michaelj

Husband, dad, grandpa, life-long midwestern Democrat, slave to one cat, flower gardener, chef, full-time cynic, retired attorney, ersatz golfer.

[michaelj @mjc5169]

Historians out there,

The GOP, presumably at Trump’s direction, has introduced legislation to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after him and its opera after his wife. Is there any historical precedent for this?

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Bye, George. We’ll hold a stool for you.

What happens if Norm doesn't have his stool... https://t.co/DvDhGALZY4 via @YouTube

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@thespybrief

Adieu, mes amis. Bonne chance!

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@thespybrief Catholic doctrine holds that the Holy Spirit guides the conclave in choosing the pope. Now I’m pondering whether this and Pope Francis’s conclave followed or rejected the Holy Spirit’s guidance, or cynically whether the Holy Spirit has lost its touch.

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@thespybrief So stupid to lionize him, but constitutional due process right is for all persons no matter how reprehensible. Danny Escobedo (right to counsel in criminal cases) confessed to muder and Ernesto Miranda (right to be advised of rights) confessed to rape. Just the way it works.

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@thespybrief First, let me apologize for any offense I inadvertently gave. I value your analysis and opinion and did not mean to imply otherwise. I truly wish I hadn’t started this discussion. Of all things, I do not want to be a cause for you to have to step away.

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@thespybrief I didn’t mean this in any partisan way. I just think it would be interesting if someone applied this analysis to the same data set focused on the GOP.

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@thespybrief I would really like to see him or someone equally insightful and analytical study the current Republican Party. I suspect the results would be significantly different but equally as incisive

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@thespybrief they deported him anyway. Maybe the “administrative” error was mistakenly deporting him despite this ruling. Whatever, the ruling cannot simply be ignored no matter the merits of the case against him, polling and political support notwithstanding.

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@thespybrief Rightly or wrongly, an immigration judge ruled in 2019 that he should not be deported (the first Trump administration could have but did not appeal this ruling. Instead

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@thespybrief Some very bad people. Very bad. They think that can get away with vote fraud and that’s a bad thing. But I’m good. I have so many countries coming to me and saying what can we do to end the tariffs. It’s a beautiful thing.

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@Boredofwheels @thespybrief I completely agree re Don-as-Adolf analogy, but if he invokes the Insurrection Act after receiving DOD and Homelad on 4/20, Occam’s razor may dictate (no pun intended) a change in my opinion

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@thespybrief A little Sunday fun.

https://t.co/3Dg98bHL1j

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@thespybrief advised to go on the alert and start nailing down everything in sight."

Schlesinger, Jr." Arthur M.. The Imperial Presidency (p. 515). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Kindle Edition.

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@thespybrief "We have noted that corruption appears to visit the White House in fifty-year cycles. This suggests that exposure and retribution inoculate the Presidency against its latent criminal impulses for about half a century. Around the year 2023 the American people would be well /1

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@thespybrief I have been wondering why a US bombing/missile campaign would be any more successful than Saudi Arabia’s was.

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@thespybrief https://t.co/fwT9dlosg5

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@thespybrief “But it ain’t me, babe. No,no, no it ain’t me, babe. It ain’t me you’re lookin’ for, babe.”

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@thespybrief ICYMI
Either he had a significant senior moment or he didn't know someone else affixed his signature to the 4-page Proclamation. The WH explanation that he was obviously referring to the 1798 statute is ludicrous.
https://t.co/j4ajkYur2s

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@thespybrief Either his signature was attached without his knowledge or he had a serious senior moment. The WH explanation that he was referring to the signing of the Alien Enemies Act is ludicrous. https://t.co/j4ajkYur2s