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LetMyPeopleVote's JournalSignificant pro-Trump protest fails to materialize in N.Y. (again)
Pointing to his criminal trial, Donald Trump told supporters on Friday, “72 hours until all hell breaks loose.” All hell did not, in fact, break loose.
https://twitter.com/stevebenen/status/1780224668726596070
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/significant-trump-protest-fails-materialize-ny-rcna147982
A smattering of pro-Trump demonstrators — some wearing costumes, others carrying signs, one temporarily lowering the top of her dinosaur-themed one-piece before writhing on the ground in performative ecstasy — lent their support to Trump, the former president and presumptive Republican nominee.
The Daily Beast published a related report under a headline that read, “Trump Wanted to See Crowd Outside Trial. He Got 50 Randos.”.....
As for why, exactly, these demonstrations have failed to materialize, there are plenty of competing explanations, starting with the fact that the Justice Department’s extensive prosecutions of Jan. 6 rioters have not gone unnoticed among the former president’s most ardent backers.
But I’m also reminded of an analysis my MSNBC colleague Zeeshan Aleem wrote last year.
“It may have to do with post-Jan. 6 wariness of getting in trouble if a pro-Trump protest spirals out of control,” A/bleem wrote. “Perhaps conspiracy theories about the government laying traps for peaceful protesters scared them out of showing up. Maybe Trump finally has exhausted his base with his constant hysteria. ... Whatever the reasons may be, Trump is looking weak.”
Mike Luckovich-Postmaster DeJoy burning down the post office
https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1781063123266343223
Statement from President Joe Biden on Iran Sanctions
https://twitter.com/ShelleyGspan/status/1780959897242173740
Border Collie vs Husky.. 😅
We have mainly raised bearded collies but we did have a border collie for a couple of years. Right now, I have a rescue Husky/Aussie mix who is very different from but good friends with my bearded collie.
This video made me smile
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden/status/1780603501053419719
Trump campaign asks for cut of candidates' fundraising when they use his name and likeness
TFG really needs help paying his legal fees.
https://twitter.com/politicoalex/status/1780674467028427094
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/17/trump-campaign-fundraising-five-percent-00152830
In a letter received by Republican digital vendors this week, the Trump campaign is asking for down-ballot candidates who use his name, image and likeness in fundraising appeals to give at least 5 percent of the proceeds to the campaign.
“Beginning tomorrow, we ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump’s name, image, and likeness split a minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC. This includes but is not limited to sending to the house file, prospecting vendors, and advertising,” Trump co-campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita wrote in the letter, which is dated April 15.
They add: “Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump’s campaign and is routinely reported to the highest levels of leadership within both organizations.”
The letter comes as Trump is struggling to close a fundraising gap with President Joe Biden. Biden’s campaign has said that it has raised over $190 million, more than double what Trump has taken in. Trump’s campaign has acknowledged that it will be outraised by Biden, though it has been looking to make up ground, with large and small donors alike. By asking Republican candidates to break off a chunk of their proceeds, the Trump campaign would enlarge its bank account.
Senate kills first of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
These impeachment efforts are a joke and I am glad that the Senate got rid of one of these charges
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1780679988120797607
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/senate-mayorkas-impeachment-articles/index.html
The article of impeachment killed by the Senate was for “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law.” Mayorkas still faces a second article for “breach of public trust.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer opened the proceedings by offering a time agreement to Republicans that would have allowed a certain amount of floor debate and votes on trial resolutions and points of order before an eventual vote to dismiss the case.
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri objected, saying he would not agree to a proposal that would conclude with an “unprecedented” step in US history of dismissing an impeachment case without a trial. Many Republicans wanted an agreement because it would have allowed them to make speeches on the floor about why they think a full trial should take place and other points. Without it, they will not be allowed to speak on the floor – unless they get unanimous consent – except in the form of points of order that would be read allowed by the presiding officer.
Schumer then made a motion to table or kill the first impeachment article because “it does not allege conduct that rises to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor” as required in the Constitution. After several rounds of procedural votes, the Senate passed that motion 51 to 48 with one voting present, killing the first article of impeachment.
Senate kills first of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Source: CNN
The Senate killed the first article of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday as the historic trial of the Cabinet secretary got underway.
The article of impeachment killed by the Senate was for “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law.” Mayorkas still faces a second article for “breach of public trust.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer opened the proceedings by offering a time agreement to Republicans that would have allowed a certain amount of floor debate and votes on trial resolutions and points of order before an eventual vote to dismiss the case.
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri objected, saying he would not agree to a proposal that would conclude with an “unprecedented” step in US history of dismissing an impeachment case without a trial. Many Republicans wanted an agreement because it would have allowed them to make speeches on the floor about why they think a full trial should take place and other points. Without it, they will not be allowed to speak on the floor – unless they get unanimous consent – except in the form of points of order that would be read allowed by the presiding officer.
Schumer then made a motion to table or kill the first impeachment article because “it does not allege conduct that rises to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor” as required in the Constitution. After several rounds of procedural votes, the Senate passed that motion 51 to 48 with one voting present, killing the first article of impeachment.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/senate-mayorkas-impeachment-articles/index.html
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1780679988120797607
Mike Luckovich- Moscow Marge Unmasked
https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1780664464422973472
Borowitz Report- Majority of Americans Prefer Sleeping Trump to Conscious Version
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGxSlRpHPgfHJvmmlnlrvnDlnGWAccording to the survey, conducted by the Opinion Research Institute at the University of Minnesota, the conscious version of Trump garners a lowly 41 percent approval rating, in marked contrast with the unconscious version’s 98 percent.
When asked to state what they liked most about the slumbering Trump, 72 percent checked “Cannot say anything,” while a whopping 83 percent ticked “Can do no harm.”
Carol Foyler, a top Trump campaign aide, said that the numbers suggest “we have to do a better job of getting the message out that Donald Trump is asleep most if not all of the day.”
“We need to showcase Mr. Trump at campaign events where he looks heavy-lidded and, ideally, snores,” she said. “If, during a debate with Biden, he were to suddenly doze off and face-plant on the podium, that would be huge for us.”
The aide said that the poll results would help the Trump campaign fine-tune its electoral strategy, adding, “Between now and Election Day, we have to keep Donald Trump on a steady drip of warm milk, chamomile tea, and Ambien.”
Biden-Harris Campaign-Wake Up Donald: After Stormy Abortion Ban Coverage, Trump Poll Memo Attempts to Hush Panic
The Biden Harris Campaign is not commenting on TFG's trials but this release still makes me smile
https://twitter.com/DJJudd/status/1780033836350328882
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