Flotsam and Jetsam - Archers and Hunters and Trump, Oh My!

Paula Bolyard at PJM, Here's What Happened at Trump's J6 Hearing Today. NRO reports Trump Pleads Not Guilty to All Four Counts in January 6 Case. Fox, Trump pleads 'not guilty' to charges stemming from special counsel's Jan. 6 probe. "Trump is the first former president in US history to face federal criminal charges" but probably not the last. I could see Joe Biden on trial for bribery and extortion, if he survives long enough to become an ex. 

At Da Signal, Surprising What Is—and Isn’t—in 3rd Trump Indictment, Legal Expert Says "So in that sense, it’s strikingly hollow in the sense of no new allegations. And really the big things that are missing are charges like seditious conspiracy or conspiracy to foment insurrections." ET, Unsealed Federal Indictment Against Trump Brings More Serious Charges Than NYC Indictment. Dan Greenfield at Front Page warns The Trump Indictment Criminalizes Political Dissent "Is it legal to disagree with Democrats? The Jan 6 indictment says it isn’t." From Spiked, Nigel Farage says this is a witch hunt against Trump. At USA Today, Jonathan Turley opines Indicting Trump for 'knowingly false statements' about election sets US on dangerous path, "Prosecutors will seek to criminalize false political claims. To bag Trump, they will have to bulldoze through the First Amendment and a line of Supreme Court cases." Harold Hutchinson at Da Caller finds a Former Federal Prosecutor who Says Trump Indictment Is ‘Very Tenuous’:  ‘Potentially A Showstopper’,  Alan Dershowitz Says Jack Smith May Be Indicted If Trump Wins Case: ‘That’s How Serious This Is’. He is pretty much guilty of the same alleged offense. Nick Arama at Red State notes Katherine Herridge: Attorney Points to Big Problem With Trump Indictment—Allegedly Exculpatory Evidence, ignored evidence that Trump really believed election fraud claims. Also from Harold Hutchinson, ‘It’s Not An Abuse’: Bill Barr Defends DOJ From Weaponization Charges After Trump Indictment. He's a DOJ guy; he's pretty much OK with anything they do.  Althouse, "When you look at what's happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in America." "This is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the Republican primary and leading Biden by a lot. So if you can't beat him, you persecute them or you prosecute him. We can’t let this happen in America." Said Donald Trump, quoted in "Trump says he's being 'persecuted' for leading polls after pleading not guilty to January 6 charges: 'If you can't beat him, prosecute him'" (Daily Mail)(video at link). Also One way to ensure that rights are not violated is to interpret them as very small. "Get ready for lots of pieces like "The Trump indictment tramples no one’s First Amendment rights." That's by Ruth Marcus in The Washington Post." And  That sounds like the most exciting race ever — like a pitch for a thriller movie. Yes, even that David Brooks piece is about Trump — "What If We're the Bad Guys Here?" Tristan Justice at Da Fed claims Trump Could Have Spent Jan. 6 Talking About The Weather And Still Would Have Been Indicted. Probably. At Da Wire, Trump Lawyer Says Jack Smith Is Endangering American Legal System With Latest Indictment. Red State's 'Bonchie' notes Trump Lawyer's Eyebrow-Raising Comment Hints at the Coming Legal Strategy. Smith asserts that Trump falsely claimed to have been robbed of the election. Sounds like a good excuse to relitigate many of those allegations that were shut down in court for "other reasons." At No Pasaran! Stop Using the Words "Trump Tried to Overturn the 2020 Election"; It Is Akin to Asking "When Did You Stop Beating Your Wife?" 

Sarah Arnold at Town Hall sees Matt Gaetz Threaten Jack Smith With Criminal Contempt of Congress "If he ignores the subpoena, we should hold him in criminal contempt of the Congress so that he is the first prosecutor in American history to prosecute a case while himself under criminal contempt." As Dan Chaitin points out at Da Wire, Judge In Trump Election Case Worked At Same Law Firm As Hunter Biden. At the top of the pyramid, Washington D.C. is a very small place. TNP helpfully adds Trump’s Jan 6 Judge Trial is Foreign-Born, BLM Apologist, Obama Donor, Who Has Over-Sentenced Jan 6 Prisoners. Dr. John at Flopping Aces believes Jack Smith is going to prevail in this last indictment. The trial date is everything. Here’s why. I think he'll win in court too, given the judge and the DC jury. I also think it will be overturned on appeal, even if it has to go to the Supreme Court. Ace notices that After Every Major Break in the Hunter/Joe Biden Corruption Investigation, Partisan Witch-Hunter Jack Smith Has Dropped an Indictment of Trump the Next Day "Funny how we always hear that David Weiss "was appointed by Trump," so he can't be biased in favor of the Bidens, but the leftwing propaganda press never points out that Jack Smith was appointed by Biden -- and therefore definitely can be biased against Trump."

