Farron Cousins: 'Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Won't Take Blame For Chaos She's Causing'

Source:Farron Balanced with a look at political escaped mental patient. I mean U.S. Representative Marjorie T. Greene (MAGA, Georgia) 

"Marjorie Taylor Greene understands what's at stake with her effort to remove Mike Johnson as the Speaker of the House, and she doesn't care. In fact, she said this week that she will not accept ANY of the blame if the House ends up electing a Democratic speaker. To be fair, Greene is just continuing on the path that people like Matt Gaetz put the Party on last year, so she shouldn't receive 100% of the blame, as Farron Cousins explains." 

From Farron Balanced

"Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, the Trump ally who engineered the ouster of McCarthy by a similar contingent of far-right Republicans, warned against trying to oust Johnson for fear of ending up with a Democratic speaker.

Gaetz was among eight Republicans who voted last October to remove McCarthy of California, with the help of all Democrats who were not willing to cast votes to save the embattled speaker. 

“If we vacated this speaker, we’d end up with a Democrat,” Gaetz predicted late Thursday. “When I vacated the last one, I made a promise to the country that we would not end up with a Democrat speaker. ... I couldn’t make that promise again today.”

From the Associated Press 

"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that it is not her fault if House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is promoted to the House’s top role after she filed a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from the position last week.

Greene pushed back on criticism that her motion against Johnson could result in Jeffries being elected Speaker due to the dwindling GOP majority in the lower chamber. She argued that Republican lawmakers who have cut their terms short and left office are the true ones to blame, not her. 

“It’s just a simple math. The more Republicans, like Mike Gallagher, that resign and leave early — guess what, that means we have less Republicans in the House,” Greene said Tuesday on Real America’s Voice, a conservative cable channel. “So, every time a Mike Gallagher or a Ken Buck leaves early, that brings our numbers down and brings us dangerously closer to being in the minority.”

“It’s not Marjorie Taylor Greene that is saying the inconvenient truth and forcing everyone to wake up and realize Republican voters are done with us doing this kind of crap that we did last week,” she added." 

From The Hill

As I wrote about this last week right here: 

"As the ABC News Congressional reporter said in the video: when you file a privileged motion to vacate the Speaker of the House, the House has to vote on that motion within two days, regardless of who files the motion and whether they're a majority or minority member of the House. 

The Greene motion is not a privileged motion. So, she might just be putting Speaker Mike Johnson "on notice here", or she might done her own whip count and can count high enough to see that most of the House Republicans would vote against it and a lot of House Democrats as well. And she doesn't want to look even dumber and crazier than she already does. But that's just my theory." 

From The New Democrat

What Farron Cousins didn't mention and that might just because he's not a member of the Congressional Junkies Club of America, (don't look that up. No such club actually exists. At least that I'm aware of and I should know.) like me and isn't as familiar with the Congressional rules in the House and Senate as we are. And as I mentioned last week right here, Representative Marjorie T. Greene's motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson, is not a privileged motion. Which means House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, doesn't have to bring it to the floor and schedule a vote on it. 

Marjorie T. Greene could very well be an escaped mental patient from Mississippi or some place and then moved to rural Georgia, changed her name and physical appearance,  to serve in the House of Representatives. (Which is why her mental institution can't find her) Or, she should be an Oscar winning actress for playing the dumbest idiots and craziest maniacs in world history. And she's actually a lot saner and smarter in private, then she seems to want her constituents and public to believe. 

When it comes to her privileged motion (privileged motion being the key words here) to vacate Speaker Johnson, I'm thinking she's just a great comedic actress (who really should be in Hollywood) playing a complete idiot and maniac on TV. Because if she had the votes to vacate the Speaker of the House, she would have already filed that privileged motion by now. 

MTG is not in the House of Representatives to govern. (Also in the news: fire can burn human flesh) And to govern, you have to make deals all the time with the other party. At least to do the necessary things, like keeping the government open and avoiding debt defaults. 

MTG is there to eliminate what's left of the establishment wing of the Republican Party, (meaning the real Conservative Republicans) who right now are like Evangelical preachers at a porn convention. But who aren't having as nearly as much fun as the preachers at the porn convention. 

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Michael Smerconish: Chris Wallace - Larry David Interview

Source:Michael Smerconish talking about the Larry David - Chris Wallace interview, with Wallace wanting to know what David thinks about Donald J. Trump. As well as a lot of other less interesting stuff.

Source:The New Democrat

"Giddy Up" 

From Michael Smerconish

"Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Larry David shares how he feels about former President Donald Trump and the 2020 election. Watch the full episode of "Who's Talking to Chris Wallace," streaming March 29 on Max." 

From CNN 

At risk of stating the obvious to the point that it would be like I'm telling people not try to cross a busy street blindfolded, because that might be dangerous: (unless of course you are suicidal. Then by all means.) professional entertainers don't like Donald J. Trump. And for obvious reasons. And there are exceptions to every rule. Like you might survive trying to cross a street blindfolded. Not something I would personally risk. But I can't make that decision for everyone else.

There are professional entertainers in MAGA Land, like the country music industry, except for the most popular singer, that being Taylor Swift. And of course NASCAR, Jon Vaught, James Woods, Kristy Swanson, and perhaps a few others in Hollywood, and professional cowboys and cowgirls. 

But if you are a big city person, with a big metropolitan background, (which of course Larry David being from New York obviously is) Donald Trump to you is like The Devil. I mean for most professional entertainers, Donald Trump is like the New York Yankees for Boston Red Sox fans. The New York Giants for Philadelphia Eagles fan, etc. They hate the man as much as Jews hate Arabs in the Middle East and vice-versa. 

But just for the record and no, I'm not a big Larry David fan: I agree with him on everything that I've seen so far, about what he told Chris Wallace about Donald J. Trump. DJT is like the little boy who still can't believe that he lost a one-one-one basketball game, to the new kid in the neighborhood, who looks like he gets beat up everyday, simply for being a geek and loses his lunch money and is forced to do the homework of the cool kids in school.

This is how Donald Trump views Joe Biden. As the biggest loser in the world, who shouldn't even been allowed to run for President against him, let alone beat him. And because of that attitude, he's putting at risk the future of American liberal democracy, which has kept this great country together for over 247 years now. 

Ben Meiselas: 'Donald Trump Lawyer JETS OUT OF COUNTRY after LOSING For This'

Source:Meidas Touch talking about Trump University graduate & MAGA lawyer Alina Habba.

"MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba’s latest move after losing multiple cases for Trump where she has decided to celebrate in St. Barths." 

From the Meidas Touch 

"Donald Trump's glamorous lawyer Alina Habba jetted off to St. Barts to celebrate her 40th birthday over the weekend. 

