In the McMichael and Bryan case, oh sorry… you don’t know those names because the media is calling it the Aubrey Killing trial? Well. Those are the defendants. Anyway, the racists racist lawyer just reiterated to the court his racism by asking for the removal of Jesse Jackson.
Now the defense is arguing that the jury ‘looked’ at Jesse Jackson. Perhaps they looked at him because the defense keeps arguing Black pastors should not be there. The judge keeps saying, the public is welcome, the defense keeps saying Black members of the public aren’t.
Now the defense is arguing SCOTUS decisions about public access to the courts. Judge says to cite case law in a motion. Defense is now arguing for a mistrial due to the ‘atmosphere’ is such that it deprives Bryan of his right to a fair trial. ‘Atmosphere’ = Black man is present.
Bryan and the McMichaels are on trial because they couldn’t abide a Black man running through their neighborhood, now Bryan’s atty can’t abide a Black man sitting in the courtroom. But systemic racism doesn’t exist everyone, nothing to see here. DOJ @CivilRights you seeing this?
*Arbery. Damn you autocorrect!
The opening remarks from the Prosecutor essentially describe a lynching. The DOJ @CivilRights division should take the case up as a federal lynching case. Oh right, they can’t because Rand Paul voted against making lynching a federal crime. Judiciary is screaming for sunlight.
On Jan 6th, Sen James Lankford (R-OK) had agreed to challenge states during the counting of electoral votes. This essentially means, he was on team sedition; until he wasn’t. He was literally speaking when the Senate floor was evacuated. Wait until you see where this one goes🧵👇🏻
Lankford must not have seen any tourists on Jan 6 because when the mob left, and the certification resumed, Lankford changed his mind and decided it wasn’t in his best interests to challenge the states any longer. Or perhaps he thought it not in the best interest of the country.
Either way, Lankford’s non-actions that day all but guaranteed he would be primaried for his Senate seat. Here is a quote from Gen Michael Flynn:“We need to have strong warriors who are consistent in their beliefs and their values, who are willing to take the hard or right path."
Judge Schroeder just dismissed count six. Count six was ‘possession of a firearm under the age of 18.’
So what, he shot them with medical aid? 🤷🏼♂️
If the jury somehow finds him guilty, we should familiarize ourselves with the term ‘Judgement not withstanding the verdict.’
Now the judge is giving instructions to the jury. As he does so, his phone alerts him again. He stops mid instruction to check his phone. Who is sending him messages? Why is he on his phone? Why is his phone on? When is his disciplinary hearing?
Oh good, the judge just glitched during his instructions. He literally stopped mid sentence because he didn’t like what *he* was saying. Unbelievable. Nothing like confusing the shit out of a jury before giving them the case to deliberate.
We need to talk about the Sheriff’s, you guys. Specifically the Constitutional Sheriff’s and Peace Officers Association or the CSPOA. We have to go back to 2014 for this one. Let’s head west to Nevada for a wee thread.🧵👇🏻
In 2014 a press conference was held for Cliven Bundy that featured none other than the founder and leader of the Oathkeepers, Person One himself, Stewart Rhodes. Bundy had been sued by BLM, no the other one, the Bureau of Land Management.
Looooong story short, the reason for this was Bundy’s cattle had been grazing on public lands, and Bundy wasn’t paying the government for the privilege. The feds wanted the cows corralled off our land and returned to Bundy’s. Oathkeepers, not so much.
I recently had a periodic neurology visit. Such is the life of a dopamine depleted Parkinson’s brain. These visits come with the gig to see how I’m doing. What meds need tweaking etc. They’re obligatory in a way. There is no cure. A wee reality check on fascism 🧵👇🏻
My neurologist is about my age. We get along, we both go through the motions. He knows he can only do so much, he knows I’m trying to do what I can to retain my sense of value. I like him. He likes me. He is from Belarus.
Alexander Lukashenko has declared himself the winner of a recent election there. Look at the words. ‘Declared’, ‘himself’ & ‘winner’. He did not win. He declared so. A declaration of an election victory is the stealing of an election victory. Sound familiar?
Today’s House Rules committee met to further proceed on the recommendation of the @January6thCmte to refer Steve Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress. @BennieGThompson and @RepLizCheney both testified about democracy and accountability. But then🧵👇🏻
Sheriff shoot-n-holler and the Animated Sugar Daddy both came in to testify. That’s the unjacketed Jim Jordan and Ice cream enthusiast Matt Gaetz respectively. It was wild, you should really watch the whole thing. But what caught my ear was Gaetz using Steve Bannon’s words.
Gaetz said to ‘catch the signal, and not the noise.’ Ok, then. What did Gaetz and Jordan ‘signal’ today? Well, Jordan argued that the 600 people being prosecuted for the Jan 6 Insurrection are being investigated by the executive branch. That’s where investigations should be.
This Oleg Deripaska news is a BFD. Take a huge step back and realize what it means when the FBI performs a ‘law enforcement activity’ at 2 separate locations owned by the same individual. A wee thread for perspective 🧵👇🏻 nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
Todays FBI ‘activity’ had to have been a coordinated effort. The field offices would have been in communication, planning, sharing information. They would have had to have some probable cause for this to have occurred. They would have also needed permission, perhaps warrants.