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April 26, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-supreme-court-is-making-my-fucking-1be
Thank you Jeff Tiedrich. He makes many astute comments that mirror the posts I've seen on DU in the past several months. A righteous rant and worth reading on "Everyone is entitled to my own opinion."
Today's Tiedrich rant: this Supreme Court is making my fucking head explode - again
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-supreme-court-is-making-my-fucking-1be
presidents are not kings.
its a no-brainer, right? its like the very first thing anyone learns about America. we fought a whole Revolutionary War about it. US presidents are bound by the same laws that the rest of us abide by and for two and a half centuries, hardly anyone has had a problem with this.
but along comes big fucking baby Donald Trump, so worked up over losing an election that he sent an armed mob to the Capitol to try to overthrow his own government and he got indicted for it. but then Donny was all nah bro, laws are bullshit and I should get to crime all I want because mommy says Im special and I have presidential immunity.
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any sane Supreme Court would have quickly slapped Trump with a writ of go fuck yourself, and wed be having a DC trial right now. but we dont have a sane Court. we have four bought-and-paid for Federalist Society hacks who sit snugly in the pocket of the plutocrats who tell them how to vote and we have Neil Gorsuch, who just fucking hates government and is deliberately out to create as much chaos as possible.
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its a no-brainer, right? its like the very first thing anyone learns about America. we fought a whole Revolutionary War about it. US presidents are bound by the same laws that the rest of us abide by and for two and a half centuries, hardly anyone has had a problem with this.
but along comes big fucking baby Donald Trump, so worked up over losing an election that he sent an armed mob to the Capitol to try to overthrow his own government and he got indicted for it. but then Donny was all nah bro, laws are bullshit and I should get to crime all I want because mommy says Im special and I have presidential immunity.
...
any sane Supreme Court would have quickly slapped Trump with a writ of go fuck yourself, and wed be having a DC trial right now. but we dont have a sane Court. we have four bought-and-paid for Federalist Society hacks who sit snugly in the pocket of the plutocrats who tell them how to vote and we have Neil Gorsuch, who just fucking hates government and is deliberately out to create as much chaos as possible.
Thank you Jeff Tiedrich. He makes many astute comments that mirror the posts I've seen on DU in the past several months. A righteous rant and worth reading on "Everyone is entitled to my own opinion."
April 26, 2024
Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/04/pennsylvania-election-2024-primary-missing-dates-mail-ballot-envelopes-department-of-state-guidance/
This article is a few days old, but it points out an issue that could become problem in the November general election....
Come on Pennsylvania! We have to figure this out before November.
Mail ballot backfire: Failing to complete the year on Pa.'s newly redesigned mail ballot envelopes
Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/04/pennsylvania-election-2024-primary-missing-dates-mail-ballot-envelopes-department-of-state-guidance/
This article is a few days old, but it points out an issue that could become problem in the November general election....
A design change Pennsylvania officials made to prevent voters from making a disqualifying error on their mail ballots appears to have backfired. The issue voters failing to write the final two digits of the year on the return envelope is leading some counties to reject ballots in the primary, despite the states new advice to count them.
Last fall, the Pennsylvania Department of State announced it was redesigning the states mail ballot return envelope, in part to reduce the number of ballots rejected for lacking a proper date, which is required by law. This years envelope has 20 prefilled in the year line and leaves spaces for the voters to fill in the last two digits.
One election director said a significant number of voters who returned flawed ballots had not filled in the last two digits of the year, and other election officials around the state echoed that observation. On the Friday before the election, Deputy Secretary for Elections Jonathan Marks sent an email to counties advising them to count ballots even if the envelope lacks the last two digits of the year....
But the departments emailed advice does not carry the force of law, and counties are making different decisions about whether to count the ballots. Votebeat and Spotlight PA contacted eight counties and found that Philadelphia, Allegheny, and Delaware Counties are counting the ballots, while York, Lycoming, Lancaster, and Snyder Counties are rejecting them. Montgomery County said it would make a decision next week.
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Last fall, the Pennsylvania Department of State announced it was redesigning the states mail ballot return envelope, in part to reduce the number of ballots rejected for lacking a proper date, which is required by law. This years envelope has 20 prefilled in the year line and leaves spaces for the voters to fill in the last two digits.