The legal guru took a break from defending the former President to enjoy a lavish vacation with her friends - and they certainly went all out on the trip.

They stayed in a stunning five-star resort and dined in some of the Caribbean island's top restaurants.

Thankfully, the attorney's best friend, TV personality Siggy Flicker, shared a glimpse into the luxurious getaway on her Instagram." 

From the Daily Mail

"Tim Miller: Trump scammed you, defrauded you, he stole your money to pay for his own ritzy lifestyle" 

From The Lincoln Project 

As I wrote about Alina Habba back in November: 

"Alina Habba is not really a trial lawyer. She can barely afford to do whatever she does as a lawyer right now. She's more of a public relations lawyer, if anything at all, who makes her living trying her client's cases on TV and on social media. But she's officially Donald Trump's civil lawyer right now because she's about the best of what's left to try to defend him, because of his own financial situation and all the evidence that's against him right now, in multiple cases. 

Perhaps one of the reasons right now that Alina Habba owes millions of dollars, is because her own client is not paying her. But she's trying to work for him anyway, perhaps banking on the fact that defending a former President of the United States, would lead to clients who can and would pay her very well for her legal advice and actions in the future. But that career strategy is obviously not working out for her right now." 

From The New Democrat

I guess I have a few reactions to this latest Alina Habba political tabloid, but completely accurate story. I guess tabloid is not the correct word here. Perhaps political reality TV story?

Alina Habba is not my lawyer. She's not getting any of my money. Or government money from taxpayers. So why should I give a damn if there are roughly 70 million (give or take) escaped mental patients, or members of the National Association For The Advancement of Idiocy (not a real organization. Don't bother trying to look it up.) who are crazy or dumb enough, to bankroll losers like Donald Trump, Alina Habba, and many others? We are talking about people who couldn't pay their own damn bills, if they didn't have nuts or idiots, or nutty idiots out there, that they could scam. 

The answer to my own question, is because I'm a good, moral, person (it's true. I'm not kissing my own feet here) who cares about innocent people. And who wants to try to persuade people before they dump all their money, including their life savings, along with their mortgage payments, car payments, etc, into the lake, that there's a better investment for their money and better way to spend their own valuable time, then to throw their money away at professional losers and scammers like Donald Trump, Alina Habba and many others.

Alina Habba has already lost 550 million dollars of Donald Trump's money, that he doesn't even have. How much money is MAGA going to spend rewarding her for all her total, preventable losses? If losing pays in America, then Alina Habba is now one of the wealthiest losers in America. 

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CNN: Laura Coates Interviewing Texas Trey

Source:CNN anchor Laura Coates interviewing Texas Trey.

Source:The New Democrat

"Texas Trey, a lifelong Republican voter, speaks with CNN's Laura Coates about why he plans to leave the party before the 2024 election." 

From CNN

"Hillary Clinton on Thursday blitzed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump with a barrage of pointed and sarcastic attacks, casting him as dangerous with a petulant streak that could threaten U.S. national and global security.

Here are 34 of her most fiery charges:

1. “Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different – they are dangerously incoherent. They’re not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lies.”

2. “He’s not just unprepared – he’s temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility.”

3. “This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes because it’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin.”

4. “We cannot put the safety of our children and grandchildren in Donald Trump’s hands. We cannot let him roll the dice with America.”

5. “He has no ideas on education. No ideas on innovation. He has lots of ideas about who to blame but no clue about what to do.”

6. “This is a man who said that more countries should have nuclear weapons, including Saudi Arabia.”

7. “This is someone who has threatened to abandon our allies in NATO – the countries that work with us to root out terrorists abroad before they strike us at home.”

8. “He believes we can treat the U.S. economy like one of his casinos and default on our debts to the rest of the world, which would cause an economic catastrophe far worse than anything we experienced in 2008.”

9. “He has said that he would order our military to carry out torture and the murder of civilians who are related to suspected terrorists – even though those are war crimes.”

10. “He says he doesn’t have to listen to our generals or ambassadors because he has – quote – ‘a very good brain.’ He also said, ‘I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me.’ You know what? I don’t believe him.”

11. “He says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese, and has the gall to say that prisoners of war like John McCain aren’t heroes. (Pauses for boos) Exactly.”

12. “He praises dictators like Vladimir Putin and picks fights with our friends – including the British prime minister, the mayor of London, the German chancellor, the president of Mexico and the Pope.”

13. “We are not a country that cowers behind walls. We lead with purpose and we prevail.”

14. “He says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia.”

15. “If Donald gets his way they’ll be celebrating in the Kremlin.”

16. “And to top it off, he believes America is weak. An embarrassment. He called our military a disaster. He said we are – quote – a ‘third-world country.’ And he’s been saying things like that for decades. These are the words of someone who doesn’t understand America or the world.”

17. “If you really believe America is weak – with our military, our values, our capabilities that no other country comes close to matching – then you don’t know America. And you certainly don’t deserve to lead it.”

18. “What’s Trump’s (ISIS plan)? Well, he won’t say. He is literally keeping it a secret. The secret, of course, is he has no idea how to stop ISIS.”

19. “Through all his loose talk there’s one constant theme: demonizing Muslims and playing right into the hands of ISIS.”

20. “Donald Trump doesn’t know the first thing about Iran or its nuclear program. Ask him – it will become very clear very quickly.”

21. “There’s no risk of people losing their lives if you blow up a golf course deal. But it doesn’t work like that in world affairs. Just like being interviewed on the same episode of ’60 Minutes’ as Putin was is not the same as actually dealing with Putin.”

22. “We cannot put the lives of our young men and women in uniform in Donald Trump’s hands.”

23. “The stakes in global statecraft are infinitely higher and more complex than in the world of luxury hotels.”

24. “We all know the tools Donald Trump brings to the table – bragging, mocking, composing nasty tweets. I am willing to bet he is writing a few right now.”

25. “I don’t understand Donald’s bizarre fascination with dictators and strongmen who have no love for America.”

26. “He praised China for the Tiananmen Square massacre – he said it showed strength. He said, ‘You’ve got to give Kim Jong Un credit’ for taking over North Korea – something he did by murdering everyone he saw as a threat, including his own uncle, which Donald described gleefully, like he was recapping an action movie.”

27. “I will leave it to the psychiatrists to explain his affection for tyrants.” 

28. “I just wonder how anyone could be so wrong about who America’s real friends are. Because it matters. Because if you don’t know exactly who you’re dealing with, men like Putin will eat your lunch.”

29. “Every president faces hard choices every day, with imperfect information and conflicting imperatives. … Making the right call takes a cool head and respect for the facts. It takes a willingness to listen to other people’s points of view with a truly open mind. It also takes humility – knowing you don’t know everything – because if you’re convinced you’re always right, you’ll never ask yourself the hard questions.”

