INTERNATIONAL GAME MASTER DAY UPDATES
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-Since a cleanse may be in order after SCOTUS continued to interfere in the 2024 election by working as the best six attorneys helping Ex-President Trump (R-apist) XCI, two newer docket items have been entered that may help …
-First, one potential Trump deal apparently meant to get Trump a little of that $550M+ worth of fines he is already on the hook for may be turning into yet another money pit for him: a proposed sale of his Truth Social garbage scow social media site appears to be headed to a different court when Trump was sued for – you’ll be sur-PRI-ized! – shorting other investors of amounts that would be owed to them post-sale! It is not exactly known who the investors are (though internet observers note that Elon Musk’s jet has flown in and out of Palm Beach airport a few times in the last few weeks, unless Elon likes his omelets mixed with super-secret documents) (ALLEGEDLY) (eyeroll) or if he could realistically get that kind of money, but with deadlines looming to post all fines owed (even if he wanted to challenge them in other courts, which of course will add to his ever-mounting legal fees), it is worth adding that to the legal monitoring docket.
-In addition, one of the men who have gleefully jumped on their swords to protect Trump is about to find out after f’g around. Alan Weisselberg, the former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer, is entering a plea of guilty this morning for committing perjury as part of the Trump Organization fraud case. It is unclear if the plea will include testimony against any of the other Trump cases out there, but any kind of jail time for the 76-year-old Weisselberg is too bad, ain’t it?
-Additionally, while the ruling on the CO challenge to Trump did not keep Trump off the ballot, eagle-eyed analysts have noted that in the various side comments on the otherwise unsigned order, one clear item that comes through is that even this SCOTUS did not take an opportunity to contradict CO’s claim that Trump did, in fact, commit an act of insurrection. The order simply said the states do not have the power to remove him from ballots – only Congress can do that. Once SCOTUS gets around to ruling on Trump’s claim of supreme immunity it could come into play …
-Meanwhile, an interview in this week’s New Yorker magazine, while talking about Biden’s voice and hair to re-enforce that BIDEN B OLD, also acknowledges that the interview showed Biden to be up to snuff with the issues of importance in the country and with Evan Osnos, who conducted the interview. Biden, for example, noted that there is no way on God’s green Earth that Trump will ever concede any election he loses, be it in 2020 or 2024 – and that his campaign is building with that as a given.
-Want more proof? Last night, Nikki Haley won a primary! Yeah! It was the DC Primary, an actual election where only Republicans could vote, and Trump lost having gathered a grand total of 676 votes. Trump went to the aforementioned Truth Social to again address Haley as “Birdbrain” while essentially sloughing off the primary because he didn’t work for it and therefore it didn’t really count, thus proving that Trump will not change except for the decaying verbal, physical, emotional and cognitive skills that decay by the hour and on display with every single appearance he makes (which can be found with a Google search since the overwhelming media narrative will mention Trump brain farts while issuing multiple inches of news stories about BIDEN B OLD and such).
-Then there’s Rolling Stone, which has done some amazing reporting on Trump and lifting rocks to see the icky underbelly – and they did so yesterday with a follow-up to an underreported story about how the White House Pharmacy under Trump and former Trump (and Obama) Doctor, now-Representative Ronny Jackson (MAGA-TX) apparently ran around with baskets of drugs and gave them to anyone who asked for any reason. In yesterday’s story, Noah Shachtman and Asawin Suebsaeng described a “Wild West” scene where Trump and his officials were “awash in speed.” Apparently the big favorites were Provagil and Xanax, and it confirms your belief that, yes, Trump and company WERE on drugs.
-And quite likely will be again – and then some – if they somehow regain power in 2025 …
-As the world continues to attempt to push Benjamin Netanhyahu and HAMAS to come to some kind of cease-fire agreement, domestic Israeli political pressures may be mounting that could shift the direction of the war. Centerist Israeli party leader Benny Gantz – seen by many as the potential heir apparent to Netanyahu should an election be held any time soon – is making an appearance in Washington, DC today to discuss the military actions in Palestine, and he is doing so reportedly over Netanyahu’s vehement objections. It appears Gantz is working to apparently discuss potential cease-fire options. Vice President Harris yesterday called for HAMAS to “take the deal on the table” for a cease-fire – that as other reports claim Israel has walked away from the table and made any potential deal tricky. As of this update, no cease-fire is in place.
-Tomorrow is Super Tuesday. I need to mention it because it’s been a gazillion years or so since it has approached with less suspense than tomorrow’s events. Trump will win, Biden will win, yadda yadda yadda OK covered – let’s move on!
-As this used to be Inauguration Day in the United States, many notable speeches were made on this date, including Abraham Lincoln’s “Mystic Chords” speech (1861), his “With Malice Towards None” speech (1865), Franklin Roosevelt’s “Fear Itself” speech (1933). On this date in 1966, John Lennon freaked out the world by declaring, probably somewhat truthfully, that the Beatles were “bigger than Jesus.”
-Notable firsts on this date: the U.S. Constitution becoming legally in effect (1789), Chicago (1837), the American Automobile Association (1902), NOSFERATU (1922), ‘ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT (1957).
-Happy Birthday to Antonio Vivaldi, Charles H. Goren, Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., Eleanor ‘Sis’ Daley, Ward Kimball, Paul Mauriat, Gil Brandt, Miriam Makeba, Paula Prentiss, Bobby Womack, Chris Squire, James Ellroy, Emilio Estefan, Catherine O’Hara, Mykelti Williamson, Sen. Tina Smith, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Jason Newsted, Evan Dando, Patsy Kensit, Chaz Bono, Jon Fratelli, Draymond Green, Nick Castellanos, and Bobbi Kristina Brown.
-Rest in Peace/Rest in Power to Richard Manuel, John Candy, Minnie Pearl, Justice Harry Blackmun, Harold Stassen, Horton Foote, Pat Conroy, Keith Flint, King Kong Bundy, Luke Perry, and Javier Perez de Cuellar.
-Feed the Worms: Vulture marketers and right-wing political moneyman Richard DeVos and forgetful TX Gov. Rick Perry entered Earth on this date. Murder Inc. mobster Louis Buchalter ad Kent State Massacre trigger man Gov. Jim Rhoades bought it on this date.