There is one piece of essential advice that every competent criminal defense attorney will tell a client: do not discuss your case publicly. In the United States, the 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination means criminal defendants are not required to testify. But prosecutors can use a defendant's prior statements to bolster their case or undermine the defense narrative. So the best option for defendants is not to speak publicly. This is especially important for defendants facing serious felony charges in federal court.
Exactly. I respect that she called out BS as part of the J6 Committee. It doesn't change the fact that her votes were pretty much lockstep with every law and policy promoted by the Orange Menace. We can respect her having a spine about the election, without turning a blind eye to her policy stands and voting history.
When kids ask what does it mean when someone says, "Give him enough rope..."? It's stunning that anyone would vote for this idiot a 2nd time, much less a third. We really need to step up critical thinking and bring back ethics courses.
And civics. And Government 101. And teach the constitution and ALL of this country’s history - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Our kids deserve the truth.
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." -Aesop
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." -Thomas Sowell
Mr. Sowell, if you're reading this, it is far worse than that. Many of those people making those decisions are rewarded for them through bribes and insider trading. This is a potent recipe for unimaginable corruption that has lead directly to immense societal degradation.
Oh-h Human Nature! Aesop takes us back to report on life in the 600's and 500's BC. Telling the truth--good journalism: informing us about the details of human behavior may still be our best way to change the current lack of honesty and integrity. So, Thank you, Judd!
He is the conservative voice of the Economics world and I am sure he celebrated the death of affirmative action yesterday. People can watch one of his YouTube videos on Affirmative action and catch my drift. Most of these readers know little of him.
It is a red herring to declare that something that was said is wrong simply because of who said it. A horrible person can still be right about things from time to time.
As for Affirmative Action, it is noble while being divisive and that makes me ambivalent on the subject. A song from the 90s comes to mind:
Affirmity may be justified - take from one, give to another ● The goal is to be unified - take my hand, be my brother ● The payment silenced the masses sanctified, by oppression ● Unity took a backseat sliding further, into regression
Society blind by color - why hold down one, to raise another ● Discrimination now on both sides - seeds of hate, blossom further ● The world is headed for mutiny - when all we want, is unity ● We may rise and fall - but in the end, we'll meet our fate together
Like many things it has a good side and a bad one. When you jettison merit on the basis of skin color, bad blood will always result no matter how noble the reason for it. There has to be a better way.
What’s that saying? “Better to leave one’s mouth closed and let others think you a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.” Normally this sage advice is reserved for small children who’ve gotten a bit mouthy, and that’s so obviously not the case here.
But trump does this all the time , and still hasn’t been held accountable in any real meaningful way - trump puts his stuff out there - he keeps talking - and ( for his base) the product is, it diminishes his crime / in their eyes it’s no big deal - it’s not that bad - but oh look look - Joe Biden did worse !!! Trumps tactic does work ! For the republicans- until it stops working - which hasn’t happened yet.
Trumps mentor Roy Cohen- taught him well I guess - deny it - then lean into it - admit to it / and just render IT, a matter of fact with a shrug !
That every word passing from Trump’s lips is reported serves to echo and reinforce his rants, obscuring any other story in the news. He sucks oxygen and energy into his public persona. I wonder what a week of no reporting of any kind, no televising him, no attention at all would be like?
It would be GLORIOUS!! It was indeed glorious in early 2021 after Biden was sworn in, but around summertime it became obvious that the media could no longer stand it, so they started banging the tRump drum again to fatten their bottom lines
I've often felt that if we could somehow get the media to stop reporting on Trump at all, he might go away. Giving him attention, positive or negative, just feeds the beast. It's what we do to a small child's tantrum - we ignore it. Without attention, the child stops. Well, it worked most of the time.
The recording of him laughing about grabbing pu$$y should have done him in. The statement that he could shoot someone on the streets of NY & not lose support should have done him in. His creepy obsession with his daughter should have done him in. The list goes on…
I was reminded yesterday that in the trial, his defense attorneys need just a single juror to find reasonable doubt and decline to move from that stance. Everything done to normalize his behavior adds another step on the path to a hung jury.
One point that seems to get lost in the shuffle is that it doesn't really matter whether or not Trump actually had a classified Top-Secret document in his hands.* His verbal admission that he knew he previously had the ability to declassify documents while President, and now no longer has that ability as a former President, is the smoking gun. It proves he was fully aware of the regulations associated with declassifying documents, and undercuts all his claims about these being "his boxes", and "I can take whatever I wanted when I left", and "declassifying things just by thinking it".
