The DOJ and the legal team representing Donald Trump jointly filed their proposals for the special master whose appointment is under consideration by Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida.
I also love thinking up unusual (not to mention cruel) punishments. How about this medieval one? Tie him naked in a sack with a dog, a cat, a rat and a rooster, and throw the sack into deepest part of the Potomac River.
Look at the reply I made to TCinLA above in this thread. I said "enough." I know that he knows what I'm talking about, but just to make sure you understand, I do not permit talk in my comments about killing and/or injuring people. I know Trump is beneath our contempt and a terrible human being and a criminal, but suggesting that he be killed or physically harmed is out of bounds in this newsletter. I'm sick and tired of readers suggesting this kind of stuff, and I won't permit it. Any further comments of this kind, and I will start blocking the commenters.
I am amused that Lawrence O’Donnell, without casting any undue aspersions, refers to Judge Cannon exclusively by her full name, Aileen Mercedes Cannon. I remain curious how someone born in Columbia, educated at Duke, and graduated magma cum laude from University of Michigan Law School, wrote a such a non-magna-cum-laude decision in the Trump special masters issue. But more shall be revealed.
I continually wonder how it is that so many of these lawyers who gradated from Ivy League schools can produce such shoddy legal work. Even more amazing is their willingness to represent all these Trumpian idiots and their most preposterous arguments. Makes you wonder what the hell they learned from their high priced education. Jesus, these really are the mole people (credit to Charlie Pierce, and apologies to you LTK for citing another blogger )
So I want to thank you for clearing up the fact that Huck’s wife is the actual judge on the Ninth Circuit. There was so much disinformation about if it was his wife or his daughter-in-law! Also, love your kind😄 description of Cannon. She deserves nothing better.
DOJ is done fiddling around with the inept. They’re going for the jugular and that’s fine by me.
I think Trump’s strategy is to delay, delay, delay until he receives the Republican presidential nomination for the 2024 election. He then expects to win and, as president, he will again be shielded from prosecution.
of course you do! And we'd love to hear them. Unfortunately you have to focus on other things, but we'll all be happy when you can go back to telling your fantastic stories. When I started reading your work that type of story was a highlight. Loved your piece in July on Bob Rafelson.
yeah...I admit that I sorta liked reading her snark during the first eight years of this millennium. since then, essentially worthless. the snark has become a pretty insane level of self-importance. her interview with Tom Stoppard yesterday also defined a certain level of "thrilled with her own brilliance for no discernible reason."
I have a couple of good Jann stories myself, and I didn't even ever want them. but a very important person at RS was my detox roommate for a few days in 1982.
Lest this blindside you, I'm moving it here from its original location so you're alerted. (I thought the piece a tour de force.)
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TC, you should know the *point* of the Dana Scruggs pix is that they put him in "The Lord of the Rings" cast. You think that stuff about what and how they're eating isn't snark?!?
Ugh! Even visualizing Trump's ass is disgusting. Actually, any part of his obese body is revolting. Of course, I should reconsider since he is a "perfect specimen." OMG!!
I have sent your articles to several attorney friends of mine. We love your work! You get to the bottom of things whereas other media barely scratch the surface. Keep going!
Who else has been involved in 4 or 5 thousand law suits? Not most law firms, that's for sure.
Other than lying, cheating, and stealing it's the only thing he’s good at and he’s obviously good at it.
Can’t we just tar and feather him and be done with this?
I also love thinking up unusual (not to mention cruel) punishments. How about this medieval one? Tie him naked in a sack with a dog, a cat, a rat and a rooster, and throw the sack into deepest part of the Potomac River.
I prefer the Romanov solution.
Among my favorites as well.
The whole family, of course...just saying.
I'm sticking with "drawn and quartered" because I like to wish BIG.
Look at the reply I made to TCinLA above in this thread. I said "enough." I know that he knows what I'm talking about, but just to make sure you understand, I do not permit talk in my comments about killing and/or injuring people. I know Trump is beneath our contempt and a terrible human being and a criminal, but suggesting that he be killed or physically harmed is out of bounds in this newsletter. I'm sick and tired of readers suggesting this kind of stuff, and I won't permit it. Any further comments of this kind, and I will start blocking the commenters.
ok. sorry, Lucian.
Got it. Thanks.
And run him out on a rail or deport him.
Enough. You know exactly what I mean.
It would take a long time cutting through all that fat.
Didn’t George Washington promptly hang traitors to the patriot cause?
It’ll be Huck. Pinky bet. They are shameless. And his wife will not recuse herself on the appeal to the 11th. Double pinky bet.
wouldn't she be REQUIRED to? she's not on SCOTUS...I think other Federal judges actually do have ethics RULES, don't they? or am I misremembering?
Gary, nailed it!
Wow! He sure loves to waste other's time and money!
