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Monday 22nd of July 2024

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2024 Presidential election Bill Clinton once said Americans prefer “strong and wrong” to “weak and right”. On Thursday, those two options were on the debate stage. Every Democrat, including Biden, tirelessly repeats that democracy is on the ballot this November. They argue that the stakes for America are existential. The question now is whether they have the ruthlessness to act on those beliefs. Edward Luce, Financial Times, June 28, 2024, after Biden's disastrous performnce in the first 2024 presidential debate  © 2024 Kwiple.com
Aging This is America, where we abandon our elderly to nursing homes because just leaving them in the forest is illegal. … We treat old people like children, and children like sages. Bill Maher,  Real Time with Bill Maher, June 21, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Artificial intelligence I have another dream. Yes, it is me, Martin Luther King. I came back from the dead to say something. As I was saying, I have another dream that Anthony Hudson will be Michigan's 8th District's next congressman. Yes, I have a dream again. Okay, now I am going back to where I came from. Goodbye. Deep audio fake in MLK's voice endorsing Flint, MI, Republican Anthony Hudson, followed by Hudson saying, in his voice, “I approve this message” © 2024 Kwiple.com
Artificial intelligence  In one recent example, computer scientists ran ChatGPT through the conditions of the Milgram shock experiment — a study on obedience, begun in 1961, in which people gave what they believed were increasingly  painful electric shocks to an unseen person when told to do so by an authority figure — and other well-known psychology studies.  The AI model responded similarly to humans: 75 percent of simulated participants administered shocks of 300 volts or more. Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, June 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Christian nationalists say I’m not concerned with an atheist. I’m not concerned with a Muslim. I’m concerned with our children looking and seeing what God’s law is. Dodie Horton, Southern Baptist and state representative who pushed for passage of Louisiana's law mandating displaying the Ten Commandments in all classrooms in all public schools and colleges in the state © 2024 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Count votes in Congress by: 1. Calculating a Member's Proportional Vote (MPV) for each member, as follows: MPV = SPNP / NLRS where: SPNP = State's Percentage of the National Population NLRS = Number of Legislators Representing the State (in that legislature) 2. Totaling “yes” MPVs and “no” MPVs 3. Passing if total MPV is more than 50 OTHERWISE Abolish the Senate © 2019 Kwiple.com
Losers say I’m going to win this fucking election by a landslide, just wait and see. I always did things my way, and I always win no matter what all these other fucking people think. And that fucker Biden, he’s so fucking stupid. I’m going to kick his fucking ass in this election.  Donald Trump, who lost to Biden in 2020 by 7,060,000+ votes © 2024 Kwiple.com
Post-2022 Senate shituation 15 states (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) 2020 population: 40,737,128 Senators: 30 Republicans 1 Senator per 1,357,904 people — 1 state (California) 2022 population: 39,995,077 Senators: 2 Democrats 1 Senator per 19,997,539 people 19,997,539 / 1,357,904 = 14.7, therefore: average 15er's vote is worth nearly 15 times a Californian's, a Californian's vote is worth less than 7% of an average 15er's — 1 state (Wyoming) 2022 population = 579,495, therefore: 1 Senator per 289,748 Wyomians, a Wyomian's vote is worth 69 times a Californian's, a Californian's vote is worth 1.4% of a Wyomian's  © 2023 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution As we celebrate this Fourth of July, in a fervent prayer that the court’s ruling will  work out for the best of all possible worlds, I want to say in conclusion, what goes around comes around. Sidney Blumenthal, The New Republic, July 4, 2024, imagining Biden's 4th of July speech following the Supreme Court's decision immunizing presidents from prosecution for criminal acts perfomed while in office, in which Biden announces the majority of the Court has been paid "gratuities," Trump has been assassinated, Republican leaders in Congreee have been arrested, Jim Jordan was killed resisting arrest, etc. © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution Certain allegations — such as those involving Trump’s discussion with the Acting Attorney General — are readily categorized in light of the nature of the President’s official relationship to the office held by that individual. Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution The dissents’ positions in the end boil down to ignoring the Constitution’s separation of powers and the Court’s precedent and instead fear mongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals about a future where the President “feels  empowered to violate federal criminal law.” Sonia Sotomayor, dissent, Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution Held.  Under our Constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions withtin his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from criminal prosecutions for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts. Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution  In dividing official from unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into the President’s motives.  