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Retribution: In three separate interviews this week including one by an ABC affiliate in Arizona and two by pro-Trumpers Sean Hannity and Dr. Phil, who tried to push him to say that he wasn’t really all in on retribution, Felonious Trump repeated that he really is all in and that his presidential plans include punishing his “enemies” as payback for the “horrible treatment he’s received.” By horrible treatment he means that it’s not fair that he’s being prosecuted for his criminal activity because he’s special and should be exempt from prosecution. We’re still waiting to hear from the Supreme Court just how much they agree with him on that and will probably have to wait until the end of the month because some of the Justices are totally into helping him delay his court dates. Here’s an idea, let’s start believing Trump and let’s all remind our handwringing, wavering, tax cut loving friends of his plans and what he stands for because as Maya Angelou famously said, when someone shows you who they are the first time, believe them. While Trump is being giving countless opportunities to walk back his heinous promise, right leaning press especially the Murdoch affiliated media, continues to hammer Joe Biden, no spring chicken but also not the doddering and infirm guy that they want us to believe he is, despite his busy schedule which this week didn’t include countless rounds of golf but did includes a trip to France to commemorate D-Day and the storming of the beaches at Normandy during World War II.  Remember when Trump went to France to commemorate war heroes but instead called them “losers” and  “suckers” and then stayed home from a visit to a cemetery because it was drizzling, and he didn’t want to ruin his teased orange comb over? As to retribution, as heartsick as he is over his son’s prosecution, Biden hasn’t condemned his Trump appointed prosecutor but did say yesterday that he won’t pardon Hunter if he’s found guilty of lying on his gun application about his drug use.  The contrast between Biden and Trump who pardoned a slew of his crime committing cronies like Paul Manafort, Mike Flynn, and Roger Stone as well as son-in-law Jared’s father couldn’t be starker. Too bad, well really not too bad, for Steve Bannon that Trump can’t pardon him now.  Yesterday, a federal judge ordered him to report to jail on July 1 to start serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a Congressional subpoena. Maybe Bannon will get to bunk with Peter Navarro, another Trump loyalist who is currently serving his sentence. Maybe prisoners can triple up on polo shirts as long as they’re orange?  Not surprising but still depressing, the Georgia Supreme Court has officially put the Fulton County case against Trump and his co-defendants on ice pending the outcome of an October hearing on whether Fani Willis should be allowed to continue on as prosecutor. So much for the Fulton County and Mar a Lago purloined documents cases being the best ones racing to be tried first.  Thank you again to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for his perseverance.   

Pill Not:  Senators Rand Paul of Kentucky and Steve Daines of Montana have signed on to Utah Senator Mike Lee’s letter promising to hold up legislation as long as Trump remains a convicted felon.  Frankly, it’s surprising that it took Paul so long to sign on given that he typically refuses to support any legislation.  If you are wondering why Texas Cancun man Ted Cruz hasn’t signed on, it’s because he’s up for reelection this year against viable candidate Colin Alred so he’s trying to keep a low profile. Keeping with the no legislation theme, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have protected the right to contraception.  Only two Republicans, Maine’s Susan Collins and Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski voted to support the bill which was supported by all the Senate’s Democrats and Independents with the exception of New Jersey’s Bob Menendez who was absent, stuck in a NJ courtroom trying to explain away his closet full of gold ingots. Unfortunately, sixty votes were needed to pass the bill. Many of the Republicans argued that there was no need for the legislation, asserting that no one is trying to take away the right to contraception, an assertion that no longer holds water given Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring Dobbs opinion which suggested that overturning the SCOTUS decisions that established the right to contraception would be an admirable next step in the fight against reproductive rights.  Once again recall Maya: when people in power writes opinions about what they want to do, believe them.  While the Senate was voting against The Pill, Speaker Mike Johnson quietly appointed two new members to fill retirement generated openings on the House Intelligence Committee.  Johnson appointed Pennsylvania’s Scott Perry and Texas’ Ronny Jackson.  Scott Perry was knee deep in the stop the steal movement, he’s the one who suggested to Felonious Trump that appointing insurrection friendly, environmental lawyer Jeff Clark as acting Attorney General could help him overturn the 2020 election results. Perry celebrated his appointment by promising to upend the “deep state,” his way of saying that he’ll be happy to share any of the secrets that he’s now privy to with anyone who shares his, Trump’s and Vlad’s views.  Ronny Jackson is the frequently inebriated former White House doctor who fawned and continues to fawn over Trump and who lost his Admiral rank after he was cited for infractions including the overstocking and sharing of too many mood enhancing drugs with White House staff.  Mike Turner, the Republican chair of the committee who has tried to run the committee in a bipartisan manner because national security is supposed to matter learned about the appointments when they were reported in the news.  Count him as one who is not happy but probably Felonious Trump who likely directed Johnson to make the appointments is thrilled.       

Fog:  To the dismay of some, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is now scheduled to speak in front of a joint session of Congress on July 24.  Democrat Mondaire Jones who is hoping to help Democrats retake the House by unseating NYS Republican Congressman Mike Lawler has lost the endorsement of Democratic progressives. They’re upset because he has endorsed Democrat George Latimer who is primarying “pull the fire cord” Jamaal Bowman whose anti-Israel position including his suggestion that the Israeli women who were sexually assaulted on October 7 weren’t, makes him vulnerable in his Westchester, NY area district.  The NY primary is on June 25.  Democrats in disarray?          

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