palmerreport--2020-12-18--Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago problem just got even uglier for him

When and if Donald Trump tires of fighting the inevitability of his departure from the White House , he will have plenty left to fight , including criminal charges awaiting him in New York .
One of the most contentious fights for Trump will occur when he moves to Mar-a-Lago , where neighbors are letting Trump know he is not welcome .
The Washington Post is reporting that Trump put himself in this position .
He signed an agreement in 1993 that made him choose between declaring Mar-a-Lago a home or a private club .
Because he chose the club @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , allege that Trump lost his legal right to live at the club .
Whoever thought a defeated president would have to fight to live in the place of his choice ?
This is certainly not a normal occurrence , but then , nothing is normal when it comes to Donald Trump .
New York does not want him — well , the New York Attorney General does — and Palm Beach does not want him either .
Where on Earth will he go ?
Not our problem .
We did not want @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ve accomplished that mission .
It seems that the DeMoss family is fighting as hard as we did .
The family ’ s attorney sent a demand letter , requesting that Trump be notified that he can not use Mar-a-Lago as a residence to save him the embarrassment of having to leave .
“ There ’ s absolutely no legal theory under which he can use that property as both a residence and a club , ” according to Glenn Zeitz , another neighbor who has joined in the fight .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of desperation .
According to WaPo , Trump signed the agreement to help pay for the staggering costs of maintaining Mar-a-Lago because his finances were not in good shape .
That should not be much of a surprise , as Trump has never properly handled his businesses and quickly turned them into money-bleeders .
Under the agreement , members were banned from spending more than 21 days a year at the club and could not stay longer than 7 consecutive nights .
To get Palm Beach to agree , Trump ’ s attorney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mar-a-Lago .
My , how times have changed , and Trump is scrambling for shelter .
WaPo revealed that yet another agreement may preclude Trump ’ s residency at Mar-a-Lago : Trump deeded development rights to Mar-a-Lago to the National Historic Trust , a non-profit centered around preserving historic sites .
Since Trump served as president , Mar-a-Lago could be considered an historic site , further limiting Trump ’ s ability to do much of anything with the property .
In signing this deal , Trump agreed to “ forever relinquish his rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any purpose other than club use.
” Oh , well .
Once again , Trump stepped on his own foot .
Now , he wants to change things .
Trump is in for a fight .
The neighbors have already vowed to sue to uphold the agreement between Trump and the city .
When asked about the demand letter and suit , Reginald Stambaugh , counsel for the neighbors said , “ Palm Beach has many lovely estates for sale , and we are confident President Trump will find one which meets his @ @ @

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When and if Donald Trump tires of fighting the inevitability of his departure from the White House, he will have plenty left to fight, including criminal charges awaiting him in New York. One of the most contentious fights for Trump will occur when he moves to Mar-a-Lago, where neighbors are letting Trump know he is not welcome.
The Washington Post is reporting that Trump put himself in this position. He signed an agreement in 1993 that made him choose between declaring Mar-a-Lago a home or a private club. Because he chose the club, his neighbors, the DeMoss family, allege that Trump lost his legal right to live at the club. Whoever thought a defeated president would have to fight to live in the place of his choice? This is certainly not a normal occurrence, but then, nothing is normal when it comes to Donald Trump. New York does not want him — well, the New York Attorney General does — and Palm Beach does not want him either. Where on Earth will he go? Not our problem. We did not want him in the White House, and we’ve accomplished that mission. It seems that the DeMoss family is fighting as hard as we did.
The family’s attorney sent a demand letter, requesting that Trump be notified that he cannot use Mar-a-Lago as a residence to save him the embarrassment of having to leave. “There’s absolutely no legal theory under which he can use that property as both a residence and a club,” according to Glenn Zeitz, another neighbor who has joined in the fight. Trump did it to himself, out of desperation. According to WaPo, Trump signed the agreement to help pay for the staggering costs of maintaining Mar-a-Lago because his finances were not in good shape. That should not be much of a surprise, as Trump has never properly handled his businesses and quickly turned them into money-bleeders. Under the agreement, members were banned from spending more than 21 days a year at the club and could not stay longer than 7 consecutive nights. To get Palm Beach to agree, Trump’s attorney claimed that Trump would never live at Mar-a-Lago. My, how times have changed, and Trump is scrambling for shelter.
WaPo revealed that yet another agreement may preclude Trump’s residency at Mar-a-Lago: Trump deeded development rights to Mar-a-Lago to the National Historic Trust, a non-profit centered around preserving historic sites. Since Trump served as president, Mar-a-Lago could be considered an historic site, further limiting Trump’s ability to do much of anything with the property. In signing this deal, Trump agreed to “forever relinquish his rights to develop Mar-a-Lago or use it for any purpose other than club use.” Oh, well. Once again, Trump stepped on his own foot. Now, he wants to change things.
Trump is in for a fight. The neighbors have already vowed to sue to uphold the agreement between Trump and the city. When asked about the demand letter and suit, Reginald Stambaugh, counsel for the neighbors said, “Palm Beach has many lovely estates for sale, and we are confident President Trump will find one which meets his needs.”
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palmerreport--2020-12-17--Kayleigh McEnany goes completely off the deep end

Kayleigh McEnany , who has spent the past few years helping Donald Trump burn the country to the ground and @ @ @ @ @ is now insisting she ’ s offended that one of Biden ’ s appointees used @ @ @ @ @ her ilk .
But people like Kayleigh McEnany also pretended to be offended when Hillary @ @ @ @ @ ” without cursing .
Spoiler alert : they ’ re not offended by any of @ @ @ @ @ ’ t care .
They know they ’ re bottom feeding filth , and they @ @ @ @ @ .
They ’ re just trying to get us to turn against ourselves .
Don @ @ @ @ @ .
– Donald Trump supporters , including a Trump-connected lawyer , are now pushing phony @ @ @ @ @ Chief Justice John Roberts being tied to Jeffrey Epstein , because Roberts refused to hear @ @ @ @ @ case .
They ’ re also attacking Mitch McConnell , for daring to admit that @ @ @ @ @ anyone these deranged Trump clowns won ’ t turn against ?

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Kayleigh McEnany, who has spent the past few years helping Donald Trump burn the country to the ground and negligently murder 300,000 Americans, is now insisting she’s offended that one of Biden’s appointees used a curse word to describe her ilk.
But people like Kayleigh McEnany also pretended to be offended when Hillary Clinton called them “deplorables” without cursing. Spoiler alert: they’re not offended by any of this stuff. They don’t care. They know they’re bottom feeding filth, and they’re proud of it. They’re just trying to get us to turn against ourselves. Don’t take the bait.
– Donald Trump supporters, including a Trump-connected lawyer, are now pushing phony conspiracy theories about Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts being tied to Jeffrey Epstein, because Roberts refused to hear Trump’s phony election case. They’re also attacking Mitch McConnell, for daring to admit that Biden won. Is there anyone these deranged Trump clowns won’t turn against?
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palmerreport--2020-12-17--Pfizer says Donald Trump regime is blowing the vaccine rollout

From the department of we should have seen this coming : Pfizer now says that it has millions of additional @ @ @ @ @ sitting in a warehouse , because the Trump regime is refusing to tell it where @ @ @ @ @ there anything Trump and his clowns can ’ t screw up ?
Can we just @ @ @ @ @ ?
– Biden is picking Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior , and Michael @ @ @ @ @ .
Both picks are highly qualified and are being widely lauded .
Haaland is Native @ @ @ @ @ American .
It ’ s the latest reminder that you can have competence and representation @ @ @ @ @ no matter what the Republicans might claim .
– Rachel Maddow ’ s new book @ @ @ @ @ corruption of former Vice President Spiro Agnew , is now a New York Times bestseller @ @ @ @ @ here .

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From the department of we should have seen this coming: Pfizer now says that it has millions of additional doses of the coronavirus vaccine sitting in a warehouse, because the Trump regime is refusing to tell it where to send them. Is there anything Trump and his clowns can’t screw up? Can we just swear in President Biden already?
– Biden is picking Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior, and Michael Regan to run the EPA. Both picks are highly qualified and are being widely lauded. Haaland is Native American. Regan is African American. It’s the latest reminder that you can have competence and representation at the same time, no matter what the Republicans might claim.
– Rachel Maddow’s new book Bag Man, about the corruption of former Vice President Spiro Agnew, is now a New York Times bestseller. You can order it here.
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palmerreport--2020-12-17--The end of Vladimir Putin

The end of Vladimir Putin

As the full extent of Russia ’ s hack of U.S. agencies continues to become clear , President Biden is going to have to destroy Russia with every economic and punitive measure possible , until the Russian oligarchs finally get tired of losing money and decide to take Putin down themselves .
But then Biden already knows that .
Come to think of it , you have to wonder if this is why Putin began leaking last month that he supposedly has a litany of health issues and is considering retiring .
He seemed to be sending a clear signal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go peacefully , and they wouldn ’ t need to take him out .
At the time , Palmer Report figured that Putin was afraid the oligarchs would grow unhappy with him over the sanctions that Biden was about to put in place .
Now those sanctions are going to be a whole lot uglier .
Perhaps Putin knew by then that his hacks , carried out earlier in 2020 , were about to be uncovered .
Maybe that ’ s why he suddenly started talking about retiring when he did .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ see if Putin can convince his oligarchs that the information he stole from the U.S. is so valuable , it ’ s worth the financial losses the oligarchs are about to incur from economic sanctions .
Putin is savvy ; maybe he comes out of this on top .
But I wouldn ’ t want to be in his shoes right now .
First he loses his puppet Trump , and now he gets caught in the hacking act at the worst possible time for him .

