To put to bed finally once and for all the Musk allegations. The list was already released but not the list list. We don't really care about Jeffrey Epstein's plumber or electrician or all the celebs he hobnobbed with. We want the List and so far Pam Bondi has not provided.
Bad blood between Trump and Musk. Is Musk talking to any Democrats yet?
Should it come to that Trump would consider all of the facts in a potential Diddy pardon. So says the wire. Potentially speaking of course as the trial is still going on. The Framers put this in as a plenary power whatever the logic. I'm guessing they figured in their founding fatherly wisdom the judicial branch can mess up too. Don't just dump on Trump about this btw. All the recent presidents issued their share of controversial pardons. The question is if Diddy does get convicted but later pardoned by Trump will he celebrate with a freakoff?
Never short of something to blog about. As you know former FBI Director James Comey posted something on FB (later deleted) that he was walking along the beach one day and found a sea shell configuration in the form of "8647." Major controversy followed and the SS is currently investigating him for possibly calling for Trump's assassination. In restaurant parlance to 86 someone is to deny them service. Also bouncers in bars may have to 86 or remove someone. Perhaps the most common interpretation is when the mob uses the term it means to take someone 8 miles out of town and put them 6 feet under. Trump is of course the 47th president hence the sinister meaning of "8647." Tulsi Gabbard wants Comey in jail over this. Comey's a dick and Chris Wallace recently destroyed him in an interview over the whole Russiagate hoax. He's as corrupt as they come but what do you make of all of this?
Just talking about it might earn you an NC-17. If I were to provide verbatim court transcripts this post might come with a warning for sensitive viewers. Court TV is covering it in their own way of course but so far when I turn Court TV on during primetime they're not discussing Diddy as you'd expect but some other trial. Court TV is a family show after all where they talk about serial killers and spousal murder. I myself don't have the money to run freakoffs. Hey Google didn't correct that word must be in the vernacular now. I just want to make sure I have enough money to pay my energy bill so ConEd doesn't flicker my lights.
Some people feel he's gonna get off. Weird sex is not a crime so long as there's consent. I'm into vinegar. Been buying tons of it to kill off poison ivy in my backyard. Diddy likes the baby oil for his hobby. It's I don't know not making a prediction here but he ain't livin' right.
Diddy trial to start any day now with jury selection still underway. Don't know the questions the potential jurors get. "Did you ever see the music video 'Hypnotize' with Biggie and Puffy?" Got to thinking if I had even a fraction of Diddy's money uppermost for me would be major home improvement e.g. electric staircase going up into the attic with wifi and cupholders. Telescope up there too. Kitchen and bath remodel. The backyard - Inground swimming pool, small Chinese garden/pond with exotic fish, some Greek statuary here and there. It would never dawn on me to run a sex trafficking ring. He ain't livin' right.
The Conclave - I don't follow the stuff. Mainly older Italian guys with a few Africans thrown in the mix. Keep getting videos in my YouTube feed about the last pope of the End Times but I don't get my theology from Mel Gibson. You have your Catholics who are more into bingo and bake sales then you have your more eschatologically-minded Catholics who speculate about Antichrist stuff. YouTube sends me things all the time I never searched for. A gorilla fighting an alligator. Clickbait.
So we got a couple of topics going. A diversion from the usual Trump stuff.
As a practical matter. A wise young manager I had once said you have to choose your battles. This does NOT mean the judges are right on all the issues. They're not but many see themselves as gods, the most powerful branch of the government but that's a separate post and I've blogged about it. Trump started his second term like gangbusters with a swagger and a new sheriff in town kind of 'tude. Practical advice lose the 'tude! You can't govern for four years on executive orders alone. You're not a monarch. If the issue is important enough yes have at it with a judge but you don't have to right every wrong or every perceived wrong in four years. Leave that to the next guy or gal. Trans soldiers there can't be that many of them let it go. DEI I had to google what this meant but it seems to be taking up a huge chunk of the President's time and on and on it goes. What does it all matter if most people are going to sucky jobs in the morning?
I don't know what the guy's doing.
So yeah on occasion the Homan trawlers do pick up the wrong fish, small fry swimming the wrong way. The gay hairdresser, the Maryland father and who knows who else off to that notorious El Salvadoran prison. This would be less controversial if the problem were fixed right away. Say put the wrongly snagged in a hotel room for the night with a flight waiting for them in the morning. Perhaps throw in a $100 MAGA gift card by way of apology. Instead we get Trump standing with the Salvadoran dickhead saying they can't do anything about this. Administrative errors. Wrongly interpreted tattoos. A Homan hunch. Whatever. MAGA zombies like Megyn Kelly see no problem while Rogan offered only some tepid criticism. The WH Stepford press secretary. 100 Days of Chaos.
Don'tcha just hate the bureaucracy?
IMHO Trump entered his second term in an antagonistic attack mode itching for fights. For instance he could have just deported those Venezuelan gangbangers simply on the grounds they're here illegally instead of invoking some long-forgotten wartime act although Judge Boasberg still comes across as your stereotypical soft on crime leftist judge. Musk - DOGE sees fraud and corruption everywhere. Musk would probably see waste and abuse in the cemetery business. Time to let this corporatist bastard go. Let him concentrate on flying around the rings of Saturn or whatever suits his fancy. Trump goes in and out of the clear state (e.g. Greenland). He's half mental but Republicans and conservatives are enabling him for some reason.
Pop a Prozac.
