Election season is upon us. I’m told that some campaigns receive returned ballot updates and will stop sending you campaign materials after you vote. If that isn’t an incentive to vote right now, nothing is. So fill out that ballot right now, drop it off in a drop box, and then join us this evening as the Seattle Chapter of Drinking Liberally gets together for conversation over drinks.
We meet tonight and every Tuesday at the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, 2409 10th Ave E, Seattle. You’ll find us either in the back room or out on the back patio. We start at 8:00pm.
Chapters of Living Liberally are all over the place…if you can’t make it to the Seattle chapter, stop by another chapter near you.
Useful status update, since “analysts” in the media keep getting this wrong.
There is still a TRO in place ordering Fat Hitler to refrain from any Guard deployment in Oregon. Judge Immergut issued one original TRO when stupid Fat Hitler tried to order up the Oregon Guard. Then Fat Hitler tried to be cute and deploy the Texas National Guard. So Immergut issued a second TRO preventing any Guard deployment in Oregon.
The recent panel decision was in response to the first TRO. The DOJ intentionally declined to appeal the second TRO. It remains in effect. The DOJ is in court today asking Immergut to lift her second TRO in response to the panel decision rendered yesterday. She does not have to. But she might.
The fundamental issue has to do with specific findings of fact and how the 3 judge panel handled those, if at all. Immergut may conclude that the panel decision is not responsive to the findings of fact issued in her second TRO. And unless the DOJ can prove that the facts on the ground have changed since the ruling, which they have not, she may conclude that her second TRO remains valid and in effect.
Meanwhile the state is requesting an en banc review of the first TRO by the entire 9th circuit (and not just the 3 judge panel with two fascists appointed by Fat Hitler).
Graham Platner should immediately discontinue his campaign and visit the nearest tattoo parlor to get some shit fixed.
White dude bros are not that particularly special that they can’t be easily replaced.
So Donnie wants to shake down DOJ for $230M for DARING to investigate him.
How much of your money will Pam Bondi hand over?