hotair--2020-06-20--Susan Rice: Trump's Senate backers belong in the "trash heap of history"

Suddenly , Susan Rice is everywhere .
It sure looks like she really , really wants to be the one chosen to be Joe Biden ’ s running mate .
The former U.S .
Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama is aggressively bashing President Trump and his supporters while sucking up to Sleepy Joe .
Rice is said to be on the shortlist of women that Joe Biden is considering for vice-president .
She would fit the bill since , above all else , it has become clear that Biden must choose a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politics and its presidential candidate think that having a Black woman on the ticket will provide shelter from criticism of Biden ’ s long history in elected office and his dips into racism himself .
Democrats have learned nothing .
You can bet that Team Trump is accumulating an arsenal of ads that will spotlight every vote Biden has made that proved to be detrimental to Black Americans , including the crime bill that proved disastrous for Black men , in particular , in the 90s .
Susan Rice was interviewed by Andrea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the resignation of Mary Elizabeth Taylor , one of the highest-ranked Black officials in the Trump administration who suddenly had a change of heart toward President Trump this week .
Of course , Andrea Mitchell brought the young woman into the conversation to kick-off Rice ’ s trashing of the Trump administration – the bad Orange Man is racist , you know .
She said the Trump administration is “ racist to its core.
” “ I ’ d say better late than never .
You know , to serve an administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the last three and a half years , from comparing the peaceful protesters at Charlottesville to white supremacists , calling white supremacists very fine people , all the way through to the recent weeks where the administration has disparaged the Black Lives Matter movement , disparaged the peaceful protesters , and basically made plain that they prefer to stand by a Confederate legacy than a modern America , it ’ s been an administration whose record on race is just disgraceful , ” Rice said on MSNBC regarding the resignation of Secretary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Taylor , the Trump administration ’ s highest ranking female African American official .
In trashing the Trump administration and his supporters in the Senate , Rice bungled a common phrase .
As she was stressing the point that this election is about “ getting Joe Biden in the White House ” , she went on to say that Biden is someone who could “ remove Donald Trump and consign those who supported him in the Senate to the trash heap of history.
” Usually , instead of ‘ trash heap ’ , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Even in a simple slam , Rice got it wrong .
But , I digress .
The point she was making is that even those who support Trump in the U.S. Senate must be defeated .
During her appearance on Bill Maher ’ s HBO show , Rice was critical of Democrat voters who don ’ t think that Sleepy Joe is woke enough , that his agenda isn ’ t radical enough for them .
Her argument was hey , Trump is worse .
The irony seems to be lost on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden is the man to save America from itself .
Joe Biden has a history of over forty years in politics , including eight years as vice-president .
What did he do during all those decades ?
Why didn ’ t he solve racial issues and division during that time ?
Why didn ’ t he stop Barack Obama from dividing the country along racial lines ?
Why didn ’ t he stop Barack Obama from trashing police across the country ?
Now Susan Rice wants voters to believe that Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump and his supporters ( the GOP ) as racists .
Let ’ s remember who Susan Rice is , shall we ?
She is known for doing a full Ginsberg ( going on five Sunday morning shows all in the same morning ) after the Benghazi tragedy at the U.S. embassy that saw the murder of an American ambassador .
She lied on each show that the murderous rioting at the embassy was caused by an obscure video , because that was the talking point brought forward from Secretary of State Hillary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the patsy that said she would go on national television and run interference for Clinton , who should have been the one doing interviews .
Susan Rice is the “ Typhoid Mary of the Obama administration ” , as Senator Tom Cotton called her this morning on Fox and Friends .
She was in the middle of each and every debacle that occurred during the Obama administration – besides Benghazi , there was the ill-advised Libya war , the coddling of the Chinese Communist Party , and her role in the Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Joe Biden on foreign policy , the subject on which she and old Joe are supposed to be experts .
Joe Biden has been historically wrong during his long career in politics when it comes to just about every subject , including foreign policy .
Joe Biden will be a disaster in the White House and if he chooses Susan Rice , it will be the third term of Barack Obama and his record of bad decisions .
By limiting himself to Black women in order to pander to that demographic of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ win the election in November , Biden is putting identity politics over the best interests of America .