30. “Now imagine Donald Trump sitting in the Situation Room, making life-or-death decisions on behalf of the United States.”

31. “Imagine him deciding whether to send your spouses or children into battle.”

32. “Imagine if he had not just his Twitter account at his disposal when he’s angry, but America’s entire arsenal.”

33. “Do we want him making those calls – someone thin-skinned and quick to anger, who lashes out at the smallest criticism? Do we want his finger anywhere near the button?”

34. “Making Donald Trump our commander-in-chief would be a historic mistake.”

Clinton was right about Trump tweeting during her remarks." 

From CNN 

The title of this CNN video was: "'Hillary was right': Lifelong GOP voter on why he is leaving the party". I don't know which exact quote from Hillary Clinton that the man who goes by Texas Trey was referring to. So I just gave you 34 of them from one of her 2016 speeches on Donald J. Trump. Happy reading. 

I'm in a similar political ballpark as Texas Trey. (It's baseball season) I'm officially a Democrat, because I like my members of Congress in Maryland, my representative Jamie Raskin and my two senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen. And I at least before he was elected President, I was a fan of Joe Biden as well. And I think he's doing a good job now, but he's not a political hero of mine. 

I'm not a Democrat because I think Alexandria O. Cortez, Bernie Sanders and other Socialist Democrats in Congress, are like "totally awesome rockstars" or something. I'm a Thomas Jefferson/JFK, Classical Liberal (meaning real Liberal) Democrat ideologically. And I'm still officially a Democrat, again, not because I'm some left-wing, hipster, or something, that wants to convert America into Scandinavia. But because Democrats tend to believe in progress and making things better for the country, empowering more people to be able to take control of their lives. 

Whereas when Republicans are in power, they tend to just argue with each other and not just about whose the most loyal to the MAGA cult leader Donald Trump, but also what to do when it comes to policy. The 2017 ObamaCare repeal debate, where they failed both to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, is just on example of that. And now when they just barely control of the House of Representatives and have no other elected power in Washington, they're debating whether they should vacate Speaker Mike Johnson, because he wouldn't shut down the government for them. 

I would probably check myself into a mental hospital, voluntarily, my idea only, before I would ever become a Republican today. Because that's what the modern Republican Party (which is really just Donald Trump's MAGA party) is, a political asylum.

So I see where Texas Trey is coming from. He's basically voting for President Joe Biden in November, because the current President isn't a dictator and doesn't want to be a dictator. And even if Democrats hold The White House and win back complete control of Congress this year, as Texas Trey said, Republicans and the country as a whole would live to fight another day politically. And there would be elections again in 2025 and 2026 to hold Democrats accountable.

Jesse Dollemore: 'Fox News Hosts DEBASE THEMSELVES Defending Trump's Truth Social!'

Source:Jesse Dollemore talking about the lack of members of Truth Social.

"Jesse talks about the humiliating defense of Donald Trump's failing Truth Social platform that was undertaken by the goofy hosts of Fox News's The Five program yesterday. Dana Perino, Jeanine Pirro, Greg Gutfeld, and Jesse Watters all went to bat to defend Donald Trump's Truth Social. They explained how great and effective the platform is; however, none of them have ever personally used it!" 

From Jesse Dollemore 

Justin Baragona: "The rest of The Five gang up on Jessica Tarlov when she points out that Truth Social loses money and only has 500,000 users.

Jesse Watters takes great offense when Tarlov asks to see his phone when he claims he uses Truth Social all the time." 

From Justin Baragona 

According to Fox News host Jesse Watters, Truth Social is so "awesome" (or whatever pop culture adjective that you want to use) that he can't use it. He can say he has a Truth Social account, but it's like the 1965 Ferrari (or whatever the car and year that he has) it's too good and valuable to ever take out for a drive. Which makes as much sense as trying to walk from New York to San Francisco, barefoot, on glass. 

I've been flirting with the idea of getting a Truth Social account myself, just to see what it's like and what people do on it. Not to ever actually post anything on it. So maybe I would be like Jesse Walters that way. 

But creating a Truth Social account for myself, would be sort of like voluntarily committing myself to a mental institution, especially a secure forensic hospital, where they send violent criminals, who are technically not guilty for reason of insanity. And I would go in there as an undercover or something, just to see what the experience would be like. But I've never been stupid or crazy enough, or had enough guts to ever go through with that.

This blog refers to MAGA as the Mass Army of Gigantic Assholes. But that's only because that's exactly who they are. According to these folks, America hasn't been great since women have been allowed to vote, let alone minorities having the right to vote and the rest of their constitutional rights being enforce under law as well. 

This is exactly what Truth Social is. Its' where the Mass Army of Gigantic Assholes (also known as MAGA) get together online, to talk about how America has been going to hell, at least since the 1960s, but really the last 100 years. And how their cult leader Donald J. Trump can make America Anglo Saxon and Protestant again. I guess other Northern Europeans would be allowed in that small club as well. Truth Social is really just an online secure forensic hospital, for the social media insane.

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The Daily Show: Jordan Klepper: 'On Donald Trump's Bible Grift & GOP Reaction to Baltimore Bridge Collapse'

Source:The Daily Show talking about Donald J. Trump's latest grift to profit off of God. God being someone DJT knows nothing about.

 
"Jordan Klepper tackles Trump’s new branded Bibles and how right-wing media is rushing to blame the Baltimore bridge collapse on Democratic policy. Plus, Josh Johnson weighs in on Florida’s social media ban for children under 14, and what this means for the rising generation of schoolyard bullies." 

From The Daily Show 

As my colleague Kire Schneider wrote in February about Donald J. Trump's and his MAGA soldier actor Jon Voight (actor being the key word there) attempt to profit off of God and use that to win more MAGA, I mean Republican votes: 

"I'm not a mindreader, (also in the news: I'm not an astronaut, who moonlights as a brain surgeon, even in outer space) so maybe Jon Voight really does believe that Don Trump is the Son of God. And maybe he also believes in Santa Claus and the New York Yankees will relocate to Alabama. and the confederate flag will be the new Yankees logo. Who knows what's really in the mind of actors anyway? But the man is an actor and a great one at that. He'a also 85 years old and could be losing his mind. So just to automatically take him seriously on anything, that doesn't involve his own personal carer and life, I'm not sure there's enough salt on the planet (a grain wouldn't do) for me to do that, because I believe in facts and evidence." 

From The New Democrat

As Donald Trump's niece Mary L. Trump wrote about her uncle and his religion yesterday: 

Mary L. Trump: 

1) He's never prayed in his life.

