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Monday, March 18, 2024

'Eleanor Rigby'

Josh Turner

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  They identify with Trump. His rage is their rage, his lunacy is their lunacy, his wild conspiracies are their wild conspiracies. He sounds like them. He hates who they hate and he tells them as much. Trump blesses them for their leap into violence, they are martyrs and the true patriots. It's very much based on emotion, it has nothing to do with practicality, numbers, real economic figures, real ability, real international political knowledge. It also goes hand in hand with FOX News, and that goes hand in hand with local cultures, family cultures, community cultures, and especially Evangelical cultures. Think rural Arkansas the home of the KKK except in mostly all rural America. Trump is holding the line between normality and the communist liberal Marxist intellectual elites who want their children to be taught by pedophiles dressed in drag. It's all of course, hyper- crazed thinking, if you can call it thinking. but this is part of the wall that is separating blue and maga right now.

MSNBC - Andrew Weissmann Reacts To Donald Trump Trying To Bring Back Paul Manafort Into The Fold

Katy Tur - Trump Will Do ‘Whatever It Takes’ To Get This Cash

The Lincoln Project - Uh Oh, Donald - Bond Edition

MSNBC - ‘No Joke’ - Michael Cohen Sounds The Alarm On Trump Getting Money From Foreign Nations To Pay Bills

MSNBC - ‘He’s Exposed’ - Donald Trump Learns That There Are Some Bills You Cannot Weasel Out Of

Unable

 NPR: Trump unable to post $450M bond in New York fraud case, his lawyers say By Andrea Bernstein

Trump's lawyers say they've approached 30 companies through four brokers and none will accept his real estate holdings as a guarantee on the bond for $454 million and argue the judgment is unconstitutionally high. 

Soft White Underbelly - Punk Rock Musician Interview - Merle Allin

This man is 69.

'Views'

Noga Erez

The Bulwark Podcast - Mike Pence Will Not Endorse Trump! With Bill Kristol And Ben Wittes

Talking Feds With Harry Litman - Trump Finally Admits Defeat As Financial Crisis Looms

Medias Touch - Panicked Trump Attacks Witness In Federal Criminal Case

Brian Tyler Cohen - Trump Lawyers Make The Announcement Trump's Been Dreading

Olive Oil

 Washington Post: Are all olive oils equally healthy for you? A look at the research. The benefits of adding just a little bit to your daily diet By Jennifer Cook

Research links olive oil to lowered blood pressure, LDL cholesterol — which is considered the “bad” version — and inflammation; and increased HDL cholesterol — considered the “good” type; and a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes and cognitive decline.

Despicable

 NY Times: Election Updates: Trump defends his warning of a ‘blood bath for the country.’

Culture

 NPR: An 'exvangelical' on loving, leaving and reporting on the culture of Christianity By Tonya Mosley

MSNBC - Kasich - 'When It Comes To Trump And His Rhetoric There's No Bounds'

Meidas Touch - Trump Admits He Doesn't Have Money For Bond - Begs Court

CNN - Trump Is Unable To Make $464 Million Bond

The Lincoln Project - Funeral

Asbestos

 Washington Post: Toxic asbestos is now fully banned, a move that EPA calls ‘historic’ - Environmental Protection Agency bans chrysotile asbestos, the only form of the cancer-causing mineral that the U.S. still imports and uses in new products. By Anna Phillips

'Insurmountable Difficulties'

NY Times: Trump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Seeks Bond in $454 Million Judgment - Donald J. Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing that he faces “insurmountable difficulties” as he tries to raise cash for the civil fraud penalty he faces in New York. By Ben Protess

Those efforts included approaching about 30 companies, and yet, they said, he has encountered “insurmountable difficulties.”

The Onion - Everything Lara Trump Plans To Do After RNC Takeover

 The Onion: Everything Lara Trump Plans To Do After RNC Takeover

Bond

 Axios: Trump can't post $464M bond to appeal New York fraud case, lawyers say By Jacob Knutson

'Per Te'

 Presently my most streamed track on Spotify.