Hat Hair's KT, Fulton County Sheriff: Trump will be fingerprinted and a mug shot taken if he's indicted. At Am Think Jack Cashill thinks about How Oppenheimer’s Persecution Mirrors Trump’s. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair VIP has Hard truths about voting for Donald Trump "With the upcoming 2024 Election, we are rapidly approaching a fork in the road as to whether our Constitution guarantees and freedoms will remain in place or not." CNN whines Percentage of Republicans who think Biden’s 2020 win was illegitimate ticks back up near 70%. At HE Dave Marcus asserts Trump's impeachment must be expunged after Devon Archer's testimony. 

Speaking of Devin Archer, who, I think we can safely say is off Joe's list of people to pardon as the ship sinks, James Lynch at Da Caller says Devon Archer Appears To Confirm Hunter Biden’s Involvement In Ukrainian Oligarch’s Visa Scheme. At Da Fed the unsinkable Mollie Hemingway claims the Evidence Of Biden Burisma Corruption Is Overwhelming and Elle Purnelle dissect Democrats conflicting claims that Joe Biden Wasn’t Involved In Hunter’s Business And It’s Normal That He Was. At Da Caller, Devon Archer Testimony Transcript Released. PJM's Matt Margolis, Here’s What Devon Archer Told Congress About Joe Biden… and It’s Damning. Althouse, "I think you have to understand that there was no business conversation about a cap table or a fee or anything like that." "It was, you know, just general niceties and, you know, conversation in general, you know, about the geography, about the weather, whatever it may be." Testified Devon Archer, quoted in "Hunter tried to sell family name but Joe Biden never talked business, says ex-associate/Devon Archer’s testimony to House Oversight investigators included his assertion that Hunter Biden was not able to influence his father’s actions or policy decisions" (published August 3rd in The Washington Post). ... This post made me think of a line from Season 2, Episode 6 of "Succession": "I’m outside. I don’t know anything. That’s why I’m useful" (at page 464 of "Succession – Season Two: The Complete Scripts")." Jonathan Turley, The Biden ‘Brand’: Devon Archer Reveals the ‘Niceties’ of Influence-Peddling. Matt Vespa at Town Hall, So, That's What Joe Biden Gave to Devon Archer  "Hunter Biden and his former associate, Devon Archer, got cushy jobs at Burisma; they, in return, got legal protection from investigation and access to then-top Obama officials." At NYPo the divine Ms. Devine asserts it's Crystal clear that Joe Biden was involved in Hunter’s business. Liz Stauffer at Power Line says Unlike the Trump indictments, the case against Biden is straightforward. Jazz Shaw notes Hunter Biden raked in millions during "summer of debauchery." Cocaine is a helluva drug. At the Center Square, Leading Republicans Press DOJ For Answers On Unusual Hunter Biden Plea Deal. 

From Twitchy, Busted: Stephen L. Miller catches media updating old stories about the number of Biden's grandchildren. "Fixing" history. Uh oh, PJM's Chris Queen reports Black Voters in Georgia Aren't Automatically Lining up Behind Joe Biden, doesn't matter, if they don't go to the polls, their votes will be "harvested". 

In the US credit downgrade, Stacey Lennox at PJM finds Another Historically Bad Moment for the Biden Administration. Breitbart Business Digest: Why the U.S. Credit Downgrade Doesn’t Matter. "No One Buys Treasuries Because of a Rating Agency’s Opinion."

There are interesting questions that follow from the downgrade of the U.S. debt. If the U.S. is not AAA, can mortgage securities backed by government-sponsored entities be AAA? Does it make sense to rate any U.S. based corporation as safer or even as safe as the U.S. government itself? What about corporations and banks that hold excess cash in Treasuries? Should they now be considered riskier? Does China deserve a downgrade because its financial institutions hold so many of the debt instruments of the now-downgraded U.S. government?

ET takes note that  Biden Administration Cancels 6 Million Barrel Order to Refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve trying desperately to keep the price of gas down.

At The Messenger, Fox Tries to Woo Trump to Attend Debate After Indictment. Breitbart claims Exclusive Video — Donald Trump: ‘Sort of Foolish’ to Attend First GOP Debate with Polling Lead Since Fox News ‘Hostile Network. Byron York at Front Page hears the Alarms Go Out: Trump Could Win. "The indictments haven't lowered his poll ratings - quite just the opposite." The back up candidates Ron DeSantis And Gavin Newsom Agree To Debate (Da Wire.) Stephen Kruiser at PJM, Somebody Might Finally Lie About DeSantis to His Face. Mark Tapscott at Insty, SOMEBODY SHOULD TELL JOE: "California Gov. Gavin Newsom is clearly positioning himself for a run at the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. Washington Free Beacon’s Susannah Luthi reports on Newsom’s deployment of his Campaign for Democracy PAC, using it to challenge “Red State authoritarians” like Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Does Joe know? Is Jill ready to not be First Lady? Will Hunter be able to run the family business from jail? As they used to say, inquiring minds want to know." Red State's Brandon Morse says Welcome Back, Ron DeSantis. Atop da Summit, Ramaswamy Wins Lawsuit Against World Economic Forum After Being Labeled A ‘Young Global Leader,’ "Republican candidate “explicitly rejected their ridiculous award.” Althouse takes note of Ramaswamy's riposte to Al Sharpton.

