHzDasGL — Science Magazine (@ScienceMagazine) August 2, 2023

x Penguins chasing a butterfly.. pic.twitter.com/ZwYq0mvLDI — Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 27, 2023

Funny or Fuggedaboudit

Support your local cartoonists, and the striking writers and actors. The UPS strike threat is apparently over, although we still have to wait for the union members to vote on the deal. New UPS trucks will have A/C front and back, and will soon all be electric.

Some comics on DKos are now officially not allowed to be reused on DK. So you won’t see them here.

And impeaching Joe Biden

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