One election director said a significant number of voters who returned flawed ballots had not filled in the last two digits of the year, and other election officials around the state echoed that observation. On the Friday before the election, Deputy Secretary for Elections Jonathan Marks sent an email to counties advising them to count ballots even if the envelope lacks the last two digits of the year....
But the departments emailed advice does not carry the force of law, and counties are making different decisions about whether to count the ballots. Votebeat and Spotlight PA contacted eight counties and found that Philadelphia, Allegheny, and Delaware Counties are counting the ballots, while York, Lycoming, Lancaster, and Snyder Counties are rejecting them. Montgomery County said it would make a decision next week.
Come on Pennsylvania! We have to figure this out before November.
April 26, 2024
It's Friday, so it's no surprise that a lot of hosts take the night off and show reruns. Only Bill Mahar has a new show tonight.
Friday April 26 - Late-night talk show guest listings
It's Friday, so it's no surprise that a lot of hosts take the night off and show reruns. Only Bill Mahar has a new show tonight.
April 24, 2024
Link: https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2024-04-23/pa-primary-election-results-treasurer
Congratulations Erin McClelland. Good luck in November!
Erin McClelland tops Ryan Bizzarro, will take on incumbent Treasurer Stacy Garrity (R)
Link: https://www.wesa.fm/politics-government/2024-04-23/pa-primary-election-results-treasurer
Allegheny County Democrat Erin McClelland topped state Rep. Ryan Bizzarro in Tuesday's Democratic primary for state treasurer. She will now face Stacy Garrity, the Republican incumbent, this fall. Treasurer is one of three of Pennsylvania's executive level offices that will appear on the November ballot; the other two are state attorney general and state auditor general.
Along with attorney general candidate Eugene DePasquale, McClelland is Allegheny Countys other contender in the statewide ballot this spring but her rival lives just a couple of hours up Interstate 79.
State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro has represented Erie in the state House for more than a decade and has garnered the endorsement of the state Democratic Party. McClelland is a mental health and substance abuse counselor who worked as a contractor for Allegheny County. She has previously run unsuccessful campaigns for Allegheny County executive and Congress, twice winning the partys nomination but losing to the Republican incumbent.
Both have criticized incumbent Garrity for factors that include her close ties to Donald Trump. But their own primary battle was contentious, involving questions about McClellands campaign finance reports and Bizzarros decade-old support for a bill that would prevent state insurance exchanges from covering most abortions.
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Along with attorney general candidate Eugene DePasquale, McClelland is Allegheny Countys other contender in the statewide ballot this spring but her rival lives just a couple of hours up Interstate 79.
State Rep. Ryan Bizzarro has represented Erie in the state House for more than a decade and has garnered the endorsement of the state Democratic Party. McClelland is a mental health and substance abuse counselor who worked as a contractor for Allegheny County. She has previously run unsuccessful campaigns for Allegheny County executive and Congress, twice winning the partys nomination but losing to the Republican incumbent.
Both have criticized incumbent Garrity for factors that include her close ties to Donald Trump. But their own primary battle was contentious, involving questions about McClellands campaign finance reports and Bizzarros decade-old support for a bill that would prevent state insurance exchanges from covering most abortions.
Congratulations Erin McClelland. Good luck in November!
April 23, 2024
It seems Seth Meyers is still on vacation this week.
Tuesday, April 23 - late-night talk show guest listings
It seems Seth Meyers is still on vacation this week.
April 23, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/narcoleptic-old-dipshit-wakes-up
Great rant today. Thanks Jeff Tiedrich!
Please click on the OP link and read the rest on "Everyone Is Entitled to My Own Opinion."
Today's Tiedrich rant: narcoleptic old dipshit wakes up to stare at pecker
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/narcoleptic-old-dipshit-wakes-up
sssh! dont wake up Donny during his trial. hes in the middle of a dream. its a big, beautiful dream. in fact, it may be the greatest dream of all time. it goes something like this:
the real heroes of January 6th the brave freedom fighters now beings unfairly held as hostages bust out of prison and come to New York, where they stream into the courthouse where that crabby old fuckface Judge Merchan is forcing Donny to listen to mean tweets....
theres just one problem with this dream: yesterday, outside the courthouse, only three or four protesters showed up.
they were outnumbered by the comedy duo The Good Liars, who came to interview them by which I mean they were there to mock MAGA to their faces. also, theres this little thing called security. welcome to New York, where they dont fuck around, or take chances. lower Manhattan is now crawling with cops.