2) If that were a real bible, it would burst into a ball of flame.

From Mary L. Trump 

"It's very important and very important to me," Trump, the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee, said in the video. "I want to have a lot of people have it. You have to have it for your heart, for your soul."

Mary Trump, an author and psychologist who frequently criticizes her uncle, responded to the former president's video announcement in a post to X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday evening, saying that her uncle has "never prayed" and that "If that were a real bible, it would burst into a ball of flame." 

From Newsweek

I really just have two points here about this myself. 

1. I think you are more likely to see Communists praying, then you would ever see Donald Trump either at a church praying in private, or praying at home in private. As far Donald J. Trump is concern, he is God. And therefor doesn't have to live by or follow the same rules as us mere mortals. 

And you can talk about Mr. Trump meeting with so many different religious leaders all you want. But let's keep it real: all those discussions were probably about politics and the kind of judges that he would appoint as President. I mean there are real differences between religious leaders and people who try to use religion to advance their own politics. 

2. If Donald Trump were honest, (and enough money grew on trees so he could pay off all his financial and legal debts and could honestly declare himself a billionaire that way) he would probably be on truth serum, because serial liars like Donald J. Trump generally can't be honest intentionally. At least not about less than perfect issues about themselves, but he would probably be on truth serum and say something like this: 

"Look, to all my MAGA faithful: I'm in a 200 million dollar plus hole here. And I know I've been telling you I'm a billionaire, but of course that's not true. Just using that to try to get you to vote for me. I need a lot of money very quickly to pay off all these legal and financial debts. Will you please buy these piece of trash, fake Bibles, so I can't get out of debt, fight all these court cases, and be able to move on with my life."

So MAGA (which actually stands for Mass Army of Gigantic Assholes) of course will buy every DJT Bible that they can possibly afford. Until it becomes a choice of buying the DJT Bible and moving out of their trailer park. or not buying another DJT bible and keeping their trailer home. 

But when you part of the Mass Army of Gigantic Assholes, (also known as MAGA) you are one of the biggest assholes that's known to man and therefor so lost in space, that you would believe Donald Trump is a "recovering gay', who just successfully completed "gay conversion therapy", if he told you that. So it's hard for a mere mortal like myself, to feel sorry for suckers like that. They're getting exactly what bought into. 

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Michael Popok: 'Donald Trump Gives PLAN For Criminal Trial That ALREADY FAILED'

Source:Meidas Touch legal analyst Michael Popok talking about Defendant Don.

"Trump IS FREELOADING again, threatening to WAIVE the 5TH and TESTIFY in the NY criminal trial. But will he? Michael Popok explores the last FOUR TRUMP trials  where he threatened to or did testify, and the results as he predicts whether Trump is BLUFFING this time." 

From the Meidas Touch

As I wrote yesterday on The New Democrat about Donald J. Trump's defense case in the upcoming Manhattan, New York hush money case: 

"Asking Donald Trump to keep a secret, is like asking a goldfish to go without water, or asking a dolphin (not the Miami Dolphins) to run the New York Marathon. He's not what you would call a poker player. At least not a successful poker player. He just laid out his entire defense for his upcoming Manhattan trial. And that's assuming Judge Juan Merchan will allow a defense that actually has nothing to do with the case at hand." 

From The New Democrat

Donald Trump testifying for himself, especially in a criminal trial, is like a goldfish going for a swim in a shark tank. Or, a turtle, challenging a horse to a footrace. A mouse trying to run circles around a kitty cat. Peewee Herman challenging Mike Tyson to a boxing match. None of these things could ever end well. At least for the people making the challenges here. 

As I said yesterday, putting Donald J. Trump under oath and in the witness box, to testify for himself, you might as well put a serial liar (which is what Donald J. Trump is) on truth serum, without him knowing about it and put that person in the witness box, under oath: 

"Of course I did it! Of course I'm guilty! I deserve every punishment under law!" 

With Mr. Trump sort of coming back to Planet Earth (but just for a visit) and realize what he just did and that he just convicted himself. But we'll see. He testified for himself in the New York fraud trail. So he's done stranger things to himself. 

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The Bulwark: George Conway Explains: 'Donald Trump's Legal Stall FAILS Miserably! Trial Starts in 3 Weeks & $175M POORER!'

Source:The Bulwark talking about Donald Trump's small victory that he had on Monday in New York.

"George and Sarah take on the upcoming New York trial, including Trump's $175 million bond. George offers a few (highly critical!) insights into Judge Cannon's handling of the case in Florida." 

From The Bulwark

I want to talk about George Conway's point about Donald Trump's lack of quality legal help, because my colleague Kire Schneider already wrote about this last November when he was talking about Donald Trump's Manhattan civil attorney Alina Habba: 

"When you are the President of the United States, regardless of the POTUS, you have access to be the best of legal profession in this country. Any lawyer just about would be honored to either work in your White House, or work as your personal attorney to address any personal legal issues that you might have when you are President. At least access to the best lawyers in your own party. 

But when you leave The White House, especially in disgrace, when you've just lost reelection and only managed 46% of the popular vote and 232 out of 574 electoral votes, in a two-way race, you've been impeached twice in just 4 years, you have all the legal issues that are now in front of you because of your illegal conduct as President of the United States, you are very unpopular, at least outside of your own party, you have mounting financial debt in front of you because of all the money that you lost when you were President, you have access to whatever is left." 

From The New Democrat

I think the lesson here for career criminals in the future, is if you make a lot of money off of other people's backs and manage to keep a lot of it, put some of that away to cover your legal bills. That way get much better legal representation, because your potential lawyers will know that they'll at the very least get paid, even if they lose in court. 

But, if you are Donald J. Trump, you live in your own world mentally. Not physically or legally, but you see yourself as King Donald of the Trump Kingdom, where the laws of mere mortals, simply don't apply to you. But not just that, you don't even have to pay your own legal bills. So King Donald gets all this legal help representation, but doesn't pay for it. Which costs him quality lawyers, because your average successful lawyer in America, is not a charity worker, at least not professionally. And they expect to get paid, especially when they're working 60-70 hours a week on behalf of their clients. 

As far as Donald Trump's bond getting reduced yesterday: I'm not a lawyer. (Also in the news: I'm also not Jesus Christ) But I don't have a problem with it. 

I guess there's a side of me as an American who loves liberal democracy and the rule of law and would love to see someone like Donald J. Trump get punished as much as possible, at least financially. (Perhaps not physically) Especially since Donald J. Trump represents everything that America is supposed to stand against and hates everything that America stands for, like equal rights, equal justice, the rule of law, etc. 