* This in no way minimizes the fact that he was still in possession of classified Top-Secret documents and was waving them around all willy-nilly in front of a group of people whose level of security clearance permitted them access to the rest rooms.
We'd all be better off if he had just done what other 60 year-old men with small penises do - buy a sports-car.
Always thought it’d be his mouth that would ultimately do him in. So yes, tho I’ll never again willingly endure his pitiful syntax, he should most definitely keep talking.
As has been said before, Trump has the right to remain silent.
But he does not have that ability.
It's not because of his age, but because of the personality deficit programmed into him by those who so badly raised him. He is admired by his followers precisely because they, on the one hand share the same personality deficits based on similar bad parenting coupled with the destructive attitudes and behaviors of the friends, communities and churches which surrounded them as they grew up.
Trump's followers are also psychologically dependent on him because of what he appears to be - strong, decisive, and powerful enough to get away with whatever he wants to do, all the aspects of their own personalities that were beaten out of them, verbally or psychologically, by those who so abusively raised them.
Trump demonstrates those traits, but they only come out when he's triggered by a crisis (which is most of the time). Then they come out as if he were suddenly an adolescent or child, with only the maturity he possessed at the age those traits were beaten out of him. His followers love it and love him, but the last thing in the world we need is a nation run by very belligerent child who has only the awareness, understanding, stubbornness, and emotional maturity of a child.
"The Twilight Zone," episode "It's a Good Life." was uncomfortably prophetic in this regard.
I can only hope that, after the era of Trump, as areas around the nation look for leaders, we finally come to realize that the loudest, most confident, most-self aggrandizing individuals, especially those who really, really want to be in charge of everything, are exactly the wrong people to put in charge of anything.
We used to recognize and denigrate such people as "blow hards," but the media loves them so much (because they grab eyeballs, ears, and mouse clicks) that we seem to have lost the ability to realize what they are and shunt them aside.
There's an old saying, "You almost always get more of that to which you pay the most attention." Good strong leaders and well-functioning political bodies are generally quite boring in their efficiency and effectiveness so the media ignores them, whereas total governmental or religious chaos is far more exciting so it gets continuous air time,...
“ the loudest, most confident, most-self aggrandizing individuals, especially those who really, really want to be in charge of everything, are exactly the wrong people to put in charge of anything.” Ron DeSantis is another perfect example. The rest of the country needs to pay attention and be aware of this idiot. He is turning Florida into a fascist state. And I live here.
It's always been my belief that the MSM elected him (with help from some very wealthy psychopaths). Get the MSM to value your "click" volume and you've got it made.
I wrote about this the other day. It’s amazing to me how one, like Trump, can’t keep his mouth shut. But, the more he yaks, the better Jack Smith appreciates it!
This just proves how sick Trump really is. He has no concept of this nations security. No concept of “Secret”, “Top Secret”, “Classified”, documents really are, or what their contents really mean.
He’s sitting there gloatingly describing the contents, showing the contents, to some of his workers, who you can tell are women (wonder what he was doing with them).
Trump is a narcissistic sociopath and a sexual predator/pervert. He has absolutely no concept of his actions, and doesn’t care who he implicated to suffer the consequences of his devious actions or behavior.
(If) found guilty, hang 'em by the yard arm...figuratively speaking. He can't seem to help himself. He is such a narcissist, he has to continually open his mouth about aspects of even legal cases he is being held culpable for, to show his importance. Grandiosity, thy name is trump.....His Achilles heel, so to speak.
Liz Cheney just said it best: 'We're electing idiots.'
She is quite correct although still a fre-nemy.
You are both correct.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. In a nutshell.
At least temporarily.
Exactly. I respect that she called out BS as part of the J6 Committee. It doesn't change the fact that her votes were pretty much lockstep with every law and policy promoted by the Orange Menace. We can respect her having a spine about the election, without turning a blind eye to her policy stands and voting history.
Exactly!
When kids ask what does it mean when someone says, "Give him enough rope..."? It's stunning that anyone would vote for this idiot a 2nd time, much less a third. We really need to step up critical thinking and bring back ethics courses.
And civics. And Government 101. And teach the constitution and ALL of this country’s history - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Our kids deserve the truth.
Especially all of this country’s history.
