trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)

[northland10]

"Based on his interactions with the former president, Holder said he thought Trump was "delusional" and lives in "cloud cuckoo land." He added that he believed Trump was also "incredibly dangerous" because he never accepts blame and is "always right."

Donald Trump is not a rational player. I mean, he just isn't," Holder said. "You can't have a conversation with him in the same way that you can have a conversation with most other people. He is somebody that lives in a different reality."

And how many millions think of him as the Republican Messiah? I will be eternally bumfuzzled as to WHY. I can’t even begin to pretend to see it.

Um.. Roe v Wade was overturned. That's why they see it. They never needed somebody who could do things, just someone who would help get judges who would reverse their hated rulings from SCOTUS.

[Kendra]

January 6th Witnesses Received Threatening Calls From Mystery Man Named John Barron
WASHINGTON — Several witnesses who agreed to testify before the January 6th committee received threatening phone calls from a mystery man who identified himself as “John Barron,” the witnesses have reported.
According to Cassidy Hutchinson, who appeared before the committee this week, “Mr. Barron said that it was important for me to be ‘very nice and not a nasty woman.’”
Barron instructed her to testify that Donald J. Trump had been “treated very unfairly” and that “frankly, he did win the election,” Hutchinson said.
Before hanging up, Barron dangled a reward for Hutchinson’s loyalty. “Barron said that Trump would praise me in front of a huge crowd—the hugest crowd in the history of crowds,” she said.

Edit: Oopsie, I should have previewed, but glad I quoted. Andy Borowitz post on FB.

[RTH10260]

for the record, old spillover from Kash Patel thread

Trump Wants Children's Book Defending 'King Donald' In 'Every School In America'
The fairytale "The Plot Against the King" erases the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 election.

Mary Papenfuss
Jun 5, 2022, 09:35 PM EDT | Updated Jun 6, 2022

Former President Donald Trump is peddling a children’s book written by a former member of his administration that stars “King Donald” and reimagines a kingdom where the “Russionians” weren’t a factor in the 2016 election.

Now Trump wants to distribute the book to children across the land. “Let’s put this amazing book in every school in America,” Trump posted on Truth Social last week.

“The Plot Against the King” was written by Republican and Trump loyalist Kash Patel, the former president’s hand-picked Pentagon chief of staff.

Conservative publisher Brave Books is presenting the work as both fairytale and fact. It calls the book a “fantastical retelling of the terrible true story.”

“A key player in uncovering one of our nation’s biggest injustices tells the whole story — for kids! Kash Patel ..... brings a fantastical retelling of Hillary’s horrible plot against Trump to the whole family,” says a statement by the publisher. Patel says in his own statement that he believes it’s important for people to know the truth in the fairytale.

The book focuses on an evil plot by mean “Hillary Queenton” and her “shifty knights” to reveal that King Donald was working with the “Russionians” to cheat his way into the Oval Office. Patel himself appears in the book as a “wizard” who attempts to prove King Donald was wrongly accused.




https://www.huffpost.com/entry/plot-aga ... 84bdd1555e

[bill_g]

Gag me with a Ginsu.

[Slim Cognito]

[Patagoniagirl]

I had to look closely to make sure the King Donald book wasn't a spoof. My gawd.

[Kendra]

Last time I looked, Amazon reviews were pretty brutal

[Kendra]

Trump has been attacking Republicans all morning on Truth Social.

[MN-Skeptic]

I remember reading awhile ago that Trump loved to tell the story of The Snake. Too bad his followers did not realize that Trump is the snake in the story.

The Snake

There is a story Donald Trump liked to tell on the campaign trail. The story of the snake.

The fable goes like this. A “tender-hearted” woman finds a wounded snake on the road. She takes it in and nurses it back to health. The snake, revived, bites her. The woman, dying, asks why.

Trump loves recounting the story. He makes a performance out of it. He puts on his reading glasses. He lingers on the antiquated, florid language. And when he reaches the climax, he delivers the punchline with particular showmanship, deepening his voice and switching to a sharp, declarative cadence.

“‘Oh, shut up, silly woman,’ said the reptile with a grin. ‘You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.’”

“Does that make sense to anyone?” Trump says to cheers.

The fable of the snake, in Trump’s rallies, was about Syrian refugees. For that issue, it is worse than useless — it is slander. Precisely zero Syrian refugees have launched terrorist attacks against the United States of America. But the fable of the snake is not without value. It is a powerful metaphor for Donald Trump’s presidency.

[noblepa]

I remember reading awhile ago that Trump loved to tell the story of The Snake. Too bad his followers did not realize that Trump is the snake in the story.

The Snake

There is a story Donald Trump liked to tell on the campaign trail. The story of the snake.

The fable goes like this. A “tender-hearted” woman finds a wounded snake on the road. She takes it in and nurses it back to health. The snake, revived, bites her. The woman, dying, asks why.

Trump loves recounting the story. He makes a performance out of it. He puts on his reading glasses. He lingers on the antiquated, florid language. And when he reaches the climax, he delivers the punchline with particular showmanship, deepening his voice and switching to a sharp, declarative cadence.