There's a side of me that says I would like to see Trump get the most financial punishment as humanly possible, as far as I'm concern. But he lives in the same world as every other American and therefor has the same rights as everyone else. And 175 million is still a helluva lot of money. And he might be only be worth 200 million tops, as far as what he actually has in all his bank accounts right now, anyway. 

As far as this club that right-wing "populist" activist Mark Levin would like to put together for Donald Trump, I guess he would call it: "Real Billionaires For Donald J. Trump", that would be in the business of paying the bills of fake a billionaire like Donald J. Trump: I think George Conway had the perfect response to Mr. Levin Here: 

Mark Levin: "Why are there no Republican multi-billionaires offering to lend President Trump the funds to file his appeal in the outrageous case in NY state? Are none of them liquid enough to help or join with others to help?  This is an outrage." 

George Conway: "Maybe because Trump is a terrible credit risk who someday soon will probably spend the rest of his life in prison?" 

From George Conway

I guess my only responses here are: why would someone claiming to be a billionaire, worth as much as perhaps 6 billions dollars (according to Donald J. Trump. So take that for what it's worth.) need other billionaires to pay his bills for him? 

And why would a multi-millionaire like Mark Levin, be going out-of-his-way to back a professional deadbeat like Donald J. Trump? 

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CSPAN: Former President Trump: 'This Is All About Election Interference'

Source:CSPAN covering Defendant Don's statement after Judge Juan Merchan set his trial date for April 15th.

"Former President Donald Trump called his legal woes “election interference” and blamed President Biden for charges against him in remarks to reporters in New York City. His comments came after New York Judge Juan Merchan set an April 15, 2024 date to start the former president’s criminal trial related to payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Full video hereCSPAN" 

From CSPAN

"Former President Donald Trump called his legal woes “election interference” and blamed President Biden for charges against him in remarks to reporters in New York City. His comments came after New York Judge Juan Merchan set an April 15, 2024 date to start the former president’s criminal trial related to payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Two of Mr. Trump’s lawyers in the case, also briefly spoke to reporters." 

From CSPAN

Asking Donald Trump to keep a secret, is like asking a goldfish to go without water, or asking a dolphin (not the Miami Dolphins) to run the New York Marathon. He's not what you would call a poker player. At least not a successful poker player. He just laid out his entire defense for his upcoming Manhattan trial. And that's assuming Judge Juan Merchan will allow a defense that actually has nothing to do with the case at hand. 

Do I doubt whether or not District Attorney Alvin Bragg and his prosecution team wants  Donald Trump to be President of the United States or not? Of course they don't want him to be President again. But they're acting completely within the law here. 

Manhattan DA has solid evidence that Donald J. Trump violated New York campaign finance laws back in 2016, when he failed to report the hush money payment that he made to Stormy Daniels, to prevent her from disclosing the adulterous affair that she had with him, while he was not only married to Melania back in 2006, but she was carrying his baby, who turned out to be his son Barron. 

Had the Manhattan hush money story broke in October 2016 when the hush money payment was made, it's very likely that would've hurt Donald Trump with Independents. Which is why he paid her off. The hush money payment is not illegal. The failure to disclose it, which was a campaign contribution to his political campaign, is illegal. At least in New York City. 

The Manhattan District Attorney is just enforcing the laws of New York, in Manhattan. And it just so happens that Donald Trump is still a resident of Manhattan. And he was a full-time resident back in 2016. he's also still running for President, and the Manhattan District Attorney doesn't like him, and they're legally doing what they can to prevent him from ever becoming President of the United States again. 

And anyone who still believes in American liberal democracy and the rule of law in this country, (and hopefully that's a solid majority) should be thanking the Manhattan District Attorney for what they[re doing here. 

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ABC News: Judge in Donald Trump's Hush Money Case Sets April 15 Trial Date

Source:ABC News with a look at Donald Trump's Manhattan, New York hush money case involving Stormy Daniels.

"Judge Juan Merchan ruled that former President Donald Trump will stand trial over a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, beginning with jury selection on April 15." 

From ABC News

I think most people who are following these two cases, the Manhattan hush money case and the New York State fraud case against Donald Trump, before they went to bed last night, thought Monday would be Black Monday for Donald J. Trump. He would not only be looking at bankruptcy in New York, which might have been his biggest problem here, as well as Manhattan criminal case getting a start date today. 

Well, half of that is right. DJT won his appeal with the New York Court of Appeals and got his bond cut by almost 2/3 to 175 million and now has 10 days to post that bond. 

But Mr. Trump is now going to trial and will be stuck in Manhattan for probably a month dealing with his trial there. And not only that, but he'll probably be convicted in Manhattan because the evidence there against him is overwhelming. With the only witness there that could even make an attempt to try to contradict that evidence and the witness testimony, is Donald J. Trump himself. 

But Donald Trump testifying for himself, is a like football team at the Super Bowl that forfeits the game, during the pregame show. Nothing good can happen for Donald Trump when he tries to testify for himself. Donald Trump testifying for himself is like a serial liar on trial, whose on truth serum, but doesn't know it, who takes the stand for himself. He ends up incriminating himself almost every time he tries to defend himself. 

So DJT's NYC criminal trial should be real-life, reality TV, where Donald Trump will be like an alien visiting another planet for the very first time.

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ABC News: Representative Marjorie T. Greene Files Motion To Vacate Speaker Mike Johnson

Source:ABC News looking at U.S. Representative Marjorie T. Greene's (MAGA, Georgia) motion to put Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (MAGA, Louisiana) "on notice".

"Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair, threatening to oust Speaker Mike Johnson just months after he ascended to the speakership." 

From ABC News

Just for the record: Me giving Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (whose one of the leaders of the Escaped Mental Patients Caucus in the House) is like the police detective, who credits the arsonist (or in this case political arsonist) credit for trying to put out the fire that the arsonist just started. It just doesn't feel right. 

But having said that: I'm going to sort of give Representative credit for one thing. I think she might be politically smart enough to know that if she actually filed a privileged motion here in the House and she lost, because maybe 200 House Democrats, or even just 100 House Democrats, along with most of the House Republicans, including a lot, if not most of the MAGA members (who are fellow members of the Escaped Mental Patients Caucus) she would look very weak and perhaps even dumber and crazier than she actually is. 

As the ABC News Congressional reporter said in the video: when you file a privileged motion to vacate the Speaker of the House, the House has to vote on that motion within two days, regardless of who files the motion and whether they're a majority or minority member of the House. 

The Greene motion is not a privileged motion. So, she might just be putting Speaker Mike Johnson "on notice here", or she might done her own whip count and can count high enough to see that most of the House Republicans would vote against it and a lot of House Democrats as well. And she doesn't want to look even dumber and crazier than she already does. But that's just my theory. 