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." -Aesop
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong." -Thomas Sowell
Mr. Sowell, if you're reading this, it is far worse than that. Many of those people making those decisions are rewarded for them through bribes and insider trading. This is a potent recipe for unimaginable corruption that has lead directly to immense societal degradation.
Oh-h Human Nature! Aesop takes us back to report on life in the 600's and 500's BC. Telling the truth--good journalism: informing us about the details of human behavior may still be our best way to change the current lack of honesty and integrity. So, Thank you, Judd!
Interesting pick of Sowell as a quote source. He is a piece of work himself.
Couldn't the same be said about almost anyone?
He is the conservative voice of the Economics world and I am sure he celebrated the death of affirmative action yesterday. People can watch one of his YouTube videos on Affirmative action and catch my drift. Most of these readers know little of him.
At least I know what you stand for now.
It is a red herring to declare that something that was said is wrong simply because of who said it. A horrible person can still be right about things from time to time.
As for Affirmative Action, it is noble while being divisive and that makes me ambivalent on the subject. A song from the 90s comes to mind:
Affirmity may be justified - take from one, give to another ● The goal is to be unified - take my hand, be my brother ● The payment silenced the masses sanctified, by oppression ● Unity took a backseat sliding further, into regression
Society blind by color - why hold down one, to raise another ● Discrimination now on both sides - seeds of hate, blossom further ● The world is headed for mutiny - when all we want, is unity ● We may rise and fall - but in the end, we'll meet our fate together
Creed, One https://youtu.be/fzp8Z674J9A
Like many things it has a good side and a bad one. When you jettison merit on the basis of skin color, bad blood will always result no matter how noble the reason for it. There has to be a better way.
What’s that saying? “Better to leave one’s mouth closed and let others think you a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.” Normally this sage advice is reserved for small children who’ve gotten a bit mouthy, and that’s so obviously not the case here.
That advice is quite commonly given to adults who completely ignore it. Trump is a case in point
He was a mouthy child and nothing has changed.
Looks like the twice-impeached one-term confirmed sexual predator newly indicted on espionage former Liar-in-Chief is a one-trick pony.
But trump does this all the time , and still hasn’t been held accountable in any real meaningful way - trump puts his stuff out there - he keeps talking - and ( for his base) the product is, it diminishes his crime / in their eyes it’s no big deal - it’s not that bad - but oh look look - Joe Biden did worse !!! Trumps tactic does work ! For the republicans- until it stops working - which hasn’t happened yet.
Trumps mentor Roy Cohen- taught him well I guess - deny it - then lean into it - admit to it / and just render IT, a matter of fact with a shrug !
That every word passing from Trump’s lips is reported serves to echo and reinforce his rants, obscuring any other story in the news. He sucks oxygen and energy into his public persona. I wonder what a week of no reporting of any kind, no televising him, no attention at all would be like?
It would be GLORIOUS!! It was indeed glorious in early 2021 after Biden was sworn in, but around summertime it became obvious that the media could no longer stand it, so they started banging the tRump drum again to fatten their bottom lines
I've often felt that if we could somehow get the media to stop reporting on Trump at all, he might go away. Giving him attention, positive or negative, just feeds the beast. It's what we do to a small child's tantrum - we ignore it. Without attention, the child stops. Well, it worked most of the time.
LOCK HIM UP!!! LOCK HIM UP!!! LOCK HIM UP!!! LOCK HIM UP!!!
Uh, too soon?
/s
not nearly soon enough IMO. His first impeachment should have done him in.
The recording of him laughing about grabbing pu$$y should have done him in. The statement that he could shoot someone on the streets of NY & not lose support should have done him in. His creepy obsession with his daughter should have done him in. The list goes on…
totally agree
And yet...he’s still the Repuglican front runner.
Brought to you by the party of "family values."
When you're right, you're right Mark!
I was reminded yesterday that in the trial, his defense attorneys need just a single juror to find reasonable doubt and decline to move from that stance. Everything done to normalize his behavior adds another step on the path to a hung jury.
Not necessarily. It was a Florida grand jury that indicted. (Don't crush my tiny spark of hope.)
LOL to "my tiny spark of hope"! We all need perspective and a sense of humor to get us through,
“The Run Away Jury,” John Cusack and Rachel Weisz
One point that seems to get lost in the shuffle is that it doesn't really matter whether or not Trump actually had a classified Top-Secret document in his hands.* His verbal admission that he knew he previously had the ability to declassify documents while President, and now no longer has that ability as a former President, is the smoking gun. It proves he was fully aware of the regulations associated with declassifying documents, and undercuts all his claims about these being "his boxes", and "I can take whatever I wanted when I left", and "declassifying things just by thinking it".
