Month: August 2024

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Says She’s ‘Prepared’ If The 2024 Election Winds Up Before The Supreme Court

If, as expected, the 2024 election winds up being close, the results may wind up in front of the United States Supreme Court, which would then be forced to rule on who won, much as they did in 2000, declaring George W. Bush president instead of then-Vice President Al Gore based on a few hundred controversial ballots in the state of Florida.

Is the high court ready for such a scenario? According to Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, she’s pondered such a scenario and is “as prepared as anyone can be.”

Speaking with Norah O’Donnell of CBS News, according to HuffPost, Jackson explained her thoughts on the matter.

With a laugh, Jackson flipped the script on O’Donnell, saying, “Let me ask you, are you prepared for all of the news cycles that you’re getting as a result of this election?”

“Um, no,” the host replied.

“No, exactly,” Jackson said. “I mean, I think there are legal issues that arise out of the political process. And so, the Supreme Court has to be prepared to respond — if — if that should be necessary.”

Justice Jackson also weighed in on the high court’s controversial ruling in July that a president has immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. Jackson dissented in that decision, warning that it “breaks new and dangerous ground.”

“In your dissent, you wrote that, ‘The court declared for the first time in history that the most powerful official in the United States can, under circumstances yet to be fully determined, become a law unto himself.’ Sounds like a warning,” O’Donnell noted.

“You were concerned about broad immunity?” O’Donnell inquired.

“I was concerned about a system that appeared to provide immunity for one individual under one set of circumstances. When we have a criminal justice system that had ordinarily treated everyone the same,” Jackson responded.

The 6-3 decision was crafted by the six conservative members of the court, with the three progressive justices, Jackson, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan dissenting, arguing that giving such total immunity to a president makes him accountable to no one, much like a king.

 

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Here’s How Kamala Harris Is Destroying Trump’s Self-Professed ‘Masculinity’

Though most of the attention surrounding the Democratic National Convention was on how unified Democrats were and what an incredibly upbeat show they’d just presented to the American public, there was a subtext to the convention that suggests that the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign is also going after male voters in a way that’s a direct challenge to failed former president Donald Trump’s single-largest voting block: Men.

And that, according to The Bulwark’s Ilyse Hogue, is bad news for the Donald and, by extension, the entire Republican Party.

“Chicago might prove to be the key to opening that GOP lock,” Hogue explains. “From the first night’s invocation to the balloon drop after Harris’s speech, the Democratic convention featured a lineup that refused to accept the boy vs. girl frame that has come to define this year’s election. And they didn’t just seek to compete for male votes, but to reclaim masculinity itself as belonging to their party, too. “

In particular, Harris’ acceptance speech was a clear moment of outreach to male voters with references to the U.S. maintaining the “most lethal” military in the world while also going after threats here at home that could endanger the lives of children, the elderly, and the infirm. In other words, there will be consequences if someone decides to grab another American “by the pussy” as Trump bragged on the infamous “Access Hollywood” that nearly cost him the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton.

Harris’ acceptance speech had another goal, Hogue notes.

“But it was equally notable for what it didn’t contain: the demurring phrases meant to demonstrate that she’s not a threat to men or the subtle indications that she’s still a woman. Sure, Kamala cooks dinner. But she makes a crispy, sassy dosa, not chocolate chip cookies, and you better be on time. Yes, she has had a career in law. But she didn’t even have to bother defending it, as Hillary once did. Sure, abortion is top of mind, and the Vice President is an unapologetic champion of reproductive freedom. But restoring Roe was a commitment she put alongside a pledge to sign a tough border measure.”

There was also the other half of the 2024 Democratic ticket, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who spoke in terms that male voters could easily grasp.

“He sprinkled his speech with references to football plays and trophies he earned by shooting rifles, and he undergirded those endeavors with a clear directive about the responsibility that naturally accompanies them. Might and brawn mean nothing if they are not used to protect and defend—and not just your women and children, but your community and country.”

Comedian DL Hugley then shut the door on the Trump-GOP brand of masculinity, making it clear today’s Democratic Party will not concede any group of voters to the GOP, no matter how difficult the task may be.

“His remark that the rise of Republicans for Kamala meant Trump would finally know what it feels like when ‘YOU get left for a younger woman’ got uproarious applause. It also sent a signal to men that someone who punches down to lift himself up might be less of a ‘man’ than the woman on the other ticket.”

If Harris can manage to peel off as little as 5% of the men who voted for Trump in 2016 or 2020, she’ll win in a popular and electoral vote landslide. And based on what we saw at the Democratic convention, it’s safe to say she and her party know how to hit Trump where it hurts him and Republicans most.