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Piers Morgan: 'You Want To Destroy Western Civilization': Reza Aslan VS Dennis Prager

Source:Piera Morgan Uncensored trying to moderate a "debate" between Reza Aslan & Dennis Prager.

"Piers Morgan is joined by American talk show host Dennis Prager and Iranian-American scholar Reza Aslan for an epic clash over the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Dennis Prager's views on the conflict have remained steadfast, with a focus on attributing civilian deaths to Hamas and advocating for a peace agreement based on Hamas's acceptance of the Jewish state. 

Reza Aslan emphasises the need to address the underlying grievances fuelling terrorism and criticized Netanyahu's reluctance to engage in meaningful political dialogue with the Palestinian territories.

Dennis Prager told Piers Morgan the only difference between Hamas and Nazis was that "Hamas publicised its butchery, and the Nazis hid it", adding that if Israel didn't have a way to stop rocket attacks, "millions of Israelis would be dead", and the left wishes "to destroy western civilization".

Reza Aslan said American taxpayers were paying for Israel's war in Gaza, "buying the bombs and the bullets that have thus far killed 30,000 Palestinian non combatants in Gaza." 

From Piers Morgan

"Dennis Mark Prager (/ˈpreɪɡər/; born August 2, 1948)[1] is an American conservative radio talk show host and writer. He is the host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show The Dennis Prager Show. In 2009, he co-founded PragerU, which primarily creates five-minute videos from an American conservative perspective, among other content.

His initial political work starting in 1969 concerned Refuseniks, the Soviet Jews who were unable to emigrate.[2] He gradually began offering more and broader commentary on politics." 

From Wikipedia

"Reza Aslan (Persian: رضا اصلان, IPA: [ˈɾezɒː æsˈlɒːn]; born May 3, 1972) is an Iranian-American scholar of sociology of religion, writer, and television host. A convert to evangelical Christianity from Shia Islam as a youth, Aslan eventually reverted to Islam but continued to write about Christianity. He has written four books on religion: No God but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization, Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth, God: A Human History and in 2022 An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville.

Aslan has worked for television, including a documentary series exploring world religions on CNN called Believer, and serving as an executive producer on the HBO drama series The Leftovers. Aslan is a member of the American Academy of Religion and the International Qur'anic Studies Association. He is a professor of creative writing at University of California, Riverside, and a board member of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC)." 

From Wikipedia

I probably agree with Dennis Prager more than Reza Aslan when it comes to the Israeli war on Hamas, But Mr. Prager saying to Reza Aslan: "You want to destroy western civilization", even though he was born in Iran and emigrated along with his family to America, right after the Islamist, theocratic, revolution in 1979, I find that pretty interesting, if not hilarious.Perhaps not laugh out loud (or LOL, as the young people say) hilarious. More like: "This guy can't be that stupid. Can he?" 

I find Mr. Prager's comment about Reza Aslan interesting, because Dennis Prager backs Donald J. Trump most of the time, perhaps not 100%. But damn near 100%. I mean you could see 100% support for Donald Trump, by Mr. Prager, from where he stands in relationship to Mr. Trump. 

Donald J. Trump of course is the leader of the political movement MAGA, which is really just a political cult, that wants to take America back to the 1950s, if not further back, culturally, politically and everything else. Which would destroy modern western civilization, or at least modern American civilization. So I find Mr. Prager's comment here about Reza Aslan, interesting, if not comical. Again, not laugh out loud (or LOL) comical. But more like: "This guy can't be that stupid. Can he?"

What I also find comical, is American leftists (who I agree with Dennis Prager) are not Liberals) who claim to be in favor of minority rights, women's rights, gay rights, etc, any group that represents a minority or a group of people that have been oppressed in America, except when it comes to Jews. Which is like someone claiming to be a vegan, because the only meat that they eat is chicken. The person who says that they never drink alcohol because they only drink beer, etc. 

Leftists, or at least militant leftists, seem to have no issues with ethnicism, when it comes to Jews. But if you hate African-Americans because they're African-American, or any other non-European racial group, or you hate Arabs and other Middle Easterners, simply because they're Arab or from some other Middle Eastern ethnic group, you hate Asian-Americans, simply because they're Asian, or Latinos because they're Latino, you are a racist or ethnicist. 

But, in the Pluto size world of the Far-Left, it's perfectly acceptable to hate Jews. Someone who claims that they're not a racist or ethnicist, simply because they only hate Jews and Europeans, is like someone who claims to be an Atheist, while saying that Jesus Christ is the son of God. I mean you are, begging people to laugh at you, when you make statements like that. 

If you call Hamas freedom fighters, then you don't believe in women's rights, gay rights, minority rights, etc. But instead you probably just hate Jews, simply because they're Jewish, because you support Hamas. 

As I said about the Far-Left's support of Hamas back in November: 

"I guess the two biggest stories, or two to biggest stories this week, (I don't have a list of the all the big stories this week) have to do not with Hamas so much, as they're getting their asses handed to them in Gaza by the Israeli military, but the fact that these 15th Century, murderous assholes, who have no respect for women, gays, minorities of all kinds, have an actual base of support from people in America and Europe, by people who claim that they care about women, gays, and minorities." 

From The New Democrat

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Ben Meiselas: 'Donald Trump Lawyer DOES NOT RULE OUT Foreign BAIL OUT of DONALD TRUMP'

Source:Meidas Touch talking about Trump University graduate & Connecticut strip mall (no offense to Connecticut strip malls) lawyer Alina Habba. (Ha, ha)

"MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba’s outrageous interview where she refused to answer if Donald Trump was going to accept money from Russia and Saudi Arabia to pay for the $464 million bond in the NY civil fraud case." 

From the Meidas Touch

"Speaking with Fox News' Martha MacCallum on Wednesday afternoon, Habba, Trump's lead defense counsel in the case, said that the $454 million in penalties is "completely ridiculous," and condemned the ruling by New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, who found Trump, his two adult sons and others associated with The Trump Organization liable of misleading lenders and insurance companies for better terms. 

"It is intentionally to interfere in the election, to hurt President Trump, to try and ruin his company, and ruin a person and a family whose private company, not public company, has made the skyline of New York changed forever," Habba added.

Trump maintains that he is innocent and has said that he intends to appeal the ruling, which would require an additional $10 million to his total bond amount. The former president is also the presumptive GOP nominee for the 2024 presidential election. 

MacCallum also asked Habba if there was "any effort" on Trump's defense team to try to secure the total bond amount "through another country," such as Saudi Arabia or Russia.

"There's rules and regulations that are public," Habba responded. "I can't speak about strategy. That requires certain things, and we have to follow those rules." 