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As the full extent of Russia’s hack of U.S. agencies continues to become clear, President Biden is going to have to destroy Russia with every economic and punitive measure possible, until the Russian oligarchs finally get tired of losing money and decide to take Putin down themselves. But then Biden already knows that.
Come to think of it, you have to wonder if this is why Putin began leaking last month that he supposedly has a litany of health issues and is considering retiring. He seemed to be sending a clear signal to the oligarchs that he was willing to go peacefully, and they wouldn’t need to take him out.
At the time, Palmer Report figured that Putin was afraid the oligarchs would grow unhappy with him over the sanctions that Biden was about to put in place. Now those sanctions are going to be a whole lot uglier. Perhaps Putin knew by then that his hacks, carried out earlier in 2020, were about to be uncovered. Maybe that’s why he suddenly started talking about retiring when he did.
In any case, we’ll see if Putin can convince his oligarchs that the information he stole from the U.S. is so valuable, it’s worth the financial losses the oligarchs are about to incur from economic sanctions. Putin is savvy; maybe he comes out of this on top. But I wouldn’t want to be in his shoes right now. First he loses his puppet Trump, and now he gets caught in the hacking act at the worst possible time for him.
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palmerreport--2020-12-17--Trump supporters are talking about forming their own Patriot Party – and it could be good news for u

Trump supporters are talking about forming their own Patriot Party – and it could be good news for us

– Trump supporters are talking about starting a new political party and calling it the Patriot Party .
Might as well call it the Confederate party and be done with it .
Here ’ s the thing : if the conservative vote is split among the Republican Party and the Patriot Party , either party will have a difficult time winning elections .
The Democrats will dominate for awhile , until one of the two conservative parties dies .
– Of course Trump supporters are having trouble getting over his loss .
They lost the civil war 150 years ago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that yet either .
– Whether it ’ s the Washington Post calling for Joe Biden to falsely give Trump credit for the vaccine , or the WSJ telling Jill Biden to pretend she doesn ’ t have a doctorate , newspapers need to stop publishing stupid op-eds written by unfit authors in the name of “ balance.
” – This is a quote from Eliza Orlins , a candidate for Manhattan District Attorney in the 2021 election : “ Trump is reportedly considering a pardon for the Trump Organization ’ s CFO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manhattan DA : Presidents can ’ t pardon ANYONE for New York State crimes .
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– Trump supporters are talking about starting a new political party and calling it the Patriot Party. Might as well call it the Confederate party and be done with it. Here’s the thing: if the conservative vote is split among the Republican Party and the Patriot Party, either party will have a difficult time winning elections. The Democrats will dominate for awhile, until one of the two conservative parties dies.
– Of course Trump supporters are having trouble getting over his loss. They lost the civil war 150 years ago and they haven’t gotten over that yet either.
– Whether it’s the Washington Post calling for Joe Biden to falsely give Trump credit for the vaccine, or the WSJ telling Jill Biden to pretend she doesn’t have a doctorate, newspapers need to stop publishing stupid op-eds written by unfit authors in the name of “balance.”
– This is a quote from Eliza Orlins, a candidate for Manhattan District Attorney in the 2021 election: “Trump is reportedly considering a pardon for the Trump Organization’s CFO. A friendly reminder from your future Manhattan DA: Presidents can’t pardon ANYONE for New York State crimes.”
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Putin Envy

In the hierarchy of resentment , Donald Trump ’ s rebuke of Mitch McConnell for acknowledging what everyone else in the sane part of the solar system already knew , that Joseph Biden is President-elect , was modest .
Especially for Trump .
Here ’ s what Trump tweeted on Wednesday : “ Trump ’ s allies slam Mitch McConnell for congratulating Biden … Mitch , 75,000,000 VOTES , a record for a sitting President ( by a lot ) .
Too soon to give up .
Republican Party must finally learn to fight .
People are angry !
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will become more hectoring and vicious toward McConnell as he ( slowly ) realizes the extent to which the Majority Leader understands that Donald Trump has become irrelevant , a political has-been .
But all this is beside my point .
I have come neither to praise McConnell nor to bury him .
What I am wondering is , why the almost bashful bash on Mitch , but not a word about Vladimir Putin ?
After all , Putin acknowledged Biden within 24 hours of McConnell .
Is Donald Trump really going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ piffle of a presidency without ever once rebuking arguably the biggest monster of the 21st century ?
Stanford professor Michael McFaul put it this way when he tweeted : “ Even after latest news of Russian cyber attacks on us and [ Russian politician Alexei ] Navalny [ novichok ] poisoning , it looks likely that Trump will complete his term without ever once criticizing Putin .
Incredible.
” We have no solid evidence why Donald Trump remains loyal to Vladimir Putin .
There ’ s much speculation about it , but so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the reason .
As Mr. Hitchens put it , “ that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
” But I ’ m inclined to lean toward Michael Cohen ’ s explanation , without actually asserting it .
In his book , “ Disloyal , ” Cohen suggests that Trump ’ s deference to Putin is owing to Trump ’ s belief that Vladimir Putin is the richest and most powerful man on earth .
Putin has in abundance what Trump has in much smaller quantities — particularly these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms , Trump ’ s is a simple case of Putin Envy .
Very few mysteries remain from the failed presidency of Richard M. Nixon , and I expect the same will be true of the presidency of Donald J. Trump .
Truth , like murder , will out , and much of what we don ’ t know will become known , including the full extent of the mysterious hold Putin has on Trump .
( This is different from the loud and insistent impotent little people in social media who insist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and anybody who doesn ’ t agree with them are “ sheeple.
” ) Whatever the reason , Trump ’ s refusal to excoriate the monster Putin , a man who has ordered the murder of hundreds — or even thousands — of people , is disgraceful .
But it is just another element of his disgraceful and disgusting failed presidency .
There are a million reasons why Donald Trump is unfit to be president of the United States , this has been another one .
And , as ever , ladies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comrades and friends , stay safe .

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In the hierarchy of resentment, Donald Trump’s rebuke of Mitch McConnell for acknowledging what everyone else in the sane part of the solar system already knew, that Joseph Biden is President-elect, was modest. Especially for Trump.
Here’s what Trump tweeted on Wednesday: “Trump’s allies slam Mitch McConnell for congratulating Biden … Mitch, 75,000,000 VOTES, a record for a sitting President (by a lot). Too soon to give up. Republican Party must finally learn to fight. People are angry!”
Give it time. I expect Trump will become more hectoring and vicious toward McConnell as he (slowly) realizes the extent to which the Majority Leader understands that Donald Trump has become irrelevant, a political has-been. But all this is beside my point. I have come neither to praise McConnell nor to bury him.
What I am wondering is, why the almost bashful bash on Mitch, but not a word about Vladimir Putin? After all, Putin acknowledged Biden within 24 hours of McConnell. Is Donald Trump really going to finish the final hour of this one-term piffle of a presidency without ever once rebuking arguably the biggest monster of the 21st century?
Stanford professor Michael McFaul put it this way when he tweeted: “Even after latest news of Russian cyber attacks on us and [Russian politician Alexei] Navalny [novichok] poisoning, it looks likely that Trump will complete his term without ever once criticizing Putin. Incredible.”
We have no solid evidence why Donald Trump remains loyal to Vladimir Putin. There’s much speculation about it, but so far we simply don’t know the reason. As Mr. Hitchens put it, “that which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.”
But I’m inclined to lean toward Michael Cohen’s explanation, without actually asserting it. In his book, “Disloyal,” Cohen suggests that Trump’s deference to Putin is owing to Trump’s belief that Vladimir Putin is the richest and most powerful man on earth. Putin has in abundance what Trump has in much smaller quantities — particularly these days. To put it in Freudian terms, Trump’s is a simple case of Putin Envy.
Very few mysteries remain from the failed presidency of Richard M. Nixon, and I expect the same will be true of the presidency of Donald J. Trump. Truth, like murder, will out, and much of what we don’t know will become known, including the full extent of the mysterious hold Putin has on Trump. (This is different from the loud and insistent impotent little people in social media who insist they know the “actual” answer, and anybody who doesn’t agree with them are “sheeple.”)
Whatever the reason, Trump’s refusal to excoriate the monster Putin, a man who has ordered the murder of hundreds — or even thousands — of people, is disgraceful. But it is just another element of his disgraceful and disgusting failed presidency.
There are a million reasons why Donald Trump is unfit to be president of the United States, this has been another one. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-12-17--Ron DeSantis caught faking Florida’s coronavirus daily death toll to try to help Trump win the elect

