Opening
- Saturday Movie Night: Live chat at 9 pm eastern: TBD
- Sunday at 6 pm eastern: Law For the People w/ Viva
Appearances
- Dr. Turley
- Shepardess
- Dr. Ruby
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- Mel K
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- After Court
Closing Argument: Trump’s Next Big Hurdle is Trump
Opening
Appearances
Closing Argument: Trump’s Next Big Hurdle is Trump
I’m not sure if I’ll be able to go live again/put together a vlawg, so for everyone’s benefit, here are my highlights from today’s hearing.
I’m short:
Nadler is a POS.
Schiff is a POS.
Wray is an evasive POS.
The FBI is a partisan, corrupt POS institution.
And it would seem that Secret Service might have denied Trump additional requested protection AFTER becoming aware of the alleged Iranian a threat.
This was a set up from the get-go.
I am very curious as to why she resigned after testifying, as opposed to before, and avoiding testimony.
I’m also curious as to the importance of this admission, which was brought to my attention from yesterday’s hearing.
Why would she be using encrypted messages on her personal device with foreign “partners”?
I did a quick hit on Richard Syrette yesterday. Gotta keep Canadians apprised of the U.S. madness.
Do people who trust her work realize she thinks Trump is a mob-controlled, Deep State plant? I see mostly guilt-by-association, innuendo from unverified sources, and ideological coloring (she really, really hates Israel). An example from 1 critique & a link to another.
"A better title: Six Degrees of Jeffrey Epstein. It contains a dull summary of practically every alleged conspiracy between members of the intelligence community, organized crime, politics, business, and the media over the last century. Webb has rounded up all the usual suspects, as Claude Rains said in Casablanca. However, I kept waiting for a coherent story to develop, and it didn’t. It’s just an endless list of the names of influential men, mostly dead, who had tenuous associations with other influential men, as if that’s surprising. Though I scanned this massive tome (805 pages) quickly, the pages might as well have been blank; there’s nothing here. I won’t waste time on Part 2 (another 648 pages)"
Appearances & Schedule
Book Recommendation: Henry George’s famed work from a century-and-a-half ago that influenced thinkers like Peter Thiel today. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/552175.Progress_and_Poverty
Closing Argument: How Peter Thiel Outfoxed the CIA
Schedule
Book Recommendation: The Parallax View https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1440549.The_Parallax_View
Closing Argument: Understanding J.D. Vance
Schedule
Book Recommendation: Some Honorable Men: Political Conventions, 1960-1972 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374106.Some_Honorable_Men
Closing Argument: Who Are the 2024 Swing Voters?
Introduction: Top 10 Headlines of the Week
*Bonus: Croc invasion.
Wisdom of the Day: “But generally, center-left liberals who are doing very well, and center-right conservatives who are doing very well, have an incredible blind spot about how much their success is built on a system that is not serving people who they should be serving.” J.D. Vance.
The Evidence: Top Ten Articles Curated from The Barnes Library
*Bonus: Famous convention speeches. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/14/conventions-history-394912
Homework: Top Dozen Cases TBD on Sunday Show
I. SCOTUS: Petition on property seizures. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-1050/303556/20240320160851418_44671%20pdf%20Raiola%20br.pdf
II. SCOTUS: Petition on religious schools. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-1084/306757/20240404142130650_Hile%20v%20State%20of%20Michigan%20-%20Cert%20Petition%20and%20Appendix.pdf
III. Athletes as employees. https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/221223p.pdf
IV. The 13th juror. https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/OpinionsPDFVersion/Majority%20Opinion%20-%20%20M2021-01350-SC-R11-CV.pdf
V. Recount limits in Michigan. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/michigan-passes-laws-restricting-election-recounts-for-fraud-allegations-and-wide-margin-victories/
VI. Court secrecy. https://www.pacourts.us/assets/opinions/superior/out/J-S99001-23o.pdf
VII. Recording as speech. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/georgetown-law-journal/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2019/11/Recording-as-Heckling.pdf
VIII. Pennsylvania bans on court recording. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2019/09/Wittman-Motion-to-Quash.pdf
IX. Tweets as speech. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2021/05/ECF-19_Pls.-Br.-in-Oppn-to-MTD.pdf
X. Negligent hiring. https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/MN-Negligent-Selection-Tort-Order.pdf
XI. Legal limits on Biden $. https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-has-100-million-reasons-to-stay-in-election-finance-d8a2dfdf?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
XII. Legal limits on Biden ballot access. https://x.com/OversightPR/status/1805239354505257196
Closing Argument: The 2024 Swing Voters
As the Convention approaches, the KYA of American politics – Know Your Audience – comes central. The VP pick, the convention speeches, and viral moments from the convention shape the core narrative to the voter groups deciding the election. The “swing voters” are voters who are undecided on whether to vote and whom to vote for. Who are these voters?
1776 Law Center commissioned a survey to uncover who these voters are. One-in-5 voters are uncommitted to any Presidential candidate and admitted they are considering multiple options, including whether to vote for Trump or Biden or Kennedy. Of note, half the country excluded voting for each of the candidates; about 40% committed to voting for Trump; about 40% committed to voting for Biden; 5% committed to voting for Kennedy. Half the country said they are considering voting for Trump, Biden or Kennedy. Who are the 20% uncommitted?
First, the swing voter is a self-described independent who does not lean toward either party and tends to describe their ideology as “none of the above” or “moderate.” They disproportionately admit they have skipped voting in past elections and voting for third party or independent candidates for office.
Second, the 2024 swing voter tends more than the general voting electorate to be an ethnic minority, a younger GenX, millennial or zoomer generation, and as likely to be urban as suburban, with a slight favoritism toward being separated and having young children.
Third, the 2024 swing voter tends to be religious or spiritual, but not church-going, with a secular approach to public life but a traditional view on matters of private morals.
Fourth, the 2024 swing voter tends to not have a post-college degree or a college degree from a prestigious institution, self-identifies more as working-class than middle class, and expresses economic stress at current economic conditions and future prospects.
Fifth, the 2024 swing voter experienced above average rates of social and physical harm from the Covid19 vaccine, with half reporting someone very close to them suffering a serious or severe harm from the vaccine or discrimination from vaccine mandates.
Sixth, the 2024 swing voter expresses great skepticism toward big business, government bureaucrats, the expert class as a whole, lawyers and scientists, the press and politicians. They disproportionately obtain their information about politics from independent media platformed by social media means.
What motivates these voters? These voters listed the issues “more likely” to impact their vote as:
The 2024 swing voter mirrors the populist proclivities of past swing voter constituencies with the issues shifting to those issues impacting their day-to-day life – economic opportunity without discrimination based on medical choices; remedy for the harm from bad products; access to good food from the producer of that food; access to financial self-improvement outside central bank control; and funds for projects at home rather than wars abroad.
The party and candidate that targets this swing voter best in 2024 enjoys the best chance to win election in 2024.