"Then, in his press conference, Trump bizarrely suggested that he was not at fault for the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The person to blame, he said, was then–House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), whom he also accused of stock fraud. "

#Trump #JackSmith #Jan6 #insurrection #RageMachine
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"The filing is sealed and includes previously unseen material, including interview and grand jury transcripts. Trump’s team can respond; its answer is due October 17.

The filing is clearly on Trump’s mind. This morning, he posted on social media that 'Deep State subversives' had ignored his orders to prevent unrest on January 6, 2021."

#Trump #JackSmith #Jan6 #insurrection #RageMachine
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"Trump had a number of reasons to melt down today.

Special counsel Jack Smith filed with U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan his detailed report on the evidence he will use to prove that Trump broke the law when he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump lawyers tried unsuccessfully to put this filing date off until after the election."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #JackSmith #Jan6 #insurrection #RageMachine
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heathercoxrichardson.substack.…

September 26, 2024

Today, President Joe Biden signed the continuing resolution Congress passed yesterday to fund the government until December 20.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

"The real cause of Trump’s fury? Smith is set to submit a court filing detailing his evidence of Trump’s alleged January 6–related crimes, some of which may become public."

Sargent interviews Kyle Cheney, who says it's no accident Trump is exploding now about Smith's findings, since they're likely to contain damning new information about Trump's Jan. 6 involvement we have not yet heard.

#Trump #JackSmith #Jan6 #insurrection #RageMachine
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"Donald Trump has been quiet about January 6 lately. But this week, he suddenly unleashed an epic rant on social media about special counsel Jack Smith, raging about false new claims on the right that the 'deep state' deliberately allowed the insurrection to go forward—against Trump’s will."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #JackSmith #Jan6 #insurrection #RageMachine
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newrepublic.com/article/186430…

Trump’s Sudden Eruption of Rage at Jack Smith Reveals a Deeper Fear

As Smith prepares to detail new evidence about Trump to the court, a reporter who closely covers the January 6 case sheds light on potentially shocking revelations we may soon learn about.

^{The New Republic}

As of this writing, the tipping-point state is likely to be Pennsylvania:
the upper-midwest “blue wall” state where Harris’s lead is smallest
— a mere 1.2 percent.

Her lead there, though slim, mercifully suggests the Electoral College’s pro-GOP bias has shrunk since 2020
— that a three point national popular vote margin will be good enough.

It also suggests that a tiny change in the dynamics of the election could throw the whole thing to Trump, against the will of a popular majority.
-- But wait, there’s more.

Harris doesn’t just have to pad her popular vote margin to overcome Electoral College bias -- She also has to overcome the margin of Republican #cheating and #insurrection.

Our Electoral College is indefensible, but its current bias isn’t part of some conspiracy against her -- Trump supporters just happened to be better distributed geographically to win 270 electoral votes while losing head-to-head nationwide.

The corruption scandal is that Trump and the GOP want to exploit these arbitrary, antidemocratic aspects of our system to make it even harder for Democrats to win.
digbysblog.net/2024/09/24/the-…

The Confident Underdog - Digby's Hullabaloo

An explanation is warranted Real Clear politics polling average this morning. Brian Beutler wisely suggest that Vice President Kamala Harris needs to remind voters why, if she's ahead in the polls, she and Gov. Tim Walz are still underdogs.

^{Digby's Hullabaloo}

@CREW is tracking companies that pledged to make no donations to politicians who "who voted against certifying the 2020 election [&] later, the 20 new members who won in the 2022 midterms promoting the #BigLie that the 2020 election was stolen."
citizensforethics.org/reports-…

It just published its June 2024 update:
* 37 companies kept their promise
* 1,794 companies did not, donating $145.5 million to the "Sedition Caucus" since January 6, 2021.

#Boycotts #Insurrection #USPolitics

Bankrolling the Big Lie - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

We're scoring companies’ support for democracy based on how much they are giving to members who have done the most to undermine it.

^{CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington}