Mr. Donald Trump continues to totally ignore the admonitions from Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan to zip his lips.
The defendant Mr. Trump is goading the Judge to Lock Him Up.
The Judge, whose legal approach to January 6, 2021 insurrectionists who have been tried in her courtroom in Washington DC, has been firm in meting our Justice.
Mr. Trump should be treated in the same manner.
Mr. Trump is now nothing more than a criminal defendant in Federal court willfully ignoring JudgeChutkan.
Mr. Trump’s attorney in US Federal Court 8.11.2023
Excerpted from The Hill 8.14.2023
Former President Trump ripped into special counsel Jack Smith over his recently disclosed search warrant for Trump’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter, calling Smith “deranged.”
“How dare lowlife prosecutor, Deranged Jack Smith, breaking into my Twitter account without informing me and, indeed, trying to completely hide this atrocity from me,” Trump posted to Truth Social on Monday. “What could he possibly find out that is not already known.”
“What could he possibly find out that is not already known. Just like the early morning raid of Mar-a-Lago! Why isn’t the DOJ raiding Crooked Joe Biden, the most CORRUPT (and Incompetent!) President in the history of the United States?” Trump continued in his post, in reference to the FBI’s raid of his home in Florida last year, where it found more than 100 classified records.
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read this story in The Guardian.
American cops, acting in the worst Police State manner, have raided a newspaper office in Marion, Kansas. Confiscating computers, cellphones and reporting materials.
The cops even expanded this questionable search and seizure to raid the homes of the publication’s publisher and reporters.
This kind of abhorrent behavior is something I expect to be happening in Putin’s Russia.
The Judge who signed this search warrant needs to take a look at the First Amendment to The US Constitution and study the Law. She’s wrong.
Excerpted from The Guardian 8.12.2023
Local police in Marion, Kansas, conducted a raid on the offices of a local newspaper on Friday as well as the homes of the publication’s publishers and reporters.
Eric Meyer, the owner and publisher of the Marion County Record, told the Kansas Reflector that the city’s entire five-officer police force and two sheriff’s deputies conducted the raid, which included the seizure of computers, cellphones and reporting materials.
Eric Meyer, the owner and publisher of the Marion County Record, said police and two sheriff’s deputies took “everything we have.” Sam Bailey/Kansas Reflector
Meyer said the raid and seizure stemmed from a confidential source leaking sensitive documents to the newspaper. He criticized the seizure, comparing it to seizures conducted by repressive government regimes.
The Kansas Reflector reported: “The search warrant, signed by Marion county district court magistrate judge Laura Viar, appears to violate federal law that provides protections against searching and seizing materials from journalists. The law requires law enforcement to subpoena materials instead. Viar didn’t respond to a request to comment for this story or explain why she would authorize a potentially illegal raid.”
The Marion police chief, Gideon Cody, did not respond to a request for comment.
Press advocates have condemned the raid as an infringement on the freedom of the press.
“An attack on a newspaper office through an illegal search is not just an infringement on the rights of journalists but an assault on the very foundation of democracy and the public’s right to know,” said Emily Bradbury, executive director of the Kansas Press Association, in a statement to the Kansas Reflector. “This cannot be allowed to stand.”
The chairperson of the National Newspaper Association, John Galer, added in a statement on Facebook: “Newsroom raids in this country receded into history 50 years ago. Today, law enforcement agencies by and large understand that gathering information from newsrooms is a last resort and then done only with subpoenas that protect the rights of all involved.
“For a newspaper to be intimidated by an unannounced search and seizure is unthinkable in an America that respects its first amendment rights.”
Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan minced no words in laying down the law to Mr. Donald Trump.
Judge Chutkan, in her first appearance as trial judge in the case, made it clear — within minutes of ascending the bench — that she intended to view Mr. Trump primarily as a defendant rather than a political figure, and suggested she sided with the government’s push for a speedy trial.
The Wheels of Justice grind slowly and exceedingly fine. At long last Mr. Trump is up against a Prosecutor and Judge who see his antics for what they are. Harassment. Intimidation. Abuse.
Excerpted from The New York Times and Politico 8.11.2023
The federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s prosecution on charges of seeking to overturn the 2020 election rejected his request on Friday to be able to speak broadly about evidence and witnesses — and warned Mr. Trump she would take necessary “measures” to keep him from intimidating witnesses or tainting potential jurors.
“He is a criminal defendant,” Judge Chutkan said. “He is going to have restrictions like every other criminal defendant” — adding that she was not going to “allow him any greater or lesser latitude than any defendant in a criminal case.”
“Your client’s defense is supposed to happen in this courtroom, not on the internet,” Chutkan admonished Trump attorney John Lauro.
The judge described Mr. Trump’s candidacy as “a day job,” like another defendant.
Trump’s attorney Lauro repeatedly emphasized the politics hovering over the case, noting its influence on Trump’s campaign and the potential that prosecutors could accuse him of violating evidence-sharing agreements even during routine exchanges on the campaign trail with rivals that include Pence. This would advantage Biden’s reelection prospects, he said.
But Chutkan said those considerations simply could not be a factor in her rulings, saying Lauro was “conflating what your client needs to do to defend himself and what your client wants to do politically.”