Ron DeSantis caught faking Florida’s coronavirus daily death toll to try to help Trump win the election

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis , perhaps the most brazenly corrupt politician in the nation , has been playing games with the pandemic all along .
We ’ ve seen him try to manipulate the death toll , and then have the police raid the house of a scientist who blew the whistle on him .
At the time of the raid , Palmer Report predicted that DeSantis would end up regretting it .
After all , the first rule of a coverup is that your actions should result in there being less public interest in the story , not more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ raid appears to have prompted the Sun-Sentinel , a major Florida newspaper , to go back and examine those death toll numbers .
As it turns out , thirteen days before election day , DeSantis announced that his office would be independently reviewing every reported coronavirus death in the state .
Then ten days before election day , DeSantis manipulated Florida ’ s daily coronavirus death toll numbers sharply downward .
Then , after the media announced on November 7th that Trump had lost the election , Florida ’ s daily death @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In other words , DeSantis didn ’ t just fake Florida ’ s coronavirus death toll numbers for political gain in general .
He did it specifically to try to manipulate the outcome of the presidential election .
This has to be seen as election tampering .
If DeSantis truly believed that his office ’ s alterations to the death toll numbers were legitimate , the official numbers would have remained low even after the election .
Instead , by allowing the death toll criteria to go back to normal immediately after the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guilt .
Wow is this guy ever stupid .

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, perhaps the most brazenly corrupt politician in the nation, has been playing games with the pandemic all along. We’ve seen him try to manipulate the death toll, and then have the police raid the house of a scientist who blew the whistle on him.
At the time of the raid, Palmer Report predicted that DeSantis would end up regretting it. After all, the first rule of a coverup is that your actions should result in there being less public interest in the story, not more public interest. Sure enough, DeSantis’ raid appears to have prompted the Sun-Sentinel, a major Florida newspaper, to go back and examine those death toll numbers.
As it turns out, thirteen days before election day, DeSantis announced that his office would be independently reviewing every reported coronavirus death in the state. Then ten days before election day, DeSantis manipulated Florida’s daily coronavirus death toll numbers sharply downward. Then, after the media announced on November 7th that Trump had lost the election, Florida’s daily death toll numbers spiked on November 8th.
In other words, DeSantis didn’t just fake Florida’s coronavirus death toll numbers for political gain in general. He did it specifically to try to manipulate the outcome of the presidential election. This has to be seen as election tampering.
If DeSantis truly believed that his office’s alterations to the death toll numbers were legitimate, the official numbers would have remained low even after the election. Instead, by allowing the death toll criteria to go back to normal immediately after the election, DeSantis has given away his guilt. Wow is this guy ever stupid.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--There is no President of the United States

There is no President of the United States .
That ’ s more or less been a true statement for the entirety of the past four years .
In fact you could argue that if Donald Trump were replaced with a ham sandwich , the rest of the executive branch would be more functional , because at least the sandwich wouldn ’ t actively try to sabotage things .
But now that it ’ s become painfully clear to Donald Trump that he ’ s lost the election and that he ’ ll be exiting the White House soon , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is no President of the United States .
Historic cyber attack by Russia ?
Pandemic worse than ever ?
Vaccine sitting in a warehouse ?
Economy in tatters ?
Americans in bread lines ?
Even the worst President would be trying to do something .
Instead we simply have no President .
Donald Trump has 100 % checked out mentally , and all but checked out physically .
Trump is spending his days tweeting conspiracy theories that should come complete with a tinfoil hat , and he ’ s staying up all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McCain did in school .
There simply is no President right now .
Vice President Mike Pence , who could remove Trump via the 25th Amendment tomorrow , is to be condemned for not taking action .
Senate Republicans , who could force Trump to resign simply by threatening to have the House send over a new impeachment charge so they could convict and remove him , are also to be condemned .
These are constitutionally mandated actions under the circumstances .

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There is no President of the United States. That’s more or less been a true statement for the entirety of the past four years. In fact you could argue that if Donald Trump were replaced with a ham sandwich, the rest of the executive branch would be more functional, because at least the sandwich wouldn’t actively try to sabotage things.
But now that it’s become painfully clear to Donald Trump that he’s lost the election and that he’ll be exiting the White House soon, it’s absolutely the truth that there is no President of the United States. Historic cyber attack by Russia? Pandemic worse than ever? Vaccine sitting in a warehouse? Economy in tatters? Americans in bread lines? Even the worst President would be trying to do something.
Instead we simply have no President. Donald Trump has 100% checked out mentally, and all but checked out physically. Trump is spending his days tweeting conspiracy theories that should come complete with a tinfoil hat, and he’s staying up all night ranting about how the late John McCain did in school. There simply is no President right now.
Vice President Mike Pence, who could remove Trump via the 25th Amendment tomorrow, is to be condemned for not taking action. Senate Republicans, who could force Trump to resign simply by threatening to have the House send over a new impeachment charge so they could convict and remove him, are also to be condemned. These are constitutionally mandated actions under the circumstances.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--I told you Trump couldn’t pull this one off

The fatalists on our side spent all year insisting that if Trump lost the election , he would just refuse to leave office , and somehow magically pull it off .
Palmer Report spent all year explaining that if Trump even so much as threatened such a stunt after he lost , he ’ d merely end up looking foolish .
Sure enough , Trump is now leaking that threat , and we ’ re all just laughing and rolling our eyes at what an idiotic bluff it is .
It ’ s disgraceful , for sure .
But it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than a 0.0 % chance of magically working .
It ’ s important to keep in mind that whenever the fatalists start hyperventilating about the latest trendy doomsday scenario , they always end up being proven wrong in the end .
There have been many , many horrible things that have happened during the Trump era .
But the fatalists haven ’ t correctly predicted a single one of them , because they ’ re always too busy fretting over obviously impossible scenarios to notice anything that ’ s actually happening .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop listening to the fatalists with their impossible scenarios .

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The fatalists on our side spent all year insisting that if Trump lost the election, he would just refuse to leave office, and somehow magically pull it off. Palmer Report spent all year explaining that if Trump even so much as threatened such a stunt after he lost, he’d merely end up looking foolish.
Sure enough, Trump is now leaking that threat, and we’re all just laughing and rolling our eyes at what an idiotic bluff it is. It’s disgraceful, for sure. But it was never going to have anything more than a 0.0% chance of magically working.
It’s important to keep in mind that whenever the fatalists start hyperventilating about the latest trendy doomsday scenario, they always end up being proven wrong in the end. There have been many, many horrible things that have happened during the Trump era. But the fatalists haven’t correctly predicted a single one of them, because they’re always too busy fretting over obviously impossible scenarios to notice anything that’s actually happening. The first step in being vigilant is to stop listening to the fatalists with their impossible scenarios.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--Donald Trump is “disappointed” that it’s all gone wrong for him

– Donald Trump now says he ’ s “ disappointed ” in the Supreme Court .
He ’ s going to be a whole lot more disappointed in criminal court .
I ’ m not sure most people appreciate how quickly Trump is about to go from petitioning the court as President of the United States , to petitioning the court as a defendant .
– Trump : I ’ ll have to be dragged out of the White House .
Everyone : what channel can we watch this on ?
– Oh good , Trump stooge Peter Navarro has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why the election was supposedly rigged .
Can ’ t wait to get my printed copy , because I ’ m running out of fire wood and I need something to burn .
– Tweet of the day , from Dr. Vin Gupta : “ I ’ ve spent my career in public health : as a clinician , researcher and military officer .
I ’ ve had several failures and some wins .
And yet , having Ted Cruz , Laura Ingraham , and Tucker Carlson repeatedly attack me in the last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of real impact .
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– Donald Trump now says he’s “disappointed” in the Supreme Court. He’s going to be a whole lot more disappointed in criminal court. I’m not sure most people appreciate how quickly Trump is about to go from petitioning the court as President of the United States, to petitioning the court as a defendant.
– Trump: I’ll have to be dragged out of the White House. Everyone: what channel can we watch this on?
– Oh good, Trump stooge Peter Navarro has written some kind of book report on why the election was supposedly rigged. Can’t wait to get my printed copy, because I’m running out of fire wood and I need something to burn.
– Tweet of the day, from Dr. Vin Gupta: “I’ve spent my career in public health: as a clinician, researcher and military officer. I’ve had several failures and some wins. And yet, having Ted Cruz, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson repeatedly attack me in the last 24 hours is perhaps the clearest sign of real impact.”
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--Rachel Maddow just nailed it

Rachel Maddow just nailed it

One of the consistent patterns when it comes to Donald Trump ’ s failed presidency : while he loves to make big ugly threats that he rarely follows through on , he does his real damage when no one is looking .
Accordingly , Trump ’ s success or failure in these “ secret schemes ” generally comes down to how much of a spotlight the media is willing to place on them .
Trump has been loudly threatening to somehow magically overturn the election result , and attacking everyone from the Supreme Court to the late John McCain today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump has quietly refused to tell Pfizer where to send millions of coronavirus vaccine doses , which are sitting in a warehouse .
Pfizer sounded the alarm earlier today , which got a fair amount of attention .
But then Rachel Maddow used her widely watched MSNBC show tonight to make a huge deal out of it .
This kind of attention is generally what causes Donald Trump and his regime to finally give on these kinds of stunts , and allow the right thing to be done .
As a result of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ placing on this story today , it ’ ll probably be rectified very quickly .
If the media hadn ’ t jumped on the story , the vaccines could have quietly sat in warehouses for weeks to come .

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One of the consistent patterns when it comes to Donald Trump’s failed presidency: while he loves to make big ugly threats that he rarely follows through on, he does his real damage when no one is looking. Accordingly, Trump’s success or failure in these “secret schemes” generally comes down to how much of a spotlight the media is willing to place on them.
Trump has been loudly threatening to somehow magically overturn the election result, and attacking everyone from the Supreme Court to the late John McCain today. But the real story is that Trump has quietly refused to tell Pfizer where to send millions of coronavirus vaccine doses, which are sitting in a warehouse. Pfizer sounded the alarm earlier today, which got a fair amount of attention. But then Rachel Maddow used her widely watched MSNBC show tonight to make a huge deal out of it.
This kind of attention is generally what causes Donald Trump and his regime to finally give on these kinds of stunts, and allow the right thing to be done. As a result of the spotlight that Maddow and others are placing on this story today, it’ll probably be rectified very quickly. If the media hadn’t jumped on the story, the vaccines could have quietly sat in warehouses for weeks to come.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--Donald Trump bets the last of his chips on… Tommy Tuberville?

If Donald Trump wants to have incoming Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville force a Senate floor vote on the election results , then so be it .
He doesn ’ t have the votes to overturn anything .
But it ’ ll force every Republican Senator to side with or against Trump , which will end up hurting their reelection odds no matter which way they vote .
There ’ s a reason that even Mitch McConnell is urging Tuberville not to go through with it .
Tuberville is brand new to the Senate , and he ’ s a clueless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gets sworn in , he ’ ll quickly realize that McConnell financially controls his reelection prospects , and he ’ ll back down on this , just like McConnell wants him to .
But if he does force a vote , that ’ s fine and dandy .
The question is why Trump is betting the last of his chips on a laugh out loud stooge like Tuberville .
Then again , there ’ s really no one else to carry Trump ’ s “ I secretly won the election ” water at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having a total meltdown about John McCain tonight , which tells you just how badly things are going for Donald Trump .

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If Donald Trump wants to have incoming Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville force a Senate floor vote on the election results, then so be it. He doesn’t have the votes to overturn anything. But it’ll force every Republican Senator to side with or against Trump, which will end up hurting their reelection odds no matter which way they vote. There’s a reason that even Mitch McConnell is urging Tuberville not to go through with it.
Tuberville is brand new to the Senate, and he’s a clueless idiot. I suspect that once he gets sworn in, he’ll quickly realize that McConnell financially controls his reelection prospects, and he’ll back down on this, just like McConnell wants him to. But if he does force a vote, that’s fine and dandy.
The question is why Trump is betting the last of his chips on a laugh out loud stooge like Tuberville. Then again, there’s really no one else to carry Trump’s “I secretly won the election” water at this point.
– Donald Trump is having a total meltdown about John McCain tonight, which tells you just how badly things are going for Donald Trump.
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palmerreport--2020-12-19--Bill Barr just blew up one of Donald Trump’s biggest false narratives

When Attorney General Bill Barr spent the final month of the election out of sight , then did nothing to try to help Donald Trump overturn the election result , we took it as a sign that Barr knew there was no saving Trump and was instead trying to save himself .
Sure enough , Barr is now resigning and/or being fired , after refusing to help Trump with his corrupt post-election bidding .
It ’ s now pretty clear that Barr has decided his best shot at staying out of prison for his many acts of felony obstruction of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reputation , so the DOJ might back down from criminally charging him .
Barr ’ s latest attempt at whitewashing his criminal role in the Trump regime is a new interview with the Wall Street Journal ’ s Kimberley Strassel , probably the most blatantly dishonest Trump apologist to write for any major newspaper .
During the interview , Barr spends a lot of time falsely painting himself as some kind of hero who stepped in and made the tough decisions that the indecisive cowards at the DOJ couldn ’ t .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But strangely , Barr takes a moment to admit that the CIA and the U.S. government did not improperly spy on the Trump 2016 campaign , as Donald Trump has claimed so many times .
It seems that Bill Barr is fully intent on somehow painting himself as a heroic anti-Trump crusader , in the hope of saving his own neck .
No dice .
Barr committed countless acts of felony obstruction of justice , and he obviously must go to prison for the rest of his life .

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When Attorney General Bill Barr spent the final month of the election out of sight, then did nothing to try to help Donald Trump overturn the election result, we took it as a sign that Barr knew there was no saving Trump and was instead trying to save himself.
Sure enough, Barr is now resigning and/or being fired, after refusing to help Trump with his corrupt post-election bidding. It’s now pretty clear that Barr has decided his best shot at staying out of prison for his many acts of felony obstruction of justice is to try to rehabilitate his reputation, so the DOJ might back down from criminally charging him.
Barr’s latest attempt at whitewashing his criminal role in the Trump regime is a new interview with the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel, probably the most blatantly dishonest Trump apologist to write for any major newspaper.
During the interview, Barr spends a lot of time falsely painting himself as some kind of hero who stepped in and made the tough decisions that the indecisive cowards at the DOJ couldn’t. The whole thing reads like fan fiction. But strangely, Barr takes a moment to admit that the CIA and the U.S. government did not improperly spy on the Trump 2016 campaign, as Donald Trump has claimed so many times.
It seems that Bill Barr is fully intent on somehow painting himself as a heroic anti-Trump crusader, in the hope of saving his own neck. No dice. Barr committed countless acts of felony obstruction of justice, and he obviously must go to prison for the rest of his life.
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palmerreport--2020-12-19--Everything is hitting the fan tonight

Everything is hitting the fan tonight

Jared Kushner and Lara Trump are in deep campaign finance trouble .
Mike Pence ’ s nephew is involved .
Rudy Giuliani was at the White House today .
Pardon talk in the air .
Donald Trump is totally in la la land .
Can ’ t wait until this Trump endgame nonsense is over so we can all get a good night ’ s sleep .
– I don ’ t necessarily have a problem with the fact that Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch got vaccinated .
He ’ s 89 years old and highly vulnerable .
Provided he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anyone in line , I ’ m not in the business of wanting to deny people the vaccine on the sole basis of me not liking them .
But I do have a real problem with Murdoch getting the vaccine even as his Fox News stooge Tucker Carlson is on air ranting against the vaccine .
Either Murdoch and company think the vaccine is legitimate or they don ’ t .
Pick a side .
– The best the Republican Senate could come up with today was a two-day funding bill to avoid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are a complete mess .
“ The government ” isn ’ t the problem .
“ The Senate ” isn ’ t the problem .
The Republicans are the problem .
But what else is new ?

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Jared Kushner and Lara Trump are in deep campaign finance trouble. Mike Pence’s nephew is involved. Rudy Giuliani was at the White House today. Pardon talk in the air. Donald Trump is totally in la la land. Can’t wait until this Trump endgame nonsense is over so we can all get a good night’s sleep.
– I don’t necessarily have a problem with the fact that Fox News boss Rupert Murdoch got vaccinated. He’s 89 years old and highly vulnerable. Provided he didn’t improperly skip ahead of anyone in line, I’m not in the business of wanting to deny people the vaccine on the sole basis of me not liking them. But I do have a real problem with Murdoch getting the vaccine even as his Fox News stooge Tucker Carlson is on air ranting against the vaccine. Either Murdoch and company think the vaccine is legitimate or they don’t. Pick a side.
– The best the Republican Senate could come up with today was a two-day funding bill to avoid an immediate government shutdown. These Republicans are a complete mess. “The government” isn’t the problem. “The Senate” isn’t the problem. The Republicans are the problem. But what else is new?
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--Everything is falling apart in real time

The devil eats his own children , and this is what ’ s to be expected of Trump in his final days .
The shell company set up by Kushner to pay Trump & Co. is going to focus a lot of attention on the grifting .
Russia has now hacked into our country , and Trump ’ s BFF , Putin , has his fingerprints all over it .
Trump ’ s Pentagon minions are doing anything they want as long as the promise of pardons flows like Mardi Gras beads .
All of this is shocking , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ ve had thirty years of propaganda telling Republican lawmakers that it ’ s party over country , how can one expect them to defend the US ?
They won ’ t .
The notion doesn ’ t even occur to them while they drape themselves in the flag and lie about their love for country .
But the end is nigh .
Though these loyalists are acting on the dangle of a pardon , they are too stupid to see that Trump will devour any and all in order to save himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Things are getting hairy right now and will only continue to do so until January 20th .
The hacking by Russia , the Pentagon shutting out the Biden administration , the shelved vaccines from Pfizer are all just the beginning of a breathless amount of criming .
It will get worse .
Until they take the football away from Trump , it ’ s going to be a nail biter and our only salvation is these grifters are too stupid not to understand they are just waiting in line for Trump to @ @ @ @ @ @

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The devil eats his own children, and this is what’s to be expected of Trump in his final days. The shell company set up by Kushner to pay Trump & Co. is going to focus a lot of attention on the grifting. Russia has now hacked into our country, and Trump’s BFF, Putin, has his fingerprints all over it. Trump’s Pentagon minions are doing anything they want as long as the promise of pardons flows like Mardi Gras beads. All of this is shocking, but it makes perfect sense. When you’ve had thirty years of propaganda telling Republican lawmakers that it’s party over country, how can one expect them to defend the US? They won’t. The notion doesn’t even occur to them while they drape themselves in the flag and lie about their love for country.
But the end is nigh. Though these loyalists are acting on the dangle of a pardon, they are too stupid to see that Trump will devour any and all in order to save himself. He will even turn on Ivanka. Things are getting hairy right now and will only continue to do so until January 20th.
The hacking by Russia, the Pentagon shutting out the Biden administration, the shelved vaccines from Pfizer are all just the beginning of a breathless amount of criming. It will get worse. Until they take the football away from Trump, it’s going to be a nail biter and our only salvation is these grifters are too stupid not to understand they are just waiting in line for Trump to throw them under the bus.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--Donald Trump’s Pentagon transition debacle unravels

It ’ s not entirely clear what Trump hoped to accomplish by cutting off Pentagon cooperation with the Biden transition .
But now that it ’ s gone public , the Pentagon is already backing down and insisting it was just a misunderstanding .
It ’ s the latest reminder that Trump is crippled by his loss and has no real muscle left on this kind of stuff .
He can throw a tantrum and generate a scary round of headlines that gets him a few hours of attention , but then the whole thing falls flat , and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of transitions , the Daily Beast is reporting that Donald Trump is now asking his friends if he should go back to doing the Apprentice .
It ’ s further evidence that Trump knows he ’ s lost the election and that he can ’ t just magically remain in office .
It ’ s notable , however , that Trump is still fantasizing about a post-presidency life that doesn ’ t involve him going to prison .
As long as he keeps that fantasy alive , he ’ s more likely to @ @ @

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It’s not entirely clear what Trump hoped to accomplish by cutting off Pentagon cooperation with the Biden transition. But now that it’s gone public, the Pentagon is already backing down and insisting it was just a misunderstanding.
It’s the latest reminder that Trump is crippled by his loss and has no real muscle left on this kind of stuff. He can throw a tantrum and generate a scary round of headlines that gets him a few hours of attention, but then the whole thing falls flat, and the transition away from Trump continues.
Speaking of transitions, the Daily Beast is reporting that Donald Trump is now asking his friends if he should go back to doing the Apprentice. It’s further evidence that Trump knows he’s lost the election and that he can’t just magically remain in office. It’s notable, however, that Trump is still fantasizing about a post-presidency life that doesn’t involve him going to prison. As long as he keeps that fantasy alive, he’s more likely to go quietly.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--No wonder Mike Pence remained so loyal to Donald Trump

Earlier this afternoon the news broke that Jared Kushner had helped create a secret shell company to funnel more than @ @ @ @ @ Trump 2020 campaign money to Donald Trump ’ s family members .
At the time @ @ @ @ @ stories would follow .
Sure enough , the scandal is expanding .
Yhe New York @ @ @ @ @ nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in campaign money was funneled into that shell @ @ @ @ @ was run by Donald Trump ’ s daughter in law Lara Trump , and Mike @ @ @ @ @ Pence .
To be clear , if this campaign money went to something other than @ @ @ @ @ everyone who took the money and/or helped facilitate it is guilty of felony campaign finance @ @ @ @ @ seen Mike Pence ’ s nephew on the campaign trail before , but this is @ @ @ @ @ ’ s been involved in shady campaign finance antics .
No wonder Mike Pence remained @ @ @ @ @ the campaign was apparently a family grift for Pence as well .

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Earlier this afternoon the news broke that Jared Kushner had helped create a secret shell company to funnel more than half a billion dollars in Trump 2020 campaign money to Donald Trump’s family members. At the time, we predicted more such stories would follow.
Sure enough, the scandal is expanding. Yhe New York Times is now reporting that nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in campaign money was funneled into that shell company, and that it was run by Donald Trump’s daughter in law Lara Trump, and Mike Pence’s nephew John Pence.
To be clear, if this campaign money went to something other than legitimate campaign uses, then everyone who took the money and/or helped facilitate it is guilty of felony campaign finance violations. We’ve seen Mike Pence’s nephew on the campaign trail before, but this is the first reporting that he’s been involved in shady campaign finance antics. No wonder Mike Pence remained so loyal to Trump; the campaign was apparently a family grift for Pence as well.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--Rudy Giuliani arrives at the White House

First there was the leak that Trump is planning to pardon a bunch of people today .
Now there is @ @ @ @ @ has just arrived at the White House .
Today could get really stupid .
Keep @ @ @ @ @ ’ t magic wands .
Rudy likely goes to prison anyway .
He ’ s @ @ @ @ @ of crimes , on a federal and likely state level , it ’ s hard @ @ @ @ @ t be able to nail him for something on some level .
It also makes @ @ @ @ @ event that Trump almost held earlier today , before canceling at the last minute , @ @ @ @ @ this .
Then again , just because Giuliani is at the White House , it @ @ @ @ @ that he ’ s being pardoned today .
With the total chaos playing out across @ @ @ @ @ the Trump regime right now , it ’ s doubtful that even they know what @ @ @ @ @ do at this point .

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First there was the leak that Trump is planning to pardon a bunch of people today. Now there is visual confirmation that Rudy Giuliani has just arrived at the White House. Today could get really stupid.
Keep in mind that pardons aren’t magic wands. Rudy likely goes to prison anyway. He’s committed so many different kinds of crimes, on a federal and likely state level, it’s hard to imagine they won’t be able to nail him for something on some level.
It also makes you wonder if the big event that Trump almost held earlier today, before canceling at the last minute, is related to all of this. Then again, just because Giuliani is at the White House, it doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s being pardoned today. With the total chaos playing out across what’s left of the Trump regime right now, it’s doubtful that even they know what they’re trying to do at this point.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--“This seems illegal” – Jared Kushner has a whole new problem

Here ’ s the truly odd part about the Trump regime .
For the entire four years he was in office , Donald Trump ’ s approval rating and poll numbers were too low to give him a decent shot at winning or even rigging reelection .
Yet most of the Trump regime ’ s key players bet everything on the premise that Donald Trump would win reelection , to the point of carrying out schemes that were clearly going to backfire on them if they lost .
This brings us to today ’ s new report that Jared Kushner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could funnel more than half a billion dollars in campaign money into the pockets of Trump family members .
Congressman Ted Lieu , a former prosecutor , tweeted “ This seems illegal.
” He ’ s right .
If this report is accurate , then Kushner is facing serious prison time for felony campaign finance violations among other things .
Of course Trump is reportedly talking about giving blanket federal pardons to his family , including Kushner .
But that ’ s not a magic wand .
Preemptive pardons are constitutionally flimsy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ t hold up in court , or if it turns out he violated state law in the process of running this scam , then he ’ ll go to prison for it .
We ’ re going to end up seeing a lot of this .
Team Trump bet big on the notion that they could pull off reelection , and dismantle what was left of the criminal justice system , and therefore be able to avoid facing any consequences .
But now that they ’ ve lost , things are about to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s a given that Donald Trump is going to prison in New York State .
Now the only question is how many of his own people end up joining him .