Have An Excellent Monday

Photography By Todor Tanev 


 

BBC News - Putin Claims Landslide Victory In Russia As The West Condemn 'Pseudo-Election'

Meidas Touch - GOP Special Counsel’s Smear Campaign Quickly Backfires

Morning Joe - Democracy Is On The Line When Trump Says Jan. 6 Rioting Is Normal Political Behavior

Meidas Touch - Trump Lets It Slip During Speech And Reveals His Plan

Glenn Kirschner - How Should Prosecutors And Courts Respond To Trump's Promise Of A 'Bloodbath' If He Loses The Election?

John Flannery - March 16, 2024

Forest

 Inverse: “Forests Die Fast And Grow Slowly:” A Radical Experiment To Transplant A Forest Might Actually Work - As the world warms, trees will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in. By John H. Tibbetts and Knowable Magazine

Coral

 Good News Network: Broadcasting Audio of Healthy Reef Sounds Can Spur Degraded Coral to New Life By Good News Network

Smith

 The Bulwark: It’s Time for Jack Smith to Seek Judge Cannon’s Removal from the Classified Documents Case - Take a closer look at her latest ruling. By Philip Rotner

Policy

 Inside Climate News: In the ‘Armpit of the Universe,’ a Window Into the Persistent Inequities of Environmental Policy - Researchers found that the effectiveness of the Clean Air Act is often a function of race and socio-economic factors. In Clairton, Pennsylvania, residents say they see that firsthand. By Kiley Bense, Victoria St. Martin

Florida

Guardian UK: A Florida neighborhood says an old factory made them sick. Now developers want to kick up toxic soil - Residents already hit with disease are fighting the multibillion-dollar corporation DR Horton, America’s largest homebuilder By Jordan Blumetti

Bromance

 Guardian UK: Putin bromance has US intelligence officials fearing second Trump term - Ex-president’s support for the Russian strongman has experts fretting over American interests and security sources overseas By Peter Stone in Washington

Needles

 Washington Post: Biden needles Trump on age, mental fitness, finances at D.C. dinner - At the annual white-tie Gridiron event, jokes about Jan. 6 and a possible Trump return belied a Washington on edge By Jesús Rodríguez

“Just yesterday, a defeated-looking man came up to me and said, ‘I’m being crushed by debt. I’m completely wiped out,’” Biden said. “I said, ‘Sorry, Donald, I can’t help you.’” 

Doocy

 Washington Post: On Fox News, Steve Doocy has become the unexpected voice of dissent - The affable longtime ‘Fox & Friends’ host is shaking things up in the morning, sparring with colleagues and challenging GOP orthodoxy, to the dismay of Donald Trump and other Republicans leaders By Jeremy Barr

He has also emphasized the significance — and veracity — of the legal challenges facing Trump, talked up Trump challengers like Nikki Haley, and dinged the MAGA wing of the Republican Party. 

Vivid

 NY Times: Trump Just Made the 2024 Choice as Vivid as Possible By Patrick Healy - Deputy Opinion Editor

Listening to Donald Trump’s speech in Ohio Saturday night, where he demonized migrants and described some of them as “not people” and “animals,” I imagined this: It’s November 2024, and the presidential campaign boils down to a tale of two speeches from this month — Trump’s “not people” speech and President Biden’s State of the Union speech. 

Putin

 NY Times: Behind Putin’s Potemkin Vote, Real Support. But No Other Choices. Many Russians say they back their president, but it is far less clear what they might do if they were given alternatives. By Paul Sonne - Reporting from Berlin

The leader of one opposition research group in Moscow has argued that backing for Mr. Putin is actually far more brittle than simple approval numbers suggest. 

The Market On Monday

 Good morning. At 7:08 a.m. ET DOW futures are -42, S&P futures are +20, and NASDAQ futures are +143.5. The market is poised to open mixed.