* This in no way minimizes the fact that he was still in possession of classified Top-Secret documents and was waving them around all willy-nilly in front of a group of people whose level of security clearance permitted them access to the rest rooms.
We'd all be better off if he had just done what other 60 year-old men with small penises do - buy a sports-car.
HAHAHAHA!
Wait a minute, I'm 62 and I drive a Pontiac G8!!!!
Always thought it’d be his mouth that would ultimately do him in. So yes, tho I’ll never again willingly endure his pitiful syntax, he should most definitely keep talking.
He has zero credibility already. Keep talking. An orange jumpsuit awaits him.
As has been said before, Trump has the right to remain silent.
But he does not have that ability.
It's not because of his age, but because of the personality deficit programmed into him by those who so badly raised him. He is admired by his followers precisely because they, on the one hand share the same personality deficits based on similar bad parenting coupled with the destructive attitudes and behaviors of the friends, communities and churches which surrounded them as they grew up.
Trump's followers are also psychologically dependent on him because of what he appears to be - strong, decisive, and powerful enough to get away with whatever he wants to do, all the aspects of their own personalities that were beaten out of them, verbally or psychologically, by those who so abusively raised them.
Trump demonstrates those traits, but they only come out when he's triggered by a crisis (which is most of the time). Then they come out as if he were suddenly an adolescent or child, with only the maturity he possessed at the age those traits were beaten out of him. His followers love it and love him, but the last thing in the world we need is a nation run by very belligerent child who has only the awareness, understanding, stubbornness, and emotional maturity of a child.
"The Twilight Zone," episode "It's a Good Life." was uncomfortably prophetic in this regard.
I can only hope that, after the era of Trump, as areas around the nation look for leaders, we finally come to realize that the loudest, most confident, most-self aggrandizing individuals, especially those who really, really want to be in charge of everything, are exactly the wrong people to put in charge of anything.
We used to recognize and denigrate such people as "blow hards," but the media loves them so much (because they grab eyeballs, ears, and mouse clicks) that we seem to have lost the ability to realize what they are and shunt them aside.
There's an old saying, "You almost always get more of that to which you pay the most attention." Good strong leaders and well-functioning political bodies are generally quite boring in their efficiency and effectiveness so the media ignores them, whereas total governmental or religious chaos is far more exciting so it gets continuous air time,...
and here we are.
“ the loudest, most confident, most-self aggrandizing individuals, especially those who really, really want to be in charge of everything, are exactly the wrong people to put in charge of anything.” Ron DeSantis is another perfect example. The rest of the country needs to pay attention and be aware of this idiot. He is turning Florida into a fascist state. And I live here.
It's always been my belief that the MSM elected him (with help from some very wealthy psychopaths). Get the MSM to value your "click" volume and you've got it made.
Well stated. All true. Thank you Greg.
I wrote about this the other day. It’s amazing to me how one, like Trump, can’t keep his mouth shut. But, the more he yaks, the better Jack Smith appreciates it!
This just proves how sick Trump really is. He has no concept of this nations security. No concept of “Secret”, “Top Secret”, “Classified”, documents really are, or what their contents really mean.
He’s sitting there gloatingly describing the contents, showing the contents, to some of his workers, who you can tell are women (wonder what he was doing with them).
Trump is a narcissistic sociopath and a sexual predator/pervert. He has absolutely no concept of his actions, and doesn’t care who he implicated to suffer the consequences of his devious actions or behavior.
https://daniellcooper.substack.com/p/trump-discusses-top-secret-documents?sd=pf
This recording is indeed damning but Jack has a whole lot more to share, I bet.
(If) found guilty, hang 'em by the yard arm...figuratively speaking. He can't seem to help himself. He is such a narcissist, he has to continually open his mouth about aspects of even legal cases he is being held culpable for, to show his importance. Grandiosity, thy name is trump.....His Achilles heel, so to speak.
How come someone like him doesn't get the death penalty? Children running away from cops get the death penalty all the time.
A POC gets the death penalty from an old white bigot for knocking on his door.
Open mouth, insert foot repeatedly Trump. Keep it up.
Jack Smith is waiting for you.