He'll run out the clock until he dies, so send Big Mac coupons to Bedminster. He can't resist anything free.
Thank you, Lucian, for keeping us informed about the myriad of details in this and other timely news stories. I am so glad to be a subscriber.
what with all the activity on the eastern front, i'm glad you're keeping tabs on the home front, LKTIV.
here, though the question should be moot regarding review of classified docs, i can't recall which/or all, of the proposed SMs had clearance.
i'll bet if it comes down to just trump having to pay the bill, he'll suddenly say it should be done in the shortest time.
and, your wordsmithery is enjoyable reading:
"Judge Aileen “I never met a corpuscle of Trump’s ass I wouldn’t kiss”.
could then be LooseLips Cannon?
eeew bad mixing metaphors
Fascinating. Why isn't all news written like this? Aileen? Don't you mean Judge Lucy Cannon?
Judge Aileen Cannon. And to think...I didn't even go to journalism school!
That's why you can write so well. Lucy Cannon is too obtuse?
My brain is so addled I didn't get the Lucy thing.
You know, like Clare Boothe Lucy . . .
HA!!!
“We fired our Cannon ‘till the barrel melted down/Then we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round....” (Sorry, couldn’t help it.)
Quote from “The Battle of New Orleans.” Words by Jimmy Driftwood (1936), traditional tune “The 8th of January.”
I am amused that Lawrence O’Donnell, without casting any undue aspersions, refers to Judge Cannon exclusively by her full name, Aileen Mercedes Cannon. I remain curious how someone born in Columbia, educated at Duke, and graduated magma cum laude from University of Michigan Law School, wrote a such a non-magna-cum-laude decision in the Trump special masters issue. But more shall be revealed.
I like that typo “magma” cum laude. It fits this legal dirt-bag.
Me too. I think I'll leave it there.
I continually wonder how it is that so many of these lawyers who gradated from Ivy League schools can produce such shoddy legal work. Even more amazing is their willingness to represent all these Trumpian idiots and their most preposterous arguments. Makes you wonder what the hell they learned from their high priced education. Jesus, these really are the mole people (credit to Charlie Pierce, and apologies to you LTK for citing another blogger )
So I want to thank you for clearing up the fact that Huck’s wife is the actual judge on the Ninth Circuit. There was so much disinformation about if it was his wife or his daughter-in-law! Also, love your kind😄 description of Cannon. She deserves nothing better.
DOJ is done fiddling around with the inept. They’re going for the jugular and that’s fine by me.
TFG should be annointed TDG, The Delay Guy, his MO for decades.
I think Trump’s strategy is to delay, delay, delay until he receives the Republican presidential nomination for the 2024 election. He then expects to win and, as president, he will again be shielded from prosecution.
Although I have the utmost respect for due process and the rule of law, I also hear Nero fiddling stage right.
Nero was forced to commit suicide. I don’t see TFG ever taking that route to the exit.
Cowards sometimes find a way.
One could take his combined life habits as a form of slow-motion suicide . . .
New McDonald's ad:
We Tried!
Lol!
ALL TOO SLOW! He’s still alive!
What did you think of Maureen’s interview of Jann Wenner?
I haven't seen it. Where? Sunday Times? I've got a couple of Jann stories I could tell from back in the day...
of course you do! And we'd love to hear them. Unfortunately you have to focus on other things, but we'll all be happy when you can go back to telling your fantastic stories. When I started reading your work that type of story was a highlight. Loved your piece in July on Bob Rafelson.
Just read it on NYT online.
yeah...I admit that I sorta liked reading her snark during the first eight years of this millennium. since then, essentially worthless. the snark has become a pretty insane level of self-importance. her interview with Tom Stoppard yesterday also defined a certain level of "thrilled with her own brilliance for no discernible reason."
I have a couple of good Jann stories myself, and I didn't even ever want them. but a very important person at RS was my detox roommate for a few days in 1982.
Lest this blindside you, I'm moving it here from its original location so you're alerted. (I thought the piece a tour de force.)
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TC, you should know the *point* of the Dana Scruggs pix is that they put him in "The Lord of the Rings" cast. You think that stuff about what and how they're eating isn't snark?!?
I've never met him, but we knew a few people in common (I knew Hunter before he or Lucian did) and RS loomed large in my work life
Fantastic piece.
Omg. How could anyone not love her!
Trump appointed judges seem to have a lot in common:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appointed-judge-originalist-claim-184434473.html
Ugh! Even visualizing Trump's ass is disgusting. Actually, any part of his obese body is revolting. Of course, I should reconsider since he is a "perfect specimen." OMG!!
Stormy was not kind.
I have sent your articles to several attorney friends of mine. We love your work! You get to the bottom of things whereas other media barely scratch the surface. Keep going!
SMH in disgust.