“‘Oh, shut up, silly woman,’ said the reptile with a grin. ‘You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in.’”

“Does that make sense to anyone?” Trump says to cheers.

The fable of the snake, in Trump’s rallies, was about Syrian refugees. For that issue, it is worse than useless — it is slander. Precisely zero Syrian refugees have launched terrorist attacks against the United States of America. But the fable of the snake is not without value. It is a powerful metaphor for Donald Trump’s presidency.

Sounds like a variation on the story about the frog and the scorpion, in which the scorpion asks the frog to carry him on his back across a body of water, only to sting the frog halfway across. As they are both drowing, the frog asks the scorpion why he stung him, and the scorpion replies "I'm a scorpion. Its my nature".

In either case, the story fits Donald Trump to a T (no pun intended).

[RTH10260]

Yeah - why did a democratic nation grant immigration status to the T elders only to have their decendants sabotage the institution.

[Volkonski]

[Slim Cognito]

I read a rumor somewhere that he's going to announce tomorrow, July 4.

[AndyinPA]

I read a rumor somewhere that he's going to announce tomorrow, July 4.

That's what I heard, too. I hope not. We don't need the holiday ruined any more than it already is.

[Lani]

There was a discussion on MSNBC that Trump will announce that he's running so he can avoid a criminal arrest. Or somethin' like that. IMHO I believe he's counting on SCOTUS to throw out election officials and substitute state houses so they can make tfg president despite him losing at the ballot box. THe coup continues....

[Phoenix520]

Meh. Independence Day is dead to me for now. He might as well.

[Azastan]

There was a discussion on MSNBC that Trump will announce that he's running so he can avoid a criminal arrest. Or somethin' like that. IMHO I believe he's counting on SCOTUS to throw out election officials and substitute state houses so they can make tfg president despite him losing at the ballot box. THe coup continues....

I think it's more likely he wants to disrupt the power play DeSantis is making, to put DeSantis 'in his place'.

[Ben-Prime]

There was a discussion on MSNBC that Trump will announce that he's running so he can avoid a criminal arrest. Or somethin' like that. IMHO I believe he's counting on SCOTUS to throw out election officials and substitute state houses so they can make tfg president despite him losing at the ballot box. THe coup continues....

I think it's more likely he wants to disrupt the power play DeSantis is making, to put DeSantis 'in his place'.

That certainly makes sense. While Florida's Resign-to-Run law carves out the Presidential race, DeSantis would have to decide whether to declare early himself, but in the process make it easy for his opponents and critics to use his in-his-own-words presidential aspirations against him in the gubernatorial race; or stay in his lane and lose ground in the '24 GOP Primary race.

[PaulG]

Didn't Sarah Palin quit on the 4th of July? Trump should take note.

[Foggy]

Wow, good memory, PaulG!

[dan1100]

Fulton County Special Grand Jury subpoenarama begins.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-gra ... LKA7TIQQM/

Fulton grand jury subpoenas Giuliani, Graham, Trump confidantes

In addition to Giuliani, among those being summoned are John Eastman, Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesbro and Jenna Ellis, all of whom advised Trump on strategies for overturning Democrat Joe Biden’s wins in Georgia and other swing states.

The grand jury also subpoenaed South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s top allies in the U.S. Senate, and attorney and podcast host Jacki Pick Deason.

The subpoenas, were filed July 5 and signed off by Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who is overseeing the special grand jury. Unlike subpoenas issued to Georgians, the summons were required to receive McBurney’s blessing since they are for people who reside outside the state.

The 23-person special grand jury has heard testimony in recent weeks from a parade of witnesses, including some who had direct contact with Trump and his associates. But Tuesday’s subpoenas are the closest jurors have gotten to the inner circle of the former president.

[Volkonski]

Progress?

[Kendra]

[Gregg]

Fulton County Special Grand Jury subpoenarama begins.

https://www.ajc.com/politics/fulton-gra ... LKA7TIQQM/

Fulton grand jury subpoenas Giuliani, Graham, Trump confidantes

In addition to Giuliani, among those being summoned are John Eastman, Cleta Mitchell, Kenneth Chesbro and Jenna Ellis, all of whom advised Trump on strategies for overturning Democrat Joe Biden’s wins in Georgia and other swing states.

The grand jury also subpoenaed South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s top allies in the U.S. Senate, and attorney and podcast host Jacki Pick Deason.

The subpoenas, were filed July 5 and signed off by Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who is overseeing the special grand jury. Unlike subpoenas issued to Georgians, the summons were required to receive McBurney’s blessing since they are for people who reside outside the state.

The 23-person special grand jury has heard testimony in recent weeks from a parade of witnesses, including some who had direct contact with Trump and his associates. But Tuesday’s subpoenas are the closest jurors have gotten to the inner circle of the former president.

Without getting into anything else, including the Mouse of Mar A Grifto being prosecuted, I don't see how Miss Lindsey doesn't get indicted here.

Just my 20,000 Dinars.

[Kendra]

What happens if Lindsey, or any of them, refuse to go to GA and testify? Does GA prosecutor/grand jury have any legal remedies to go after them?