Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Politics Corner April 30

 


photo mine (beware of Harlan)

Trump is promising to look at each individual case of the January 6 rioters and pardon them accordingly. On the one hand he vows to pardon violent traitors (probably starting with himself), on the other hand he's got the concentration of a puppy. There is no way he'll get through the more than one thousand cases that have already been identified. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-pardon-jan-6-capitol-rioters-rcna149900 [NBC]


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Arizona Republicans are sending false electors to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.  Breaking the law is not a bug but a feature of the GOP. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/politics/jake-hoffman-indicted-fake-elector-arizona-gop-rnc/index.html [CNN]

The Fifth Federal District Court (yes, them again) have overturned a Kavanagh decision requiring two black majority districts in Louisiana. This is really nothing but another racist irritant. It will go back up to the Supremes with Kavanagh ready to quash it. The vote will likely be 7-2 against the 5th. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/30/1247555372/louisiana-congressional-redistricting [NPR]

Matt Gaetz is being primaries. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/gaetz-mccarthy-primary-challenger-politics-desk-rcna149865 [NBC]

The ICC is asking questions at Gaza hospitals looking for evidence of war crimes. They are also investigating Hamas action in Israel. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-hospital-staff-questioned-by-icc-war-crimes-prosecutors-sources-say-2024-04-29/ [Reuters]

Hunter Biden has threatened to sue Fox News. Fox has already dropped a series they had slammed to run. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/lawyers-hunter-biden-plan-sue-fox-news-rcna149707 [NBC]

Political Discussion welcome.

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