The other part of the issue is you can't just impeach judges for making stupid decisions judicial arrogance notwithstanding. Talking of course about President Trump vs. federal judge James Boasberg who thinks he has the power to turn around planes in midair. This ain't a movie. Trump deported a bunch of alleged Venezuelan gang members back to an El Salvodoran prison. Boasberg claims the order was signed in the dead of night and is pressing the government why they disobeyed his order to turn the planes around and return them to U.S. detention. It was part of the reason though why the American people put Trump back into office to do things like this. But at any rate it's the system we have but Trump is taking it to another level by calling for the impeachment of federal judges. The drama never ends.
He's turning up again like a bad penny. Disgraced ex-Governor of NYS Andrew Cuomo vying for the mayoralty of NYC as Mayor Eric Adams' legal troubles continue. Creeps just can't lie low. NYS Governor Kathy Hochul meets with Trump at WH to discuss congestion pricing. That's what the ticker says. Cuomo has had too much time on his hands. He wants to roll up his sleeves and work. The comeback groper?
RE the Trump hush money criminal case in which he was convicted of 34 felonies which is more than some serial killers might get the judge in the case Juan Merchan today sentenced or shall we say gave the President-Elect an unconditional discharge and wished him Godspeed in his second term. No jail time, no probation, no fines even. None of his rights have been restricted. My TMI closet is already full but for those who are interested in this kind of stuff Trump was convicted of among other things falsifying business records to arrange a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Basically a soap opera crime. Now without this hanging over his head he can focus on more important matters like invading Greenland and ending birthright citizenship.
In addition to son Hunter President Biden has also pardoned about 1,500 Americans mostly released to home confinement during the pandemic for non-violent drug offenses. Being with the missus can be punishment enough. In addition Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 federal prisoners on death row who will now be serving life behind bars. Not a supporter of the death penalty myself but didn't know Biden was such a passionate opponent. Trump has promised to become an execution machine while in office. Is there anything not on Trump's to-do list?
Biden also pardoned the mailman for delivering the mail late.
Who elected this guy? He's like a law unto himself. When does he hit Yonkers?
That's the liberal take on NYC Mayor Eric Adams' meeting with incoming border czar Tom Homan at Gracie Mansion today. Sure he might need a pardon someday but he's not throwing them under the bus. They might wind up on the bus though.
Your .02.
All three believe our legal and justice system has been compromised, that they or in Biden's case his son have been the victims of political prosecutions. Watched a recent Jimmy Dore podcast in which he talked about the media and Hunter Biden. I'm taking an idea from there and expanding on it here.
Trump of course has had his myriad legal problems. There was the hush money case in Manhattan and the Jack Smith legal bundle since dismissed. Hunter recently convicted of federal gun charges since pardoned by his father. Read the WH statement about selective prosecution. Then there is the complex case of NYC Mayor Eric Adams to go on trial next April. Charges include bribery, corruption, wire fraud and donations from foreign nationals notably the Turkish government. Adams too feels it's all a political witch hunt. Now on to the main point. Biden and Adams now have a special camaraderie with President-Elect Trump. If you notice Trump and Biden are now BFFs and Adams has pledged all he can to help Trump deport criminal illegal aliens from NYC. The common thread in all this is all three see the justice system as being corrupt.
It's not about the Rule of Law. The legal and justice system is part of the swamp is what all three are saying in their own way. That's the case that Trump, Biden and Adams are making. Selective prosecutions, the weaponization of our justice system. Who else will join the growing list? That's the main thesis for today folks.
President Biden pardoned son Hunter who pleaded guilty to nine federal tax charges and was convicted on three gun charges. Reverberations on Capitol Hill as expected. I really don't have an issue. Blood is thicker than water.
As in have a nice day. DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith says let's move on. No community service in Yonkers when he leaves. Nothing. Meanwhile Trump has said he will impose massive tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China on Day One. A lot on his plate on Day One. Securing the border, deporting the illegals, tariffs. So who's coming in from the North anyway? The illegal French? Canadian drug cartels? It's so much bloviating. I think Day One will be more like settle in, move the furniture around and have a cold one.
The trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs is set for May 5th of next year in Manhattan. Diddy is charged with racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking and prostitution. Other charges can be added. If convicted Diddy faces life in prison.
The feds have 100 electronic devices of his they got from his LA mansion and Miami estate and are currently trying to extract data. We're talking terabytes of information here! Maybe Bill Gates can help. He is currently in a federal lockup in Brooklyn and a bail package seems unlikely.
He ain't livin' right. The saga of 50 Shades of Diddy continues.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 5 charges of bribery, fraud and soliciting foreign campaign donations. The U.S. Attorney in Manhattan Damian Williams said Adams took over $100,000 in graft and used his office to try to help Turkey. Before becoming Mayor of Gotham Adams was the Brooklyn Borough President and is also a retired captain in the NYPD. He has an extensive police background. The alleged scheme started in '021 and continued after he became Mayor. Adams says Biden is getting back at him for his criticism of his handling of the migrant crisis in NYC. NYS State Governor Kathy Hochul has the power to remove him from office. Question is if everybody's corrupt who's gonna drain the swamp?
Meanwhile Donald Trump has started his own watch collection with watches going as high as $100K. Do you have to take out a reverse mortgage to buy one? Talk to Tom Selleck? Snoop will probably get one. YOU walk down the street with one and you will be robbed. Why now though? Why not wait 'til after the election? Has Trump given up on the middle class and given that issue to Harris? What is the watch supposed to do for you? Maybe Elon will get one too. I just wanna know what time it is.
The TV scene. More channels than ever and some nights there's nothing on.