It was called the American Revolution. We were successful. We won. https://t.co/cOuJzkCfVl

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) August 3, 2023

Thom Nickels at Front Page, JFK’s Grandson Comes Out Shooting, "RFK Jr. is evil; the only good man is Biden." From the Free Bacon, No Labels, No Cash: Third-Party Ballot Access Group Raised Zero Dollars in First Six Months of 2023, "IRS filings cast doubt on group's ability to fund presidential bid." At Life News, Democrat Party Says It Wants House With Trump Decorations to “Burn” Down, how charitable of them. 

From TNP, Govt Seeks Felony Charges for 2020 Election Scrutinizers. "A Michigan special prosecutor appointed by far-left Attorney General Dana Nessel is charging a Republican who ran against Nessel for AG, alongside a former Republican state representative for running tests on a voting machine." Don't turn on the lights, we don't want to see. Shawn Fleetwood at Da Fed sees Virginia Republicans Are Trying To Beat Democrats At Their Own Electioneering Game. Wonders Will It Work?

Hat Hair's KT is curious, Is Dianne Feinstein ok? No, her daughter just got her power of attorney, but she still gets to vote in the Senate.

At TNP, Capitol Police Chief Called Jan 6 Events ‘A Cover Up’ in Tucker Carlson Interview HIDDEN By Fox News. Suggests Ray Epps may have been military intelligence. Behind the Black says Unless Congress acts soon, the unelected administrative state will rule unopposed.

Natalia Mittelstadt and John Solomon at JTN, Biden White House asked Facebook to tweak algorithm to push mainstream over conservative news "New memos obtained by Congress Congress show White House wanted the public to see Wall Street Journal and New York Times stories instead of those from The Daily Wire and Fox News commentator Tomi Lahren." From Da Wire, Biden Admin Pressured FB To Suppress Daily Wire Content, Push Users To Legacy Outlets: Newly Released Docs. Ace, "Jawboning:" Biden's White House Pushed FaceBook to Rig Its Algorithm To Suppress Conservative News Sites, and Boost Liberal Ones "Just some "jawboning," David French calls it. The government has first amendment rights too, he says, and the government's first amendment rights (which are not mentioned in the Constitution) prevail among the citizenry's first amendment rights (which are mentioned in the Constitution, somewhat prominently). Those of us who aren't being paid 30 pieces of silver to shill for the grotesque left call it "illegal and unconstitutional censorship by a rogue government."" At Zero Hedge, Jim Jordan Launches Investigation Into Biden-Facebook Censorship Scheme, CCDH. At The Pipeline Joan Sammon gets ESG Up Close, and Very Personal.

Riley Gaines

Lincoln Brown at PJM finds a Canadian Professor Advocates for Showing Children Pictures of Genitals. Twitchy, Riley Gaines says professor who wants children exposed to adult genitalia is 'deranged.' Larry Sand at Front Page says Welcome to Trans Kindergarten, "School districts across California are on a recruitment spree. Grooming spree? Evita Duffy-Alfonso at Da Fed documents how a Mom Fights School District For Hiding Script Read To Students About Teacher’s Gender Transition. Also at Front Page, Miriam Grossman Vs Trans Nation "A righteous doctor takes on the child-psychiatry establishment." Da Blaze reports on a Dad who fights to save his 3-year-old son from 'NON-BINARY' life forced upon him by mother. At Am Think T.R. Clancy thinks There's Nothing Un-American About Protecting Your Kids. Hat Hair's Dave Strom sees The real message of trans ideology: hate yourself. And hate the US. AP is devastated that British Rowing bans transgender women from female events. 

Catherine Salgado at PJM, WATCH: Young Street Preacher Arrested for Reading Bible at Drag Queen 'Family' Event. Ace, Of Course: Wisconsin Boy Arrested for Reading Bible Passages Outside a Drag Queen Event; Drag Queens With Their Fake Tits Hanging Out in Front of Children Left Alone. "Keep it up. I'm begging you -- keep it up." Hat Hair's Beege Wellborn sees WaPo realizes American conservatives are the reason Muslims have been throwing gays from rooftops. 

Maggie DeJong

Helen Raleigh at Da Fed thinks it's clear The Chinese Communist Party Has Weaseled Its Way Into America’s Kindergarten Classrooms, I hope they do a better job than our teachers. At CJ, When Curing Cancer Isn’t the Priority San Diego State University included a DEI litmus test in its search for a new cancer biologist. Behind the Black sees Pushback: Student wins against school officials who tried to suppress her first amendment rights Maggie DeJong.

 

The Peacock whines that the DeSantis-controlled Disney World district gets rid of all diversity, equity and inclusion programs and staffers

"Last spring, DeSantis, who is running for the GOP presidential nomination, signed into law a measure that blocks public colleges from using federal or state funding on diversity programs."

Sarah Hoyt at Insty, IF YOU HEAR THE DOG WHISTLE, YOU’RE THE DOG: Professors claim Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town’ contains ‘coded’ racial language, pictures.