A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1460306
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1460306
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Meow
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Unified Field Theory of the GOP. Observing the response of GOP pols to the Trump indictment, I think you can divide GOP pols into 3 groups*
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The ‘Crazies’. These are basically the Freedom Caucus members. Driven by ignorance, paranoia and bigotry, they are true believers who really hate liberals, endorse crackpot economic theories, and believe every Deep State conspiracy theory.
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The ‘Cynics’. I have previously referred to these pols as the ‘After the smoke clears caucus’. These GOP pols are intelligent enough to know that their extremist rhetoric is dangerous and could lead to bad results, but are still confident that even if bad stuff does go down, they and the people they care about will still be OK. I put most of the GOP leadership in this group.
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The ‘Let it be’ caucus. These backbenchers represent the vast majority of GOP reps. They may be privately appalled and embarrassed by the actions of the Crazies, and worried about the rhetoric of the Cynics, but they largely remain silent and inactive. They are probably worried about being primaried, but beyond that, their aims are basically in line with the above groups.
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This is me waiting for tomorrow.
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Linsey Graham
Hysteria is a term used colloquially to mean ungovernable emotional excess and can refer to a temporary state of mind or emotion.[1] In the nineteenth century, female hysteria was a commonly diagnosed physical illness in both men and women. It is assumed that the basis for diagnosis operated under the belief that women are predisposed to mental and behavioral conditions; an interpretation of sex-related differences in stress responses.[2] In the twentieth century, it shifted to being considered a mental illness
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Has desantis gone so far as to declare Jefferson Davis our greatest president? It seems he’s headed in that direction.
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UnCivil WAr! AgainST the LIBtard gROOMers whO wANT to MurDER truMp’s politicaL career. EleCtion MEddling!
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BeHind TruMp.
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I don’t want to live in a country where Trump could be held accountable (msn.com)
Now that my favorite president, Donald Trump, is facing a 37-count indictment from the feds, I join with my brothers and sisters in MAGA, and with all sensible Republicans, in saying this: I’m not sure I want to live in a country where a former president can wave around classified documents he’s not supposed to have and say, “This is secret information. Look at this,” and then be held accountable for his actions.
What kind of country holds a president accountable for alleged crimes a grand jury charges him with?
Or as Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee tweeted: “Where are the investigations against the Clintons and the Bidens? What about fairness? Two tiers of justice at work.”
TWO TIERS! One tier in which President Trump keeps getting indicted via both state and federal justice systems and another in which the people I don’t like keep getting not indicted via all the things Fox News tells me they did wrong.
It’s like America has become a banana republic, as long as you do as I’ve done and refuse to look up the definition of “banana republic.”
Regardless of the Trump indictment, it’s clear this is all Biden’s fault
And of course, you know who’s behind this travesty of justice, right? It’s so-called President Biden, who is both frail and senile and also a laser-sharp master at conducting witch hunts.
This is a WITCH HUNT, and I believe that because Trump said so!
Putting Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Hunter Biden in prison? Now THAT makes sense!
Now I can already hear all the libs out there whining and saying that if it were Biden or Hillary or Hunter getting indicted, I wouldn’t be saying a word about two tiers of justice or the weaponization of the Department of Justice or anything like that.
Well, those whiners would be right, but the difference is I believe Biden and Hillary and Hunter are all guilty and should be locked up for life, whereas with Trump, I believe he is great and innocent and the best president America has ever known.
It’s like this: If Hillary got indicted for murder, I would say, “Yes, she is absolutely a murderer. Lock her up.”
But if in some outrageous scenario President Trump were indicted for murder just because he told a bunch of people that he did a murder, I would say: “HOW DARE YOU CHARGE THIS MAN WITH MURDER WHEN OTHERS IN THE U.S. HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER! THERE ARE CLEARLY TWO TIERS OF JUSTICE, ONE IN WHICH MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT, WHO SAID HE MURDERED SOMEONE, IS CHARGED WITH MURDER AND ONE IN WHICH PEOPLE WHO HAVEN’T MURDERED ARE NOT CHARGED WITH MURDER!”
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3 p.m. ET : Trump to surrender to federal authorities in Miami and appear for his arraignment on the Mar-a-Lago charges
8:15 p.m. ET : Trump will make remarks from his golf club in [Bedminster]
What is, just what IF, the magistrate before whom Trump will be arraigned decides he is a threat to the country and a flight risk and orders him held without bail until trial. That would kind of screw up your arrogantly announced schedule, eh Defendant Trump? Would also probably encourage a very very speedy trial!
A boy can dream…
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Dead link re: Eastman. Presumably, it’s supposed to be this:
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Love cats in hats.
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The GOP is a burnt-out case. The unfolding campaign will be a long list of deviant gestures and autopsies by an imploding political party. It won’t be pretty.
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Any reason why the FBI hasn’t searched Bedminster?
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The press is so wrong biggly. Trump is going to the best prison, so much prison you’ll get sick of it, the greatest prison in the world, made great again.
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It’s kinda cute to see Graham have a hissy fit on National teevee. I thought he was going to burst into tears and blow his nose on a hankie. A serious case of the vapors.
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CIA told them to keep their hands off of their Intel gathering.
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Reality Winner approves this message.
(Incidentally, the HBO movie Reality is really, really good.)
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Too bad for him the shitters won’t be gold plated. Or even private. Pity that.
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