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Donald Trump raged over the weekend, like an unrepentant fascist in his attacks on immigrants and the rule of law.
Trump went so far that the Biden White House denounced him for what it was: “Echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists and violent white supremacists and threatening to oppress those who disagree with the government are harmful attacks on the dignity and rights of all Americans. about our democracy and about public safety. . . “
When was the last time a White House denounced fascism within America? Ever?
The most scurrilous of the Trump attacks was against immigrants during New Hampshire rally Saturday:
“Christian nationalists believe that the secular values of democracy destroy Christianity and classical values,” Richardson said of Trump’s speech. “They need to get rid of LGBTQ rights, feminism, immigration, and the public schools that they say teach those values. And if that means handing over force to a dictator who promises to repair his vision of a classical society, they will participate. “
In the New Hampshire speech, Trump went from describing the jailed rioters on Jan. 6 as “political prisoners” to “hostages”:
At an event held Sunday in Reno, Nevada, Trump expressed sympathy for his six false Republican electors who have been criminally charged in the state, saying they, too, were victims of political persecution.
Simply an astonishing reimbursement of damages opposed to Rudy Giuliani in the defamation case brought by Georgian election officials Ruthrough Freeman and Shaye Moss.
Not undeserved. Not out of bounds. Not crazy.
But it’s still an ordinary vindication for the two Black women who were attacked by Giuliani and much of the global MAGA after the 2020 campaign. Keep in mind that the attacks against them are found in Trump’s accusations of election subversion in Washington D. C. and Georgia.
Beyond the underlying conduct that gave rise to their claims, Giuliani engaged in ongoing, persistent self-destructive behavior throughout the case, which created pristine conditions for a devastating jury decision like this one. Not only did he disregard his pre-trial discovery obligations and toy with the court enough to have a default judgment entered against him, he continued to make the same false assertions in public at the courthouse while the jury heard the damages portion of the case. Giuliani was so out of control that comments he made to the press during the proceedings ended up figuring prominently in the closing argument by plaintiffs’ counsel.
If you’re making plans to target black women who paint for the government, Washington D. C. is probably the last place you need to protect yourself. The eight-member jury consisted of 3 white women, two black women, two white men, and one black man. The $75 million punitive damages award offsets the blow that signaled the jury’s displeasure at Giuliani’s conduct.
If we add the $148 million in this case to Fox’s $700 million settlement with the Dominion Voting System, the overall damages for defamation of the Big Lie approach $1 billion, Smartmatic’s landmark defamation case against Fox is still ongoing.
What happens next.
Mark Meadows’ attempt to move Georgia’s RICO case back to federal court was approved Friday by the 11th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Two watchdogs groups are taking another stab at getting former Trump attorney Jenna Ellis, who pleaded guilty in the Georgia RICO case, disbarred in Colorado.
Citing historian Heather Cox Richardson, U. S. District Judge Beryl Howell warned last month of rampant authoritarianism in the United States in a speech to lawyers. In her latest stunt, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N. Y. ) filed a lawsuit against Howell with the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Washington Circuit over what she claims is political speech.
Following in CNN’s footsteps, the New York Times has its own edition of the story of the sensitive Russian intelligence dossier that disappeared from the White House in the final hours of Trump’s presidency.
Here’s a look at how Senate negotiations over a border package to match the Ukrainian in distress played out over the weekend:
Arlington National Cemetery, built on the site of General Robert E. Lee will begin this week removing his Confederate monument, funded through the United Daughters of the Confederacy and erected in 1914.
Backlog Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be buried at the Supreme Court at 10:30 a. m. ET at 8 p. m. Y.
They got them drunk, made them up like Indians, and brought them tea bags to Boston Harbor, which for us in Rhode Island is a pretty weak tea compared to blowing up a damn ship and killing its captain. But, you know, all those other people from Massachusetts became president and ran Harvard. . . So they told their story, their story, and their story.
The Florida Republican Party makes the decision to impeach President Christian Ziegler following rape allegations.
An aide to Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) is unemployed after being linked to a sex tape recorded in a courtroom in the Hart Senate Office Building. The Daily Caller, which was the first to report on the video, focused on the homosexual. So this week’s outrage will be of some kind of ugliness.
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