03.05.24
DNC PR Firm – MSNBC
You all realize she was roundly defeated, correct?
While it is not at all surprising to see that Joe Biden’s Favorite Morning Show™ was in full cheerleading mode for the Supreme Court to rule against Donald Trump, it is nonetheless amusing to see them flailing on Day-2. For the second day in a row they had Jen Griswold, the Scretary of State for Colorado, who spearheaded the effort to have Trump removed from their ballot.
That would be, the SoS who was roundly shamed with a unanimous Court ruling that her attempt was blatantly anti-Constitutional. So sure, why not bring her back on to celebrate her…complete and consummate humiliation.
'I won't be intimated': Colorado secretary of state speaks out against 'violent threats' https://t.co/qRHp4udzg3
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) March 5, 2024
Pre-Written Field Reports – THE ATLANTIC
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Also grappling with the SCOTUS ruling was Adam Serwer, displaying the unhinged dysphoria that supposed intellectuals are consumed by. This is because they are so emotionally pledged to an anti-Trump outcome they overlook fact-based and sound legal decisions they rooted against.
There is so much fervor in Serwer’s piece, much of which feels it had been penned well ahead of the decision and in need of new sections spot-welded to reflect the 9-0 ruling. One section stands out on analysis:
The unanimous part of the decision found that states do not have the authority to disqualify candidates for federal office, the least absurd and damaging rationale for avoiding disqualification, one that sidestepped rewriting history or contorting the English language on Trump’s behalf. The justices did not declare that January 6 was not an insurrection or that Trump did not engage in such.
Adam is clearly bothered here that the Justices managed to actually read the 14th Amendment, finding a lone state officer is not a valid cause to remove a candidate. Then there is his desperation regarding the lack of a ruling on the insurrection matter, showing again a lack of pragmatic thought on his part.
He is correct they did not clear Trump of an insurrection charge, because not he, nor any other January 6 defendant, has been charged with insurrection, so clearing him of a non-existent charge is rather tough to do.
"This case reveals originalism as practiced by the justices for the fraud it actually is: a framework for justifying the results that the jurists handpicked by the conservative legal movement wish to reach," @AdamSerwer writes: https://t.co/h4kqwcfBgJ
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) March 5, 2024
Low-Octane Gaslighting – THE NEW YORK TIMES
When following the Constitution is declared to be erasing the Constitution.
It will never fail to amuse to behold how far from his once respected conservative baseline David French has today plummeted, (Appearing on the Townhall-50 as a result.) The Man-Who-Trump-Broke is now so far gone he sees a sound and reasoned ruling from the Court to be a damaging judgement that might forever shake the very foundations of this country. Or, something of that nature. We really could not read on past this hyperventilating reading of the decision:
Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that reversed the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision striking Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, even insurrectionists who’ve violated their previous oath of office can hold federal office, unless and until Congress passes specific legislation to enforce Section 3.
Just like Serwer, French here is letting his red-face Trump deragement lead to white-knuckle typing, without realizing what he is saying. As he rages that the Court has rendered our founding document, he fails to see that it is HE proposing the damage, that a man should be barred from office based on a guilty decision for a crime he has not even been charged with in the first place.
The Supreme Court just erased part of the Constitution.
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 5, 2024
Read: https://t.co/T8YIheVHVH
Legalized Press-titution – CNN
Frankly, Jake, we expected this from Jeffrey Toobin, not yourself.
Getting away from the SCOTUS hysteria, over on CNN Jake Tapper was caught with an embarrassing verbal slip while interviewing Nikki Haley, (the candidate who has put out some racy double-entendre posts herself in recent weeks.)
Tapper brought up January 6 - of course - and in so doing delivered a bit of Freudian amusement.
TAPPER: “Trump participated in an erection.” pic.twitter.com/BGAOnw0fBd
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 5, 2024
While this is itself a minor oral error, what is tougher to get a hold of is something Sister Toldjah at our sister site RedState noted: This particular slip of the tongue is commonly springing up with the press and democrats.
NEW -->> WATCH: CNN's Jake Tapper Has Quite the Freudian Slip About Trump During Interview on SCOTUS Ruling https://t.co/j4ZdDMCwbH
— Sister Toldjah 💙 (@sistertoldjah) March 5, 2024
Presentation Paradox – CNN
Could someone reach out to Abilio and let him know he just upended generations of media claims?!
For more amusement, we have CNN’s deepest of thinkers, Jim Acosta, unwittingly derailing the entirety of the position taken by news outlets regarding the “right” to an abortion. Harken back to that dark summer when SCOTUS decided that Roe vs. Wade would become a states rights issue. The bleating from the bleeding-heart journalists was over how this decision overturned something that was ruled Constitutional in this nation.
Now comes Acosta with an off-the-cuff remark about the nation of France codifying abortion in its ruling document, and suddenly all of the claims heard for decades on the issue have been evaporated like a vape cloud in a rain storm.
France becomes world’s first country to enshrine abortion rights in constitution | CNN https://t.co/2LI65NL8rh
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) March 4, 2024
Low-Octane Gaslighting – MSNBC
We have not heard much from the corpulent pundit in some time. Little has changed.
Big news, everyone – there has been a Michael Moore sighting! The firebrand documentarian showed up on the Aymen Mohyeldin program to weigh in (yes, that was intentional) on the Israel-Hamas war. Mike had some comments about Israel needing to be more fearful of Christians than of Muslims, or some such blather.
Frankly, there are two topics on which Moore would be the last person we would seek out for advice – theories of interfaith theistic debate, and health food specifics.
Michael Moore Goes on MSNBC to Tell the Jewish People Who Their Real Enemy Is https://t.co/o0ECRM1cBI
— Marie Arf 🇺🇸 🟦🎗️🇮🇱 (@schwingcat) March 5, 2024
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