Some critics of the former president have raised concerns that Trump's growing debt among his legal cases could pose a national security risk depending on who or what entities agree to post the bond. According to a court filing from Trump's lawyers on Monday, the defense team has asked over 30 companies to cover the bond: All of such requests have been denied.

National security lawyer Mary McCord told MSNBC over the weekend that there are "certainly plenty of people who might want to bail him out," suggesting that some entities could be "foreign, some of those might be Russian oligarchs," or people and companies within the U.S." 

From Newsweek

From what I wrote about Alina Habba back in November: 

"Alina Habba is not really a trial lawyer. She can barely afford to do whatever she does as a lawyer right now. She's more of a public relations lawyer, if anything at all, who makes her living trying her client's cases on TV and on social media. But she's officially Donald Trump's civil lawyer right now because she's about the best of what's left to try to defend him, because of his own financial situation and all the evidence that's against him right now, in multiple cases. 

Perhaps one of the reasons right now that Alina Habba owes millions of dollars, is because her own client is not paying her. But she's trying to work for him anyway, perhaps banking on the fact that defending a former President of the United States, would lead to clients who can and would pay her very well for her legal advice and actions in the future. But that career strategy is obviously not working out for her right now." 

From The New Democrat

I'm glad Ben Meiselas is talking about this today, because this is the next potential scam that Donald Trump and company are going to pull, if they can't get a billionaire to bail him out by Monday and he decides not to file for bankruptcy, to cover his 500 million dollar bond in New York State. 

If the only choice that DJT INC. has is either bankruptcy, or getting a foreign bailout, they might take the 500 million from Russia or Saudi Arabia and one of those countries will own Donald J. Trump for the rest of his life and perhaps the U.S. Government for as long as he's President, if Trump wins the election in November. 

And if New York State Attorney General Letitia James can't get a record of that payment to Trump legally, then it would be up to some excellent investigative journalists or private investigators, to get that paperwork and release it to the public, before the November election. 

Because American voters, I would say especially Independents because Democrats and Never-Trump Republicans have already made up their minds whether Donald Trump has been bought by foreign powers already. But this is something that Independents need to know, because they'll probably decide who the next President of the United States will be. 

And as far as Ben Meiselas's 2nd point about he would love for America to return to a day when we get back to a place where we are just debating policy again and not whether one of the two major party leaders in the country is an authoritarian and crook, I completely agree with him. 

But as long as the Republican Party is just the RPINO (Republican Party in Name Only) and is really just the MAGA Party, those debates won't be possible. We have to defeat MAGA first. The real Conservatives and the real Republicans need to come back and reclaim the Republican Party. 

This is what I said about that on Monday: 

"Oh, how I miss the days of those great political debates in Washington about how best to cut the Federal deficit, save Social Security and Medicare, tax reform, immigration policy, Welfare To Work, etc. You know, those old school policy debates that could put the average insomniac to sleep for weeks. Hell, those debates could put an insomniacs convention to sleep. And they only meet to have people to talk to, when everyone else is asleep. But those old debates, could keep the average current affairs junky such as myself, awake for years straight." 

From The New Democrat

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Forbes Magazine: 'This Is Why Donald Trump Will Need A Lot More Than $540 Million'

Source:Forbes Magazine with a look at the self-proclaimed King of Debt, Donald J. Trump.

"Even if former President Donald Trump figures out how to pay his mounting legal fees, he’s still going to be scrambling for cash for years to come. Forbes staff writer Zach Everson joins "Forbes Talks" with Brittany Lewis to discuss." 

From Forbes Magazine

“I’m a New Yorker, and New Yorkers know a con when we see one,” he said to cheers from the audience.

“We’ve heard a lot of talk in this campaign about needing a leader who understands business. I couldn’t agree more. I’ve built a business, and I didn’t start it with a million-dollar check from my father,” he said in a slam to the real estate mogul’s background.

“Throughout his career, Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits, angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated, and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off,” Bloomberg said. “Trump says he wants to run the nation like he’s run his business. God help us.” 

From CNN

From what I wrote about Donald Trump from back in October: 

"4-5 years ago, longtime Republican strategist and now political filmmaker Mark McKinnon, who served for both President George W. Bush and then Senator John McCain, was on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon. And they were talking about the current investigations into Donald Trump dealing with the 2016 presidential campaign and potential investigations that could be facing then President Trump, once he's no longer President, whether he's not reelected in 2020, or leaves office after his 2nd term would've been over in 2025. 

Mark McKinnon told Don Lemon that the biggest personal mistake that Donald Trump ever made in his life, was getting elected President of the United States. The 2nd biggest mistake that he made, according to Mark McKinnon, was running for President of the United States. Why? Because now that Mr. Trump is in the public eye full-time, all these new investigations not just about his presidency, his business career, or personal life, but how his business and personal affairs affect his presidency, will be under public scrutiny." 

From The New Democrat 

Just for the record: Michael Bloomberg is a real-life billionaire, unlike Donald J. Trump. Mr. Bloomberg has the financial statements to prove that. And he's a lifelong New Yorker. Again unlike Donald J. Trump, who now makes his home in primary in Florida. 

I think that Mark McKinnon quote or paraphrase is critical here. Had Donald Trump never even ran for President of the United States, maybe he is an actual billionaire today because he wouldn't be so buried in debt. And maybe Manhattan, New York is still is main home today. 

But, with Mr. Trump's business background, combined with his own political philosophy, that's really just completely centered around himself and obtaining as much political and governmental power for himself, he's pissed off so many people, in so many different jurisdictions, including a lot of very smart and well-accomplished prosecutors, like New York Attorney General Letitia James, (just to name one) his whole political and business background, are now not just in the spotlight, he can't make a move, or say a word without bringing public scrutiny to himself. 

And Mr. Trump is going to be paying for all his bad business and political decisions for the rest of his life. Unless he can pardon himself and get someone else to bail him out financially.  

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Jesse Dollemore: 'Fox News Hosts Are GROVELING & BEGGING Rich People to Loan Donald Trump Money!!!'

Source:Jesse Dollemore talking about right-wing beggars for Donald J. Trump.

"Jesse talks about the latest shameful and embarrassing behavior from Fox News as their hosts have resorted to begging rich guests to help Donald Trump by loaning him money that he almost certainly has no way of paying back." 

From Jesse Dollemore

"Fox News host Mark Levin has called out billionaires for not paying Donald Trump's legal bills after the former president's legal team said paying his $400 million New York civil fraud penalty would be "a practical impossibility."

Writing on X, formerly Twitter, Levin suggested Republican billionaires lend Trump funds to appeal "the outrageous case."

"Why are there no Republican multi-billionaires offering to lend President Trump the funds to file his appeal in the outrageous case in NY state?" he questioned. "Are none of them liquid enough to help or join with others to help? This is an outrage." 