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Jasmine Crockett Trolls Trump With A Hilarious Prediction About Whether Or Not He’ll Debate Harris

Having said numerous times that he’s ready to debate Vice President Kamala Harris anytime and anywhere, failed one-term, twice-impeached former president Donald Trump is suddenly singing a different song, suggesting that he may not show up for the first debate scheduled for Sept. 10 in Philadelphia. The debate is being hosted by ABC News.

The Washington Post reported Monday that Trump is claiming ABC won’t be fair to him.

Trump criticized the host of the debate, ABC News, during a campaign stop after visiting Arlington National Cemetery, calling it “the single worst network for unfairness” and saying that ABC “really should be shut out.” Later, in a speech in Detroit, Trump suggested the debate might not happen, offering as an aside, “If there’s a debate.”

Trump’s remarks followed a statement he made on social media Sunday evening lambasting ABC News’s Jonathan Karl over his interview with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) earlier that day. “Why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network?” Trump asked.

So will Trump show up for the first debate, or could it be that he’s afraid of facing Harris, a former prosecutor who is known to be a superb debater?

That question was posed to Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) when she appeared Monday on MSNBC with host Alicia Menendez.

Crockett made it clear she doesn’t expect Trump to debate in a couple of weeks.

“But if he does show up, he is about to get his butt handed to him. I’m here for it either way: He can go and cower in a corner, or he can show up and be lit on fire. Either way, I’m good.”

At last week’s Democratic National Convention, Crockett also went after the disgraced ex-president, noting, “America, looking at the two choices before you, who would you hire: Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Kamala Harris has a resume. Donald Trump has a rap sheet. She presides over the Senate, while he keeps our national secrets next to his thinking chair.”

If Trump does indeed have the gumption to debate Harris, it’s safe to say Crockett’s prediction of what will happen could become a reality for Donald. We can always hope so.

Here’s the video of Crockett’s appearance on MSNBC:

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Doug Emhoff’s Ex-Wife Sets Social Media Chattering With Viral Comment About Melania Trump

Kerstin Emhoff is the ex-wife of Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and she’s making it clear that she fully supports her ex-husband, unlike failed former president Donald Trump’s current wife, Melania Trump.

According to Newsweek, “Mrs. Emhoff retweeted a post with 2.6 million views on X (formerly Twitter) that reads: ‘Kamala’s husband’s ex-wife is supporting her more enthusiastically than Trump’s current wife is supporting him.’ Alongside the caption was a photo Emhoff had shared of herself at the Democratic National Convention on Monday.”

Mrs. Emhoff, a film producer, saw the post and added her own commentary: “Damn right.” She included a fist emoji to compliment her two-word reply.

That set off a chain reaction of positive responses.

 

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Hulk Hogan Flashes Racist Gesture And Threatens To ‘Body-Slam’ Kamala Harris

Washed-up professional wrestler Hulk Hogan made a complete horse’s ass out of himself at last month’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, ripping off his shirt and declaring it was time to “let Trumpmania run wild,” leaving some in the audience to suggest that it was inappropriate to have such a spectacle at a political convention.

And now Hogan could be in serious trouble with the U.S. Secret Service for remarks he made in Ohio on Monday evening, Mediaite reports.

During an event in Medina, Ohio to promote his new Real American Beer, Hogan called out to the crowd, “You want me to body slam somebody? You want me to body-slam Kamala Harris? I said, do you want me to body slam Kamala Harris?! You want me to drop the leg on Kamala?”

He continued, “Is Kamala a chameleon? Is she Indian?” before raising his left hand and saying, “How,” in imitation of a stereotypical native American, or “American Indian.”

Seconds later, Hogan admitted his comments might not have been such a good idea.

“I’m gonna get heat for that one, brother. That was not me, that was the beers talking.”

Hogan might want to go ahead and clear some space on his schedule for the next few days because he could be getting a visit from federal authorities, who are already on alert after a man took shots at failed former president Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.

This isn’t the first time Hogan has proven his bigot bonafides.

In 2020, he was banned from All-Elite Wrestling (AEW), according to Forbes.

“Though it wasn’t explicitly expressed in the tweet, Hogan’s banishment from AEW likely stems from a series of racist comments he made on tape in 2015. Hogan was fired from WWE and wiped from its Hall of Fame before awkwardly rejoining the company in 2018. Hogan’s return to WWE was accompanied by an ill-fated plea for forgiveness from the WWE locker room. The stunt did not go well, resulting in public criticism from too-good-for-WWE Superstar and philanthropist Titus O’Neil.”

Twitter users also had some thoughts on Hogan’s latest comments.