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the real heroes of January 6th the brave freedom fighters now beings unfairly held as hostages bust out of prison and come to New York, where they stream into the courthouse where that crabby old fuckface Judge Merchan is forcing Donny to listen to mean tweets....
theres just one problem with this dream: yesterday, outside the courthouse, only three or four protesters showed up.
they were outnumbered by the comedy duo The Good Liars, who came to interview them by which I mean they were there to mock MAGA to their faces. also, theres this little thing called security. welcome to New York, where they dont fuck around, or take chances. lower Manhattan is now crawling with cops.
Great rant today. Thanks Jeff Tiedrich!
Please click on the OP link and read the rest on "Everyone Is Entitled to My Own Opinion."
April 22, 2024
Jon Stewart's guest(s) are unannounced as of Monday a.m.
Monday April 22 - Late-night talk show guest listings
Jon Stewart's guest(s) are unannounced as of Monday a.m.
April 21, 2024
AV Club link: https://www.avclub.com/the-office-domhnall-gleeson-casts-sabrina-impacciatore-1851423123
I keep seeing rumors and little blurbs about a possible reboot of The Office. Has anyone heard anything substantive about this? The Office was so focused on the original cast that as the original stars left the show, it seemed to stagnate.
New "The Office" reportedly casts Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore
AV Club link: https://www.avclub.com/the-office-domhnall-gleeson-casts-sabrina-impacciatore-1851423123
What is going on with this new The Office thing? The possible reboot/possible revival/possible spin-off has been all smoke and mirrors and Greg Daniels schemes. But its real enough to have apparently bagged two pretty big names as the first actors cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Domhnall Gleeson (of the Star Wars sequel trilogy) and Sabrina Impacciatore (of the second season of The White Lotus) have signed on to join this amorphous mystery version of the beloved sitcom.
As weve been following, Daniels (who created the American version of the workplace comedy) has been developing some new version of the show thats set in the same universe as the one thats home to Michael Scott (Steve Carrell), Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), and Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer). Last month, it was reported that Daniels had brought on Nathan For You co-creator Michael Koman to be his partner on this new project, which as of yet has no studio attached. Now, THR says the duo have been casting a wide net to find talent availabilities for the latter half of this year.
Basically, we dont know anything about what the show will be like or what the actors will be doing yet. But you couldnt really ask for better stars than Gleeson and Impacciatore. Impacciatore was a standout in the darkly comedic White Lotus. And Gleeson has proven his range, from sniveling and unpleasant in Star Wars to warm, funny, and charming in About Time. Beyond their many talents, the casting also suggests an interestingly international bent to this new Office (Impacciatore is Italian and Gleeson is Irish). Thats a departure from the sort of homogenous middle America of Scranton, Pennsylvania in Daniels original. Well have to wait and see what Daniels and co. have in store.
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As weve been following, Daniels (who created the American version of the workplace comedy) has been developing some new version of the show thats set in the same universe as the one thats home to Michael Scott (Steve Carrell), Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), and Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer). Last month, it was reported that Daniels had brought on Nathan For You co-creator Michael Koman to be his partner on this new project, which as of yet has no studio attached. Now, THR says the duo have been casting a wide net to find talent availabilities for the latter half of this year.
Basically, we dont know anything about what the show will be like or what the actors will be doing yet. But you couldnt really ask for better stars than Gleeson and Impacciatore. Impacciatore was a standout in the darkly comedic White Lotus. And Gleeson has proven his range, from sniveling and unpleasant in Star Wars to warm, funny, and charming in About Time. Beyond their many talents, the casting also suggests an interestingly international bent to this new Office (Impacciatore is Italian and Gleeson is Irish). Thats a departure from the sort of homogenous middle America of Scranton, Pennsylvania in Daniels original. Well have to wait and see what Daniels and co. have in store.
I keep seeing rumors and little blurbs about a possible reboot of The Office. Has anyone heard anything substantive about this? The Office was so focused on the original cast that as the original stars left the show, it seemed to stagnate.
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