Salon: Adult MAGA rage is making schools more dangerous for students - Despite the Ethan Crumbley and Nex Benedict cases, a GOP nominee to run schools wants a "firing squad" for liberals By Amanda Marcotte

'Eleanor Rigby'

The Brothers Comatose cover The Beatles

Friday, March 15, 2024

Weekend!

 Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning.

Warn

 Salon: "Experts are desperate to warn the public": Hundreds sign Dr. John Gartner's Trump dementia petition - "They see the signs of Trump’s cognitive decline through the eyes of years of training and experience" By Chauncey DeVega

Brian Tyler Cohen - Republican Scheme Backfires In Explosive Court Ruling

John Flannery - March 15, 2024

Nicolle Wallace - ‘Team Trump Came For Fani Willis And They Missed - Game On’

MSNBC - 'Any Political Prosecution' Will Make Trump 'A Martyr' - Mark McKinnon

Brian Tyler Cohen - Republicans Plow Ahead With Bombshell Scheme To Undermine 2024 Election

The Bulwark - Trump Is A Broke Criminal! Sad! With Amanda Carpenter

Politicon - James Carville Explains Why Donald Trump Stinks So Much

Real Estate

 Washington Post: Realtors’ proposed settlement could lower cost of home sales - The proposed agreement with the National Association of Realtors could dramatically change how much consumers pay during real estate transactions By Julian Mark and Aaron Gregg

Kushner

 NY Times: Jared Kushner Pursuing Development Deals in Albania and Serbia - Donald Trump’s son-in-law said he was close to finalizing real estate projects in the two Balkan nations, an example of the Trump family’s pursuit of deals abroad as the former president seeks the White House. By Eric Lipton, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman

Remake

 NPR: As Trump continues to remake RNC in his image, new memo outlines what that looks like By Ximena Bustillo

Long COVID

 Science News: Long COVID brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain - The result suggests there is a biological basis for this symptom By Meghan Rosen

MSNBC - Judge Ruling On Fani Willis Is A 'Real Win For The DA's Office' - Amy Lee Copeland

Morning Joe - 'This Is Nonsense' - Florida Republican Slams RNC For Layoffs And Chaos

Meidas Touch - Matt Gaetz Gets The Subpoena He Feared The Most

Meidas touch - Judge Issues Order On Trump Motion To Disualify DA Willis

The Lincoln Project - Not American

Progressive

 Washington Post: Opinion - Biden is learning that being progressive is good policy — and good politics By Perry Bacon Jr.

Front Page - Top Headline Story On Friday

 NY Times: Live Updates: Judge Says Fani Willis Can Stay on Georgia Trump Case if Ex-Boyfriend Withdraws - The Atlanta district attorney’s romance with the lead prosecutor she hired to oversee the case created an “appearance of impropriety,” the judge said, ruling that the prosecution can’t proceed unless he leaves or she steps aside.

The ruling by Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton Superior Court cut a middle path between removing Ms. Willis for a conflict of interest, which defense lawyers had sought, and her full vindication.

The Onion - Kohler Unveils Powerful New Toilet Capable Of Flushing Handgun

 The Onion: Kohler Unveils Powerful New Toilet Capable Of Flushing Handgun

Georgia

 Axios: Trump's Georgia case can continue if Willis or special prosecutor leave: judge By April Rubin, Jacob Knutson

Remain

 Washington Post: Fani Willis can remain on Trump Georgia case if special prosecutor steps aside By Holly Bailey and Amy Gardner

 In a 23-page ruling issued Friday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote that defendants “failed to meet their burden” in proving Willis’s relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade was a “conflict of interest" enough to merit her removal from the case.

'Illimitato Salterello'

Have An Excellent Friday

Artwork By Mary Sibande 


 

BBC News - Father Of US School Gunman Convicted Of Manslaughter