Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Various news bits

Justice Dept. Signals Report on Trump Documents Case May Never Be Released -- In a court filing, the department indicated that the report by the special counsel, Jack Smith, may not be made public before Donald J. Trump takes office, raising the prospect that the new administration will bury it.

Comment: The "prospect" it will be buried??? It WILL be buried.




Justice Dept. says it won’t yet release Trump classified document report -- But Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to make public the special counsel’s report about Donald Trump’s election interference case, according to a court filing.

Comment: The DoJ will NEVER release that report if Merrick Garland won't do it now. Another nasty chunk of MAGA history gets white washed because of Garland, DJT's 2nd best protector, after the 1st best USSC.



Trump Asks Supreme Court to Halt His Sentencing in N.Y. Criminal Case -- Prosecutors have been ordered to respond to the president-elect’s request by Thursday morning, suggesting the court could rule before Friday’s scheduled sentencing.

Comment: The rule of law continues to be under constant, vicious attack.



Biden Acknowledges He Might Not Have Been Able to Serve Four More Years -- President Biden insisted that he still could have beaten Donald J. Trump had he stayed in the race, but could not say he would have been vital enough to be president until age 86.

Comment: Duh.


Meta’s ‘tipping point’ is about aligning with power -- In a video on Tuesday explaining Meta’s decision to stop fact-checking posts in the United States, roll back restrictions on hateful language and lift limitations on political discourse across its social networks, the Meta CEO said the “recent elections” feel like a “cultural tipping point toward once again prioritizing speech.” He welcomed a “new era” in which the company can get “back to our roots” and “focus on restoring free expression” rather than trying to reduce false, harmful or offensive content.


Comment: It really does feel like we are at a major tipping point and we are tipping toward authoritarianism with the rise of dark free speech as the dominant form of speech. Honest speech contrary to anything that DJT or MAGA elites want to to hear is being swept away in a tidal wave of defamation lawsuits.



Exxon Mobil Corp. sues California attorney general for defamation over plastic recycling claims -- Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a federal defamation lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups, months after Bonta sued the oil and gas giant alleging that it deceived the public for half a century by promising the plastics it produced would be recycled. It seeks unspecified damages and retractions of “defamatory statements” from Bonta and the groups. A spokesperson for the California Department of Justice called the lawsuit “another attempt from ExxonMobil to deflect attention from its own unlawful deception” and said Bonta looks forward to “vigorously litigating” the case.

Comment: This is an example of honest speech contrary to anything that DJT or MAGA elites want to to hear is being swept away in a tidal wave of defamation lawsuits. Here, the MAGA elite is the powerful, wealthy person called ExxonMobil. His (its) lie about recycling is blatant.



GOP-led N.C. Supreme Court blocks finalizing election for Democratic justice -- Justice Allison Riggs (D) eked out a 734-vote victory over Jefferson Griffin, but the Republican challenged about 60,000 ballots cast by voters who have not provided election officials with their driver’s license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number.

Comment: MAGA fights very hard for authoritarian power and wealth. Democrats do not fight nearly as hard for democracy or the public interest. 

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