Lots of MSM are calling for the Democrats to nominate someone else and for Biden to step down, from the NYT editorial board to the New Yorker too, and that’s not counting the numerous Democratic Congresscritters who are afraid his bad showing could lead to losses of their seats in Nov when the voter base might not turn out to vote for Dementia Joe, and more importantly also not vote for them in their House or Senate race against the Republican candidate.
Might be time to “spend more time with the family”
The politics section of this blog update has lots of good debate coverage, including by hedge fund manager Ackman calling out the media for lying and covering up Biden’s condition for the last several years.
Far right wins first round of France’s parliamentary election in blow to Macron, projection shows
The election, which Macron called after his party was battered by the RN in European Parliament elections earlier this month, could leave him to see out the remaining three years of his presidential term in an awkward partnership with a prime minister from an opposition party.
Yes, he will remain president and in charge of foreign policy matters. Still a miscalculation on his part to call for snap elections which only weakened his party and made LePen’s RN more powerful.
I think they left that to the lower courts to hash out. The bottom line is that the chances of the regime being able to exclude President Trump from the ballot have diminished greatly.
This lawfare by the Democrats is, as stated by the decision, unprecedented. The decision gave some pretty strong guidance but did not ultimately resolve the issue. Here’s what Roberts wrote
There is no immunity for unofficial acts. This case is the first criminal prosecution in our Nation’s history of a former President for actions taken during his Presidency. Determining whether and under what circumstances such a prosecution may proceed requires careful assessment of the scope of Presidential power under the Constitution. The nature of that power requires that a former President have some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his tenure in office," the opinion continues. “At least with respect to the President’s exercise of his core constitutional powers, this immunity must be absolute. As for his remaining official actions, he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity.”
I read it to say that yes, there is the presumption of immunity, but there are exceptions. Sort of like how diplomatic immunity can be waived for serious crimes unrelated to their diplomatic role, even though a diplomat is considered a diplomat 24/7.
The Democrats are going to run with this, claiming he didnt do any of the things they’re accusing him of “officially”.
In the republics of the ancient and early modern eras, it rarely happened that the only possible leaders were old fools because of lower life expectancy and the political expedient of assassination. There was a reason why Rome of Julius Caesar and Florence of the Medici were such dangerous places. Assassination was a feature, not a bug, of republican political systems. However, modern American medicine and the overblown security provided to presidents and former presidents together make it quite likely that both candidates will make it to November 5.
The Republicans remain the captives of the personality cult—the “MAGA movement”—that has formed around Trump, just as the Democrats were the captives of the personality cult and populist movement that formed around William Jennings Bryan between 1896 and 1908. They therefore run a considerable risk of losing this election, which they ought to be comfortably winning on the big issues of inflation and immigration, because their candidate is too off-putting to too many of the crucial voters.
The Democrats remain the captives of the Donorcrats—the wealthy friends of the Clintons and the Obamas, many of whom are almost as old as Joe Biden, all of whom despise him, and none of whom could come up with a better candidate in 2020.
The reason I increasingly think something like this will happen is that the Donorcrats simply cannot risk a second Trump term. And no, not because democracy itself would die in darkness as Trump performed some real-life version of It Can’t Happen Here or The Plot Against America . After all the cynical lawfare they have waged against Trump, the Donorcrats simply dread the tables being turned on them, as they threaten to be if he wins and purges the Department of Justice of its “critical core of personnel. . . infatuated with the perpetuation of a radical liberal agenda,” one of many changes to the federal government proposed by the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
The swamp might get held to account, so clearly no holds barred if it looks like Trump might actually win.
The American public was stunned to see prominent members of the news media openly discussing facts and conveying the truth without any regard for the regime-approved talking points they were supposed to be parroting. “It’s like they forgot to do their jobs,” one concerned citizen said. “I saw a group of people acting like respectable journalists on national television. It was horrifying.”
Time for President Kamala. Not for Nov 2024, although she’s “the future of the Democratic Party”, but now right now.
what company would keep as its CEO someone who had turned in a performance like Biden’s under pressure? The answer is no one. In fact, it’s much worse than that. Most Americans would not leave their young grandchildren alone with a grandparent who showed such a lack of comprehension and cognition.
We don’t know when Joe Biden’s presidency ended. All we know is that it has been usurped by a fraudulent use of executive power. Nobody serious about America’s institutions could want any other outcome in the next few days than that of Joe Biden’s resignation or removal in favor of his vice president, Kamala Harris.
At least she was elected to takeover the job when Biden became unfit, not like Hunter who’s been showing up for Biden’s meetings and trying to move things his way. Can’t get a pardon if the old guy doesn’t make it to at least the end of this term.
The smaller party was Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party
Britain in general is ruled by the Conservative Party for a simple reason: small-“c” conservative voters unite behind one party, whereas progressive voters split themselves across many parties. Thinkers labelled this the “progressive dilemma”: until progressives learned to work together, they would be locked out of power.
This rule was a good way to understand British politics until 10.01pm bst on July 4th, when the polls closed and the results started to come in. Labour underperformed its pre-election polling slightly, hitting only around 34% of the vote. For once, however, it was the right rather than the left that was fatally split. The Conservatives won around 24%, its lowest vote share in modern history. The reason? Nigel Farage’s populist Reform ukparty, which won an estimated 14% of all votes cast. The result? A stonking majority of at least 170 for the Labour Party and the Conservative Party’s worst performance ever. The progressive dilemma no longer shapes British politics; the regressive dilemma now rules
Speaking of the UK, their best magazine pulls no punches, calling for Biden to step aside. They gave it the cover too.
It was agony to watch a befuddled old man struggling to recall words and facts. His inability to land an argument against a weak opponent was dispiriting. But the operation by his campaign to deny what tens of millions of Americans saw with their own eyes is more toxic than either, because its dishonesty provokes contempt.