Aging Arrogant Arrestee – Donald Trump
The caution from the judge, Tanya S. Chutkan, came during a 90-minute hearing in Federal District Court in Washington to discuss the scope of a protective order over the discovery evidence in Mr. Trump’s case, a typically routine step in criminal matters. Judge Chutkan said she planned to impose the order but agreed to a modification requested by the Trump legal team that it apply only to “sensitive” materials and not all evidence turned over to the defense.
She concluded the hearing with a blunt warning to Mr. Trump, and an unmistakable reference to a recent social media post in which he warned, “If you go after me, I’m coming after you!” — a statement his spokesman later said was aimed at political opponents and not at people involved in the case.
No laughing matter – Judge Chutkan lays down the law to Mr. Trump
“I do want to issue a general word of caution — I intend to ensure the orderly administration of justice in this case as I would in any other case, and even arguably ambiguous statements by the parties or their counsel,” she said, could be considered an attempt to “intimidate witnesses or prejudice potential jurors,” triggering the court to take action.
Mr. Donald Trump wants the world to forget he is a criminal defendant.
Blasting those who are prosecuting him with incendiary, misleading and false political ads.
On the eve of his RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations Act) indictment in Fulton County (Atlanta) Georgia, Trump takes his unhinged campaign to new depths of depravity.
Even @NancyTungSF said “Elders need a voice . . they need a champion.” Why didn’t @LondonBreed champion Seniors’ food security when she prioritized @SFPD? Generously granting $27.6M for police overtime.$81M for pay & recruitment increases. Her ultimatum to @SFMFoodBank FY25? – ZERO!!!
Pork Barrel Politics – London Breed style
Acknowledge the obvious. Breed sits at the center of a web of pork barrel politics carrying on at City Hall – @SFPD, the crony DA Brooke Jenkins, Supervisor Matt Dorsey, and ADA Nancy Tung – who lost to Chesa Boudin in 2019 election but was later hand-picked by Jenkins to head special unit in DA’s
This Senior will bring home an EMPTY granny cart when the Golden Gate Pop-Up Pantry closes August 28, thanks to Mayor Breed.
This Senior will find the Golden Gate Pop-Up Pantry closed on Aug 28, thanks to Mayor Breed
These three Seniors will no longer be able to wait at bus stop with shopping carts full of food once the Golden Gate Pop-Up closes Aug 28, thanks to Mayor Breed
Photos and artwork – Liz Heidhues
Top photo – London Breed parties with her well paid and well fed SFPD. While she slashes food assistance for the City’s marginalized citizens.
Lee Heidhues andLiz Heidhues – Blog contributor – 8.7.2023
San Francisco Mayor London Breed is willfully engaging in a massive disruption of a critical food supply to a forgotten segment of the City’s citizenry.
The Golden Gate Senior Center Pop-Up Pantry Is Closing. Mayor London Breed has cut funding to the SF Marin Food Bank by 40%
In a blatantly mean spirited budget slashing maneuver, putting the welfare of an already well paid San Francisco Police Department and catering to her most reactionary backers, the Mayor has thrown a large segment of the population to the proverbial pangs of hunger.
Slashing the budget for the San Francisco Marin Food bank is a craven crass cruel political move.
Breed’s priorities are lavishing money on the cops and the City’s Swells. The Jay Hotel will be a playground for Breed’s wealthy backers. Its restaurant & bar unattainable to Breed’s vulnerable constituents.
Senior Citizens dealing daily w/ food insecurity in wealthy SF will never be able to afford the food and drink sold at the Jay Hotel
Breed’s 40% cut to pop-up pantries is disastrous.
Earlier in the year Breed happily posed in her Marie Antoinette ensemble. One can only assume her “Let ’em eat cake” wardrobe is no joke.
Marie Antoinette aka London Breed
“Re-election for Breed is far from certain” @sfchronicle 8.1.23. SF Mayor London Breed has now denied Seniors the stability they need – the reassurance they will not go hungry while Breed’s backers and cronies get fattened
Top photo – Liz Heidhues – Pop up pantry clients await food distribution at Ocean Beach site in San Francisco. Breed’s vulnerable constituents will be hemmed into difficult choices – food vs housing, utilities, insurance costs, etc. – because she slashed Food Bank funding
I woke up Sunday morning to learn that the American soccer team had been ousted by Sweden from the World Cup by an inch.
A saved penalty kick cruelly fell to the ground an inch inside the goal marker.
That final inch sent the Americans down to their worst World Cup performance in the history of the tournament.
I could only bring myself to watch the penalty kick shootout hours after the Americans had long left the pitch in Australia.
Penalty kick shoot out – August 6, 2023 sending Americans home by an inch
Excerpted from The Local – Stockholm Sweden 8.6.2023
Sweden stunned the United States 5-4 in a sudden-death penalty shootout on Sunday to surge into a Women’s World Cup quarter-final against Japan and consign the defending champions to their earliest-ever exit.
The title-holders dominated the opening 90 minutes but a breakthrough proved elusive with Swedish goalkeeper Zecira Musovic making some startling saves to keep her side alive.