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Here’s the truly odd part about the Trump regime. For the entire four years he was in office, Donald Trump’s approval rating and poll numbers were too low to give him a decent shot at winning or even rigging reelection. Yet most of the Trump regime’s key players bet everything on the premise that Donald Trump would win reelection, to the point of carrying out schemes that were clearly going to backfire on them if they lost.
This brings us to today’s new report that Jared Kushner helped create a shell company so he could funnel more than half a billion dollars in campaign money into the pockets of Trump family members. Congressman Ted Lieu, a former prosecutor, tweeted “This seems illegal.” He’s right. If this report is accurate, then Kushner is facing serious prison time for felony campaign finance violations among other things.
Of course Trump is reportedly talking about giving blanket federal pardons to his family, including Kushner. But that’s not a magic wand. Preemptive pardons are constitutionally flimsy. If Kushner’s pardon doesn’t hold up in court, or if it turns out he violated state law in the process of running this scam, then he’ll go to prison for it.
We’re going to end up seeing a lot of this. Team Trump bet big on the notion that they could pull off reelection, and dismantle what was left of the criminal justice system, and therefore be able to avoid facing any consequences. But now that they’ve lost, things are about to get particularly ugly for them. It’s a given that Donald Trump is going to prison in New York State. Now the only question is how many of his own people end up joining him.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--Unraveling Donald Trump gathers the press for mystery event, abruptly cancels it

Now that his 2020 election loss is 100 % cemented , Donald Trump ’ s public facing behavior has consisted @ @ @ @ @ conspiracy theories , attacking Republican officials , and watching fringe news channels .
It turns @ @ @ @ @ scenes is unraveling just as severely .
CNN and Fox are both reporting that at @ @ @ @ @ regime told the press to quickly gather in the cabinet room for an unspecified event @ @ @ @ @ was just as quickly canceled .
This means that Trump called a ludicrous public event @ @ @ @ @ moment but then changed his mind , or his handlers talked him out of it @ @ @ @ @ handlers called the event without Trump ’ s approval and then he overrode them , @ @ @ @ @ lines .
It means the Trump White House has dissolved into clueless chaos .
They @ @ @ @ @ ’ re even trying to do at this point .

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Now that his 2020 election loss is 100% cemented, Donald Trump’s public facing behavior has consisted of little more than tweeting conspiracy theories, attacking Republican officials, and watching fringe news channels. It turns out his behavior behind the scenes is unraveling just as severely.
CNN and Fox are both reporting that at around lunchtime, the Trump regime told the press to quickly gather in the cabinet room for an unspecified event, but then the event was just as quickly canceled.
This means that Trump called a ludicrous public event at the spur of the moment but then changed his mind, or his handlers talked him out of it, or one of his handlers called the event without Trump’s approval and then he overrode them, or something absurd along those lines. It means the Trump White House has dissolved into clueless chaos. They have no idea what they’re even trying to do at this point.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--The Road to Jonestown

The Road to Jonestown

I hate to start an article with the word “ Newsmax ” in it , but I ’ m going to hold my nose and do so anyway .
I ’ ll start by quoting a Newsmax host with the poetically appropriate name Grant Stinchfield — to make a point .
First the quote : “ May I remind you , [ Kamala ] Harris is a woman who has yet to resign from the United States Senate in preparation for becoming Vice President and , ultimately , President , if the media gets its way ?
Why hasn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , like all of us , she thinks president Trump has a shot at victory.
” Now the point .
This is how pushers of conspiracy theories work .
They take something completely ordinary and make it sound ominous .
Stinchfield ( yes , that really is his name ) goes on to point out that Barack Obama resigned his seat before Thanksgiving .
Cue the ominous music .
Here ’ s the problem .
First , there isn ’ t a problem .
Kamala Harris can resign her Senate seat any time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But let ’ s say for the sake of argument that Mr. Stinchfield ’ s implication is true , that there ’ s something unusual about her delaying so long .
And here ’ s the real point : that part is completely false .
While it ’ s true that Obama resigned his Senate seat in mid November 2008 , it turns out it was his resignation that was unusual .
George W. Bush didn ’ t resign his position as governor of Texas until late December , 2000 .
Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governorship until late December .
Al Gore ( like Joe Biden after him in 2009 , like Dan Quayle before both of them ) didn ’ t resign his Senate seat until January .
This is a common trick used by conspiracy theorists .
And when whole conspiracy theories are propped up by a long , seemingly dramatic catalog of such “ amazing ” assertions , it becomes very difficult to penetrate believers of such theories with the truth .
Even If you ’ re able to disprove one of them , like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignores it , because there are so many others , and like true cultists , they are devoted to believing the theory no matter what .
In fact , their thinking goes , since there are so many other “ breathtaking ” revelations surrounding their theory , it doesn ’ t really matter if one of them is weak .
Sometimes they even continue to promote the theory , even if it ’ s been debunked .
A case in point is the so-called “ magic bullet ” in the Kennedy assassination .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that penetrated Kennedy ’ s back and came out his front , took a hard turn and then another hard turn before subsequently passing through governor Connolly , has been completely debunked .
It turns out the bullet followed a straight line after all , and the “ magic bullet ” theory was based on a complete and long misunderstanding of how the two gentlemen were sitting relative to each other .
( The bullet tracks backward to the famous sixth floor window of the Book Depository Building , by the way .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ bullet ” theory persists to this very day !
It persists for three reasons .
First , ignorance .
Some proponents don ’ t know it ’ s been disproved .
( “ A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has put on its shoes.
” ) Second , dishonesty .
Some theorists know it ’ s been disproved but chose to hide it because it ’ s such a spine-tingling detail and , besides , it ’ s awash in so many other “ stunning facts.
” Third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the debunk .
They have come to love the magic bullet theory so much they simply can ’ t let go of it .
So anything disproving it is ignored .
And that , to quote the title of a justly famous book , is the Road to Jonestown .
When collections of stories , revelations and assertions are assembled into book form with breathless and humorless narration , you find yourself with yet another tedious tome in a long list of conspiracy best sellers .
Some people love conspiracy theories , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ love to believe in them and there ’ s a huge temptation to write books about them because there ’ s so much money to be had .
Whenever I write about the Kennedy assassination “ theory ” I have to remind myself that it ’ s not a theory , singular , but theories , plural .
There are literally thousands of them .
Like I said — money .
Now , back to Mr. Stinchfield .
Notice his insertion in the midst of his “ stunning revelation ” about Kamala Harris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her Senate seat .
He also said — so insouciantly you may have missed it — that she is going to become “ ultimately , President , if the media gets its way.
” In other words , according to Stinchfield , the mainstream media has so deftly manipulated the American people into electing the elderly Joe Biden President of the United States in order to realize their “ real ” agenda , namely , making Kamala Harris President .
This is another trick of conspiracy theorists .
In the midst of asserting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it to quietly reinforce an even bigger bit of nonsense .
First of all , the mainstream media didn ’ t decide who Joe Biden ’ s running mate was going to be .
Joe Biden did .
And the mainstream media didn ’ t elect Joe Biden president of the United States .
The American people did .
And don ’ t you ( or anyone else ) forget it .
If anything , the mainstream media gave too much credence to Donald Trump ’ s illegitimate and rapacious term of office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even gets the feeling they would have been glad to see him get another term .
It was the American people who reduced Donald Trump to one-term infamy .
We weren ’ t about to make the same mistake twice , no matter how much face-time the media gave to the Cretin-in-Chief .
The Road to Jonestown is paved with little cobblestones of lies , propaganda , overstatements and misdirection , with a big punch bowl of Kool-Aid at the end .
Whatever you do , don ’ t drink it .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One hundred percent of the time .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .

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I hate to start an article with the word “Newsmax” in it, but I’m going to hold my nose and do so anyway. I’ll start by quoting a Newsmax host with the poetically appropriate name Grant Stinchfield — to make a point. First the quote: “May I remind you, [Kamala] Harris is a woman who has yet to resign from the United States Senate in preparation for becoming Vice President and, ultimately, President, if the media gets its way? Why hasn’t she resigned yet? Because maybe, like all of us, she thinks president Trump has a shot at victory.”
Now the point. This is how pushers of conspiracy theories work. They take something completely ordinary and make it sound ominous. Stinchfield (yes, that really is his name) goes on to point out that Barack Obama resigned his seat before Thanksgiving. Cue the ominous music.
Here’s the problem. First, there isn’t a problem. Kamala Harris can resign her Senate seat any time she wants. There is no hurry. But let’s say for the sake of argument that Mr. Stinchfield’s implication is true, that there’s something unusual about her delaying so long. And here’s the real point: that part is completely false.
While it’s true that Obama resigned his Senate seat in mid November 2008, it turns out it was his resignation that was unusual. George W. Bush didn’t resign his position as governor of Texas until late December, 2000. Bill Clinton didn’t resign his Arkansas governorship until late December. Al Gore (like Joe Biden after him in 2009, like Dan Quayle before both of them) didn’t resign his Senate seat until January.
This is a common trick used by conspiracy theorists. And when whole conspiracy theories are propped up by a long, seemingly dramatic catalog of such “amazing” assertions, it becomes very difficult to penetrate believers of such theories with the truth. Even If you’re able to disprove one of them, like I just did, the True Believer ignores it, because there are so many others, and like true cultists, they are devoted to believing the theory no matter what.
In fact, their thinking goes, since there are so many other “breathtaking” revelations surrounding their theory, it doesn’t really matter if one of them is weak. Sometimes they even continue to promote the theory, even if it’s been debunked.
A case in point is the so-called “magic bullet” in the Kennedy assassination. The idea that goes that the bullet that penetrated Kennedy’s back and came out his front, took a hard turn and then another hard turn before subsequently passing through governor Connolly, has been completely debunked. It turns out the bullet followed a straight line after all, and the “magic bullet” theory was based on a complete and long misunderstanding of how the two gentlemen were sitting relative to each other. (The bullet tracks backward to the famous sixth floor window of the Book Depository Building, by the way.)
Even so, the “magic bullet” theory persists to this very day! It persists for three reasons. First, ignorance. Some proponents don’t know it’s been disproved. (“A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has put on its shoes.”) Second, dishonesty. Some theorists know it’s been disproved but chose to hide it because it’s such a spine-tingling detail and, besides, it’s awash in so many other “stunning facts.” Third, because they don’t believe the debunk. They have come to love the magic bullet theory so much they simply can’t let go of it. So anything disproving it is ignored.
And that, to quote the title of a justly famous book, is the Road to Jonestown. When collections of stories, revelations and assertions are assembled into book form with breathless and humorless narration, you find yourself with yet another tedious tome in a long list of conspiracy best sellers. Some people love conspiracy theories, they love to read about them, they love to believe in them and there’s a huge temptation to write books about them because there’s so much money to be had.
Whenever I write about the Kennedy assassination “theory” I have to remind myself that it’s not a theory, singular, but theories, plural. There are literally thousands of them. Like I said — money.
Now, back to Mr. Stinchfield. Notice his insertion in the midst of his “stunning revelation” about Kamala Harris’ seeming reluctance to let go of her Senate seat. He also said — so insouciantly you may have missed it — that she is going to become “ultimately, President, if the media gets its way.” In other words, according to Stinchfield, the mainstream media has so deftly manipulated the American people into electing the elderly Joe Biden President of the United States in order to realize their “real” agenda, namely, making Kamala Harris President.
This is another trick of conspiracy theorists. In the midst of asserting one bit of nonsense, they use it to quietly reinforce an even bigger bit of nonsense. First of all, the mainstream media didn’t decide who Joe Biden’s running mate was going to be. Joe Biden did. And the mainstream media didn’t elect Joe Biden president of the United States. The American people did. And don’t you (or anyone else) forget it.
If anything, the mainstream media gave too much credence to Donald Trump’s illegitimate and rapacious term of office while he was in power. One even gets the feeling they would have been glad to see him get another term. It was the American people who reduced Donald Trump to one-term infamy. We weren’t about to make the same mistake twice, no matter how much face-time the media gave to the Cretin-in-Chief.
The Road to Jonestown is paved with little cobblestones of lies, propaganda, overstatements and misdirection, with a big punch bowl of Kool-Aid at the end. Whatever you do, don’t drink it. It’s always got poison in it. One hundred percent of the time. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--The Republican Party in Georgia is in flames

It is a rainy night in Georgia , at least for Republicans diligently trying to suppress the vote before the January 5 runoff .
The RNC and the Georgia Republican Party filed suit against Attorney General Brad Raffensperger ( and others ) to remove drop boxes and/or require that they be used only during business hours .
They also brought up the ridiculous poll watcher claims again , attaching various affidavits from so-called poll watchers who claim they were not allowed to watch from close proximity .
One even claimed to have been sent into a closet .
No kidding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pending , though the Democratic Party of Georgia and DSCC have moved to intervene as party defendants .
Three non-profits filed an Amicus Brief , showing the Court that this is nothing more than Republicans ’ attempt to suppress the vote when , according to Stacey Abrams , over 1,000,000 have already voted .
This is a case of closing the barn door after the horse got out ( and it is stupid ) .
On November 13 , Attorney Lin Wood filed suit in Atlanta ’ s federal court , attempting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has been in force for three national elections .
Since that did not pan out , Wood claimed that “ irregularities ” occurred in the hand recount for the 2020 election , “ violating his rights to due process.
” He also claimed that observers were not allowed to fully observe the process and presented his own set of ludicrous “ affidavits ” ( it seems almost criminal to call them affidavits ) .
As a “ cure , ” Wood wanted the District Court to stop certification of the vote in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s “ star witness , ” a poll worker , claimed that some of the absentee ballots “ didn ’ t feel right.
” The Court summarily denied Wood ’ s frivolous lawsuit , and he hoofed over to the Court of Appeals , which affirmed the ruling of the District Court .
In other words , they told Wood to get lost .
Another suit filed in Georgia by the Twelfth Congressional District Republican Committee was dismissed so fast that we hardly even saw it .
This case was filed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on December 17 by the chief judge of the Southern District of Georgia , Bush appointee J. Randal Hall , who ruled that “ [ F ] raud concerns at this stage are all highly speculative.
” Everything about these suppression attempts is “ highly speculative.
” The fact is that without cheating , Republicans will never win .
Personally , I do not think they care as much about Trump as they care about the authoritarian rule they would like to have that he set in motion .
They would be better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a free country , and instead of trying to suppress votes , they should try doing something for us for a change .
Mitch McConnell is pretending to do something by working on a stimulus , but that is merely for show ; he desperately wants Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue back in the Senate .
Georgia — and the entire country , for that matter — is hoping that Mitch does not get his Christmas wish .

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It is a rainy night in Georgia, at least for Republicans diligently trying to suppress the vote before the January 5 runoff. The RNC and the Georgia Republican Party filed suit against Attorney General Brad Raffensperger (and others) to remove drop boxes and/or require that they be used only during business hours. They also brought up the ridiculous poll watcher claims again, attaching various affidavits from so-called poll watchers who claim they were not allowed to watch from close proximity. One even claimed to have been sent into a closet. No kidding, people.
That suit is currently pending, though the Democratic Party of Georgia and DSCC have moved to intervene as party defendants. Three non-profits filed an Amicus Brief, showing the Court that this is nothing more than Republicans’ attempt to suppress the vote when, according to Stacey Abrams, over 1,000,000 have already voted. This is a case of closing the barn door after the horse got out (and it is stupid).
On November 13, Attorney Lin Wood filed suit in Atlanta’s federal court, attempting to nullify the 2019 agreement allowing mail-in ballots that has been in force for three national elections. Since that did not pan out, Wood claimed that “irregularities” occurred in the hand recount for the 2020 election, “violating his rights to due process.” He also claimed that observers were not allowed to fully observe the process and presented his own set of ludicrous “affidavits” (it seems almost criminal to call them affidavits). As a “cure,” Wood wanted the District Court to stop certification of the vote in Georgia, among other things. Wood’s “star witness,” a poll worker, claimed that some of the absentee ballots “didn’t feel right.” The Court summarily denied Wood’s frivolous lawsuit, and he hoofed over to the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the ruling of the District Court. In other words, they told Wood to get lost.
Another suit filed in Georgia by the Twelfth Congressional District Republican Committee was dismissed so fast that we hardly even saw it. This case was filed on December 9 and was heard and dismissed on December 17 by the chief judge of the Southern District of Georgia, Bush appointee J. Randal Hall, who ruled that “[F]raud concerns at this stage are all highly speculative.” Everything about these suppression attempts is “highly speculative.” The fact is that without cheating, Republicans will never win.
Personally, I do not think they care as much about Trump as they care about the authoritarian rule they would like to have that he set in motion. They would be better served by remembering that they live in a free country, and instead of trying to suppress votes, they should try doing something for us for a change. Mitch McConnell is pretending to do something by working on a stimulus, but that is merely for show; he desperately wants Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue back in the Senate. Georgia — and the entire country, for that matter — is hoping that Mitch does not get his Christmas wish.
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palmerreport--2020-12-18--Donald Trump has clearly given up hope

