And her parentage matters… why?

If you don’t have a comment about her prosecutorial record you can go ahead and sit down yourself.

Treaty of Tripoli, 1796:

“The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.”

- Signed by John Adams

Alternate headline: Tesla sells more EV vehicles than BYD in Europe for the last time.

Rather spectacular how quickly Musk cratered the brand.

Because it’s easier to complain and push behind the scenes if the shareholders haven’t rejected the proposal.

Also isn’t that a waiver of privilege? “My lawyers told me not to” inevitably invites the question “why did they tell you that” in order to gauge the sanctions impact.

“… and the sense of family that comes from everyone, from your 8 year old to your 80 year old parents, can suffer from black lung together around a small fire lit using mortgage foreclosure notices.”

📌

The Greater Recession. Or worse.

I think it says a lot about farmers, too. This isn’t just a “what are tariffs” issue but a common sense issue. These farmers have dealt with these suppliers for years - yet assumed their supplier could *afford* to pick up a dramatic uptick in selling price? That the margins were over 100%?

Unlikely you get traction with an appellate court on a those issues until full deliberation by a lower court. Which means a more lengthy resolution. Deprivation of due process is more binary

Which says something. Even the existing autocrat is like, “Woa, man…. Nah. That’s not cool.”

It’s like being scared all the time, based on how they externalize their own self doubt and anxiety.

He just picked a fight with a university that creates the best lawyers in the world, had an alumni network a few thousand rows deep, and has effectively infinite reserves to fund a constitutional challenge. Now he’s trying to play it off as a “oops”?

5D Chess.

Signal of weakness, really. He’s trying to appeal to authority to support his claim. But… he’s the authority.

Hey, know that check you’ve been cashing for the last few decades? You’re like a police officer, but for the rule of law. When things get harried you’re expected to hold the line.

… and when the odds of devoting resources to further investigation are effectively zero.

“Charged” being the operative word here. If they hadn’t been convicted then yeah, they should still have their license.