From Newsweek 

"Kudlow somewhat jokingly asking O’Leary to put up Trump’s bond comes hours after fellow Fox star Mark Levin fumed that no GOP billionaires were coming to Trump’s aid. 

Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow asked Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary point-blank on Tuesday if he’d loan Donald Trump nearly a half-billion dollars in order to appeal the ex-president’s New York bank fraud case, saying it would “protect America’s name.”

O’Leary essentially ignored Kudlow’s plea, despite saying hours earlier that the penalty against Trump was an “attack on America.” 

“But Kevin O’Leary, I think this is where it’s gonna go,” Kudlow said during Tuesday’s broadcast of his eponymous Fox Business show. “I was wondering if he can’t get to the Supreme Court, would you loan him the $460 million?”

The Canadian investor quickly laughed at Kudlow’s apparent joke only for the Fox host to finish his request. “Just to help—in order to protect America’s name, think of it that way,” Kudlow added with a chuckle.

O’Leary, who has declared he’ll never again invest in “loser” New York due to his disgust over the Trump ruling, dodged Kudlow’s entreaty and instead called for the Supreme Court to intervene.

“The terminology of seizing assets, that’s foreign language to an American investor,” O’Leary said. “They want due process. They want the appeal. That sounds like Venezuela, that sounds like Cuba. It’s a really bad look for New York.”

He added: “Bipartisan participants and financial services managers are not okay with this and are getting very uncomfortable. And I think whether it’s the Supreme Court that provides the adult supervision, whether it’s somebody else, we desperately need for this kid’s party for the adults to get home.”

Kudlow, meanwhile, is not the only sycophantic Fox host demanding rich conservatives chip in and help the ex-president. Fox News weekend host Mark Levin took to social media to grumble about the lack of wealthy Republicans stepping up to the plate to cover Trump’s bond.

“Why are there no Republican multi-billionaires offering to lend President Trump the funds to file his appeal in the outrageous case in NY state?” Levin tweeted. “Are none of them liquid enough to help or join with others to help? This is an outrage.” 

From The Daily Beast 

As my colleague Fred Schneider wrote about this yesterday: 

"As far as Mark Levin: to pick up on what Michael Cohen said about him: Mark Levin should be one of the first people to try to help raise the money for Donald Trump. But he's not going to do that, because when Mr. Levin is being honest, (even if it's just in private and with himself) he knows that Trump is not worth the financial risk. And Mark Levin is not a billionaire anyway. Maybe in the 10s of millions of dollars. And besides, it's Donald J. Trump who claims to be a billionaire. So why does he need other wealthy people to bail him out?" 

From The New Democrat

I think Fred covered this yesterday. I guess the thing that I would add is when pride, self-respect, personal responsibility, accountability, the rule of law, are just partisan talking points that the modern Republican Party (not the Grand Ole Party) just throws around to hit the other side with. Which really gives them permission (outside of the real world) to stick their heads in the toilet and see how far they can get, before they run out of air, or get their heads stuck down there and can't get out. 

I mean just think of the homeless person whose desperate for food, clothing, water, a place to stay, etc, those folks can't afford to be embarrassed. If they let their pride get in the way, they go hungry, they freeze to death, they walk around the streets completely naked. Think of these MAGA media tools for Donald Trump, the exact same way. Except most of these folks are multi-millionaires. Actually, in Kevin O'Leary's case, he's a real-life billionaire. He doesn't play one on TV like Donald J. Trump. 

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Michael Smerconish: Nigel Farage & Donald Trump On Prince Harry

Source:Michael Smerconish talking about Nigel Farage's interview for former U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

"Deported? Donald Trump, Prince Harry"

From Michael Smerconish

"Donald Trump has warned Prince Harry could be kicked out of America in a stunning world exclusive interview.

Speaking with GB News’ Nigel Farage, Trump warned that Prince Harry faces an uncertain future in America if he is elected as the next President.

Donald Trump has warned Prince Harry could be kicked out of America in a stunning world exclusive interview.

Speaking with GB News’ Nigel Farage, Trump warned that Prince Harry faces an uncertain future in America if he is elected as the next President.

Asked by Farage if Harry should have “special privileges” if the authorities find that he’d lied on his Visa application, Trump said: “No. We’ll have to see if they know something about the drugs, and if he lied they’ll have to take appropriate action.”

Farage questioned: “Appropriate action? Which might mean…not staying in America?”

To which Trump said: “Oh I don’t know. You’ll have to tell me. You just have to tell me. You would have thought they would have known this a long time ago.”

His comments came in a wide-ranging 30-minute interview with Farage at his Mar-A-Lago resort which will be broadcast tomorrow (Tuesday) from 7pm on GB News.

In it, Trump also leaps to the defence of the Princess Of Wales in her photoshop row, talks about the King’s cancer battle and blasts the way Meghan and Harry treated the late Queen.

Trump also reveals how he’d respond if Poland was invaded, and explains why he thinks Joe Biden is unfit to lead America.

His comments are likely to concern Prince Harry who may be deported from the US, where he currently resides in a nine-bedroom mansion with his wife and two children, after revealing in his autobiography ‘Spare’ that he took drugs." 

From GB News

"Nigel Paul Farage (/ˈfærɑːʒ/;[c] born 3 April 1964)[3] is a British broadcaster and former politician who was Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2006 to 2009 and 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Brexit Party (renamed Reform UK in 2021) from 2019 to 2021. Farage is currently the Honorary President of Reform UK and a presenter for GB News.[4] He served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 1999 until the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union in 2020.

Known as a prominent Eurosceptic since the early 1990s, Farage campaigned for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. Farage was a founding member of UKIP, having left the Conservative Party in 1992 after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty,[5] which furthered European integration and founded the European Union. After campaigning unsuccessfully in European and Westminster parliamentary elections from 1994, he was elected MEP for South East England in the 1999 European Parliament election. He was re-elected in the 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 European Parliament elections. In the European Parliament, he was the president of Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD)[d][6] where he was noted for his speeches,[7][8] and as a vocal critic of the euro currency." 

From Wikipedia

I agree with Michael Smerconish that Donald Trump didn't actually say that Prince Harry (from the United Kingdom) should be deported from America. However, the fact that someone like Nigel Farage, whose basically the Donald Trump, or Pat Buchanan of Britain, ideologically, but even less popular than Donald Trump, could use Mr. Trump this way, just feeds into the whole theory of how U.S. National Security Council and other American national security and intelligence professionals, that Donald Trump is just a useful tool (or useful idiot) for the authoritarian world. As well as wannabe authoritarians in the developed world, like British Nationalist leader Nigel Farage. 

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