Donald Trump has clearly given up hope

Donald Trump has been under the proverbial gun the entire time he ’ s been in the Oval Office .
From the Mueller probe , to impeachment , to his consistently low approval rating numbers , he ’ s always been on the verge of ouster .
But he ’ s always had hope that he would hang on – until now .
That hope may have been a contributing factor in keeping Trump from totally jumping the shark in terms of corruption .
Put another way : if you ’ re a corrupt cashier and you think you can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the register each week but you ’ re afraid stealing $ 100 would get you caught and fired , you ’ ll probably just steal $ 50 .
But what happens when you find out you ’ re being laid off ?
You figure you have nothing left to lose by taking the full $ 100 , or even more .
That brings us to Donald Trump ’ s current predicament .
Even as delusional as he is , he ’ s surely figuring out that he has zero chance of remaining @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s headed for prison and bankruptcy once he ’ s out .
He knows his financial empire is a house of cards .
He can read the headlines coming out of New York about civil and criminal probes closing in .
So what hope does Trump have at this point for any kind of happy ending , or any sort of life after this ?
Basically none .
And that could be a problem , because the one thing that was keeping him ( very slightly ) in line is now gone .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ been expecting Trump to use the transition period to try to corruptly pocket every penny that he can , and to use some combination of pardons , bribes , and empty threats to try to give himself and his family a softer landing when it comes to criminal charges .
Thus far we ’ ve seen some of that .
But we ’ re also seeing Trump basically just sulking a lot and not even bothering to go through the motions .
It ’ s one thing for Trump to not bother to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stooge Mike Pence is forced to go on TV by himself and pretend to be a leader by taking the vaccine .
It ’ s another thing that Trump has become so uninterested in doing the job , he ’ s letting millions of Pfizer vaccine doses sit in a warehouse instead of distributing them , to the point that Pfizer is publicly sounding the alarm .
Now that Pfizer has gone public and the media is on the case , that kind of pressure should result in those vaccine doses being properly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what was that all even about ?
Did Trump decide to sit on the vaccine because he no longer cares one way or the other ?
Was this just massive incompetence ?
Was Trump vaguely trying to hold the vaccine hostage , but couldn ’ t be bothered to announce his ransom demands ?
Just how far gone is this guy ?
Keep in mind that even back when Donald Trump was sharper and still had hope that this all might work out for him , he was never what you ’ d @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the kind of villain who makes the empty threat to blow up a building as a distraction , so he can steal everyone ’ s wallet and sucker punch his personal enemies while no one is looking , then lazily go golfing and then get back into bed .
He ’ s not going to suddenly be a fierce villain now .
But Trump is playing some awfully petty games right now .
In fact they ’ re so petty , his strategy is almost indistinguishably faint .
Russia gets caught hacking us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing .
Pfizer demands to know where to send the next doses of the vaccine , and he does nothing .
Congress tries to figure out a stimulus package , and he does nothing .
Instead Trump threatens to veto the U.S. military budget while viciously attacking the Republican officials who are refusing to go along with whatever confusing dead-end loser endgame he ’ s playing .
It ’ s pretty clear Trump has given up hope .
He knows this will end badly for him .
Now we ’ ll see if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for him .
The worse he behaves in office , the uglier his post-presidency prospects will become .
Some of the Americans he ’ s screwing over right now will end up being on the juries that decide how many years he spends in prison .

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Donald Trump has been under the proverbial gun the entire time he’s been in the Oval Office. From the Mueller probe, to impeachment, to his consistently low approval rating numbers, he’s always been on the verge of ouster. But he’s always had hope that he would hang on – until now.
That hope may have been a contributing factor in keeping Trump from totally jumping the shark in terms of corruption. Put another way: if you’re a corrupt cashier and you think you can get away with stealing $50 out of the register each week but you’re afraid stealing $100 would get you caught and fired, you’ll probably just steal $50. But what happens when you find out you’re being laid off? You figure you have nothing left to lose by taking the full $100, or even more.
That brings us to Donald Trump’s current predicament. Even as delusional as he is, he’s surely figuring out that he has zero chance of remaining in office, and that he’s headed for prison and bankruptcy once he’s out. He knows his financial empire is a house of cards. He can read the headlines coming out of New York about civil and criminal probes closing in.
So what hope does Trump have at this point for any kind of happy ending, or any sort of life after this? Basically none. And that could be a problem, because the one thing that was keeping him (very slightly) in line is now gone. Or is it?
We’ve been expecting Trump to use the transition period to try to corruptly pocket every penny that he can, and to use some combination of pardons, bribes, and empty threats to try to give himself and his family a softer landing when it comes to criminal charges. Thus far we’ve seen some of that. But we’re also seeing Trump basically just sulking a lot and not even bothering to go through the motions.
It’s one thing for Trump to not bother to get himself vaccinated, even as his stooge Mike Pence is forced to go on TV by himself and pretend to be a leader by taking the vaccine. It’s another thing that Trump has become so uninterested in doing the job, he’s letting millions of Pfizer vaccine doses sit in a warehouse instead of distributing them, to the point that Pfizer is publicly sounding the alarm.
Now that Pfizer has gone public and the media is on the case, that kind of pressure should result in those vaccine doses being properly distributed in the coming days. But what was that all even about? Did Trump decide to sit on the vaccine because he no longer cares one way or the other? Was this just massive incompetence? Was Trump vaguely trying to hold the vaccine hostage, but couldn’t be bothered to announce his ransom demands? Just how far gone is this guy?
Keep in mind that even back when Donald Trump was sharper and still had hope that this all might work out for him, he was never what you’d call fierce. Trump has always been the kind of villain who makes the empty threat to blow up a building as a distraction, so he can steal everyone’s wallet and sucker punch his personal enemies while no one is looking, then lazily go golfing and then get back into bed. He’s not going to suddenly be a fierce villain now.
But Trump is playing some awfully petty games right now. In fact they’re so petty, his strategy is almost indistinguishably faint. Russia gets caught hacking us, and he (naturally) does nothing. Pfizer demands to know where to send the next doses of the vaccine, and he does nothing. Congress tries to figure out a stimulus package, and he does nothing.
Instead Trump threatens to veto the U.S. military budget while viciously attacking the Republican officials who are refusing to go along with whatever confusing dead-end loser endgame he’s playing. It’s pretty clear Trump has given up hope. He knows this will end badly for him. Now we’ll see if he cares just how badly this ends for him. The worse he behaves in office, the uglier his post-presidency prospects will become. Some of the Americans he’s screwing over right now will end up being on the juries that decide how many years he spends in prison.
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palmerreport--2020-12-19--What was all that about?

What was all that about?

Donald Trump began the day by leaking that he was going to pardon a bunch of people .
Then as the day went on he had Rudy Giuliani come to the White House for a meeting that seemed to be about pardons .
At one point Trump announced a last minute press event , but then immediately canceled it .
So what was all that back there ?
As Palmer Report often likes to point out , Trump has a fairly consistent pattern of behavior .
When he leaks that he ’ s about to do something dastardly , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ; he ’ s just fantasizing out loud about what he ’ d like to get away with doing .
And when Trump really is doing something dastardly , he rarely announces it in advance , instead preferring to do it in secret or spring it out of nowhere .
So it perhaps wasn ’ t shocking that Trump ’ s big pardon buildup on Friday didn ’ t go anywhere .
That said , Trump is surely going to end up pardoning people on his way out the door .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Friday ?
Maybe he didn ’ t call it off , and Rudy really did help him draft a bunch of pardons , and he decided to hold off on announcing them .
If this is the case , we can ’ t wait to see how cluelessly Rudy crafted these pardons .
Or maybe Donald Trump got spooked by the bombshell about Kushner helping steer half a billion dollars in campaign money into the shell company run by Lara Trump and Mike Pence ’ s nephew .
Is it really a good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day your family gets busted for yet another crime ?
In any case , this is the latest reminder that Trump truly doesn ’ t have any magic wands up his sleeve .
If he did , the last days of his failed presidency wouldn ’ t be playing out in such scattered , ineffective , and tepid fashion .
Preemptive pardons of co-conspirators are particularly tricky to try to figure out how to do , without creating additional headaches in the process .
It ’ s just that pardons are all Trump @ @ @ @ @

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Donald Trump began the day by leaking that he was going to pardon a bunch of people. Then as the day went on he had Rudy Giuliani come to the White House for a meeting that seemed to be about pardons. At one point Trump announced a last minute press event, but then immediately canceled it. So what was all that back there?
As Palmer Report often likes to point out, Trump has a fairly consistent pattern of behavior. When he leaks that he’s about to do something dastardly, he usually doesn’t go through with it; he’s just fantasizing out loud about what he’d like to get away with doing. And when Trump really is doing something dastardly, he rarely announces it in advance, instead preferring to do it in secret or spring it out of nowhere.
So it perhaps wasn’t shocking that Trump’s big pardon buildup on Friday didn’t go anywhere. That said, Trump is surely going to end up pardoning people on his way out the door. So why did he call it off on Friday? Maybe he didn’t call it off, and Rudy really did help him draft a bunch of pardons, and he decided to hold off on announcing them. If this is the case, we can’t wait to see how cluelessly Rudy crafted these pardons.
Or maybe Donald Trump got spooked by the bombshell about Kushner helping steer half a billion dollars in campaign money into the shell company run by Lara Trump and Mike Pence’s nephew. Is it really a good idea to pardon your family on the day your family gets busted for yet another crime?
In any case, this is the latest reminder that Trump truly doesn’t have any magic wands up his sleeve. If he did, the last days of his failed presidency wouldn’t be playing out in such scattered, ineffective, and tepid fashion. Preemptive pardons of co-conspirators are particularly tricky to try to figure out how to do, without creating additional headaches in the process. It’s just that pardons are all Trump has left to try.
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