Such a “highly intrusive” inquiry would risk exposing even the most obvious instances of official conduct to judicial examination  on the mere allegation of improper purpose. Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution In the end, then, under the majority’s new paradigm, whether the President will be exempt from legal liability for murder, assault, theft, fraud, or any other reprehensible and outlawed criminal act will turn on whether he committed that act in his official capacity, such that the answer to the immunity question will always and inevitably be: It depends. Sonia Sotomayor, dissent, Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution It follows that an Act of Congress — either a specific one targeted at the President or a generally applicable one —  may not criminalize the President’s actions within his exclusive constitutional power. Neither may the courts adjudicate a criminal prosecution that examines such Presidential actions. Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. Sonia Sotomayor, dissent, Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution Nixon called. He’s [sic] like his tapes back. @GOPJesusUSA, 10:48 AM – Jul 1, 2024, commenting on Trump v. United States, which would have allowed Nixon to refuse to turn over autiotapes of his conversations in the Oval Office to a district court, which ultimately led him to resign instead of being impeached © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution The President of the United States  is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world.  When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now  will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Sonia Sotomayor, dissent, Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution The President possesses “extraordinary power to speak to his fellow citizens and on their behalf” … So most of a President’s public communications are likely to fall comfortably within the outer perimeter of his official responsibilities. Trump v. United States [including his January 6 tweets] © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution Relying on little more than its own  misguided wisdom about the need for “bold and unhesitating action” by the President, the Court gives former President Trump all the immunity he asked for and more. Sonia Sotomayor, dissent, Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution The Supreme Court has become consumed by a corruption crisis beyond its control. Today’s ruling represents an assault on American democracy. It is up to Congress to defend our nation from this authoritarian capture. I intend on filing articles of impeachment upon our return. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 12:32 PM – Jul 1, 2024, responding to Trump v. United States, which largely immunizes presidents from prosecution for crimes commited while in office © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution Thought is mother to the deed. Thought must be included among the potential threats to be countered by presidential official acts. “Presumptive,” as the court stated, must mean presumptive. And the reason? The president does not need to explain. Sidney Blumenthal, The New Republic, July 4, 2024, imagining Joe Biden's first 4th of July speech following the Supreme Court's decision immunizing presidents from prosecution for criminal acts perfomed while in office, and imagining Biden's as ruthless as Trump  © 2024 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution To fully appreciate the profound change the majority has wrought, one must first acknowledge what it means to have immunity from criminal prosecution. Put simply, immunity is “exemption” from the duties and liabilities imposed by law. … Thus, being immune is not like having a defense under  the law. Rather, it means that the law does not apply to the immunized person in the first place. Ketangi Brown Jackzon, dissent, Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Separation of chruch and state I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES, FOR THAT MATTER. READ IT — HOW CAN WE, AS A NATION, GO WRONG??? THIS MAY BE, IN FACT, THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED IN OUR COUNTRY. BRING BACK TTC!!! MAGA2024 Donald Trump, Jun 21, 2024, 1:22 AM, commenting on the Louisiana law that mandates displaying the Ten Commandments in all classrooms in public schools and colleges  © 2024 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Representative Lauren Boebert celebrated winning her new Colorado district’s Republican primary wearing a MAGA hat and an admittedly counterfeit pair of Donald Trump’s golden sneakers. … “These are very China, but I’m OK with that,” Boebert said at Tuesday night’s victory party, laughing.  “If I could’ve bought the OGs, I would have.” Lauren Boebert portrayed by The New Republic, June 26, 2024 [“OG” is slang for “original gangster,” meaning  “authentic” in neighborhoods she's never been in] © 2024 Kwiple.com
Surely you jest The President is not above the law. Trump v. United States --> © 2014 Kwiple.com
 
Trumpists say  CNN pledges to “fact check” Trump all night — i.e. lie, smear and spin for Biden. Stephen Miller, 9:53 PM – Jun 26, 2024 [CNN promised no such thing. In fact, its moderators at the first 2024 “debate” let Trump “gish gallop” — intentionally spew forth lies, half truths, non sequitors and disinformation so fast that it's not possible to fact check it in real time — i.e., they let Trump be Trump.] © 2024 Kwiple.com