With the deadlock remaining after extra-time it went to penalties in Melbourne — and the tension went up another notch.
Sweden’s Nathalie Bjorn was the first to miss, skying high, only for Megan Rapinoe to do the same.
Rebecka Blomqvist’s effort was saved, again putting the USA in the driving seat, only for Sophia Smith to blast wide.
Sweden’s Lina Hurtig and teammates celebrate their win during the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women’s World Cup round of 16 football match between Sweden and USA at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium in Melbourne on August 6, 2023. Photo by WILLIAM WEST / AFP
When Kelley O’Hara hit the post, it was all down to Sweden’s Lina Hurtig, who made sure — but only after VAR ruled her kick had crossed the line.
The dramatic conclusion leaves the tournament without the two top-ranked sides after Germany’s group-stage departure, with the Swedes now considered among the chief frontrunners as the world number three.
A disconsolate American women’s team looks on in shocked disbelief in Melbourne, Australia as their hopes for a third straight World Cup vanish by an inch
The whiny crybaby Trump knows his days as a free man will soon be over.
Rather than stand up and take it like a Man ….. which this insurrectionist tin pot wannabe fascist dictator is not …. Trump will trot out every lame for sure to be rejected argumentas he tries to stave off the ultimate Perp Walk.
To a prison cell.
Donald Trump didn’t like being referred to as “Mr.” during his arraignment in DC Federal Court – August 3, 2023
Excerpted from Politico 8.6.2023
Donald Trump will ask for the federal judge overseeing the case involving his attempt to subvert the 2020 presidential election to recuse herself and will seek a venue change, he wrote in a post on social media Sunday.
“There is no way I can get a fair trial with the judge ‘assigned’ to the ridiculous freedom of speech/fair elections case. Everybody knows this, and so does she!,” Trump wrote in all caps on Truth Social. “We will be immediately asking for recusal of this judge on very powerful grounds, and likewise for venue change, out [of] D.C.”
Mr. Donald Trump’s future business suit – Prison orange
D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate on 95-0 vote, has delivered some of the harshest sentences to Jan. 6 defendants to date. However, she has also avoided some of the most pointed criticisms of Trump that some of her colleagues on the federal bench in D.C. have delivered in sentencing defendants involved in attack on the Capitol. Chutkan was selected at random to preside over the case.
Trump previously wrote on Truth Social that a fair trial would be “impossible” in D.C., suggesting the proceedings should instead take place in “the politically unbiased nearby State of West Virginia!” In the post, he described D.C. as “over 95% anti-Trump,” seemingly alluding to the 2020 election results in D.C., which voted 92% to 4% for Biden over Trump.
But Trump’s argument has been repeatedly rejected by federal judges in D.C. who have handled other politically sensitive cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Jack Smith – Special Counsel and International Criminal Court prosecutor has Mr. Trump in his sights
It’s clear the Defendant Donald Trump has no intention of complying with the law.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is well versed in dealing with defendants like Trump. Prosecuting war criminals at the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
September 11 will be 50 years since the American encouraged Coup d’etat deposed Salvador Allende Gossens, the democratically elected socialist president of Chile and ushered in the fascist 17 year reign of terror led by Augusto Pinochet.
I just viewed the film ‘Chile ’76’ which vividly shows the fear and paranoia which gripped Chile during those years. The film is quiet, subtle and devastating as seen through the eyes of Carmen, a wealthy woman drawn inexorably into the terror of a fascist regime.
Opening scene of Chile ’76
Excerpted from The Nation 8.1.2023
Like so many paranoid thrillers from the decade in which the movie is set, Chile ’76 denies its audience any measure of comfort or relief.
When Carmen (Aline Kuppenheim) orders medical supplies from a hotel pay phone, we’re never sure if the crackle on the line is Pinochet’s secret police or if there’s simply a bad connection. In another chilling scene, Carmen returns home to find her maid sleeping against the counter in the kitchen at an awkward angle. For several moments, the viewer is left to wonder whether she’s been strangled, possibly as a message to Carmen and her family. But then she rouses and the tension dissipates—if only until her employer’s next clandestine outing.
Part of what makes Chile ’76 so effective is that the violence it depicts always seems to happen just offscreen.
Chile ’76 Trailer
Carmen is writing down a list of groceries when we overhear one of the painters tell his coworker, “An army patrol picked them up, and no one’s seen them since.”
Later she has a rendezvous with Pinochet foe Elias’s comrade Silvia (Yasna Ríos), who convinces her that they’re being followed. It’s yet another false alarm, but Carmen subsequently spots the police covering a body on the beach near her home. A newspaper headline blares the murder of a beautiful young woman. Is it Silvia? Was she discovered? Director Manuela Martelli won’t tell.
Indeed, we only learn of Elias’s capture when Carmen tries to bring him a new pair of boots and discovers that his room adjacent to Father Sanchez’s church has been ransacked. A stricken servant informs her that he’s been abducted. “This is horrifying” are the only words that she can muster.
Carmen returns home with a cake for her granddaughter, and the movie ends with one of the bleaker renditions of “Happy Birthday” ever committed to film.
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