Suddenly, Susan Rice is everywhere. It sure looks like she really, really wants to be the one chosen to be Joe Biden’s running mate. The former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama is aggressively bashing President Trump and his supporters while sucking up to Sleepy Joe.
Rice is said to be on the shortlist of women that Joe Biden is considering for vice-president. She would fit the bill since, above all else, it has become clear that Biden must choose a Black woman. The party of identity politics and its presidential candidate think that having a Black woman on the ticket will provide shelter from criticism of Biden’s long history in elected office and his dips into racism himself. Democrats have learned nothing. You can bet that Team Trump is accumulating an arsenal of ads that will spotlight every vote Biden has made that proved to be detrimental to Black Americans, including the crime bill that proved disastrous for Black men, in particular, in the 90s.
Susan Rice was interviewed by Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC and even weighed in on the resignation of Mary Elizabeth Taylor, one of the highest-ranked Black officials in the Trump administration who suddenly had a change of heart toward President Trump this week. Of course, Andrea Mitchell brought the young woman into the conversation to kick-off Rice’s trashing of the Trump administration – the bad Orange Man is racist, you know. She said the Trump administration is “racist to its core.”
“I’d say better late than never. You know, to serve an administration which has been racist to its core for the last three and a half years, from comparing the peaceful protesters at Charlottesville to white supremacists, calling white supremacists very fine people, all the way through to the recent weeks where the administration has disparaged the Black Lives Matter movement, disparaged the peaceful protesters, and basically made plain that they prefer to stand by a Confederate legacy than a modern America, it’s been an administration whose record on race is just disgraceful,” Rice said on MSNBC regarding the resignation of Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs Mary Elizabeth Taylor, the Trump administration’s highest ranking female African American official.
In trashing the Trump administration and his supporters in the Senate, Rice bungled a common phrase. As she was stressing the point that this election is about “getting Joe Biden in the White House”, she went on to say that Biden is someone who could “remove Donald Trump and consign those who supported him in the Senate to the trash heap of history.” Usually, instead of ‘trash heap’, the phrase is ‘ash heap’. Even in a simple slam, Rice got it wrong. But, I digress. The point she was making is that even those who support Trump in the U.S. Senate must be defeated.
During her appearance on Bill Maher’s HBO show, Rice was critical of Democrat voters who don’t think that Sleepy Joe is woke enough, that his agenda isn’t radical enough for them. Her argument was hey, Trump is worse.
“We have a choice. Either Donald Trump remains in office, who has governed in a blatantly divisive way” or Joe Biden, “who understands it’s time to invest in health and education and so many of the underlying issues that have contributed to the systemic racism in this country” she said. “I know him. There is nobody who brings to this challenge a greater sense of the humanity we all share. I would urge people to be very mindful of the choice. It couldn’t be more stark.”
The irony seems to be lost on supporters like Susan Rice who now think Joe Biden is the man to save America from itself. Joe Biden has a history of over forty years in politics, including eight years as vice-president. What did he do during all those decades? Why didn’t he solve racial issues and division during that time? Why didn’t he stop Barack Obama from dividing the country along racial lines? Why didn’t he stop Barack Obama from trashing police across the country? Now Susan Rice wants voters to believe that Joe Biden will unite the country by speaking of Trump and his supporters (the GOP) as racists.
Let’s remember who Susan Rice is, shall we? She is known for doing a full Ginsberg ( going on five Sunday morning shows all in the same morning) after the Benghazi tragedy at the U.S. embassy that saw the murder of an American ambassador. She lied on each show that the murderous rioting at the embassy was caused by an obscure video, because that was the talking point brought forward from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and then Barack Obama. Rice was the patsy that said she would go on national television and run interference for Clinton, who should have been the one doing interviews.
Susan Rice is the “Typhoid Mary of the Obama administration”, as Senator Tom Cotton called her this morning on Fox and Friends. She was in the middle of each and every debacle that occurred during the Obama administration – besides Benghazi, there was the ill-advised Libya war, the coddling of the Chinese Communist Party, and her role in the Russia collusion story. She is as dreadful as Joe Biden on foreign policy, the subject on which she and old Joe are supposed to be experts. Joe Biden has been historically wrong during his long career in politics when it comes to just about every subject, including foreign policy.
Joe Biden will be a disaster in the White House and if he chooses Susan Rice, it will be the third term of Barack Obama and his record of bad decisions. By limiting himself to Black women in order to pander to that demographic of voters, without whom he cannot win the election in November, Biden is putting identity politics over the best interests of America.


hotair--2020-06-20--Politico: Will the Greens help get Trump elected -- again?

Did Jill Stein help elect Donald Trump the first time around ?
That claim apparently remains fixed in the mythologies of 2016 , at least among Democrats who still need some explanation of it other than Hillary Clinton ’ s incompetence as a candidate .
Politico plays along with the charade this morning , claiming that Team Biden blindness to Green Party nominee and declared “ democratic socialist ” Howie Hawkins could cost them the 2020 election , too : “ Oh woof .
I can ’ t bear to talk about that , ” said former communications director Jennifer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters in Pennsylvania , Michigan , and Wisconsin cast their ballots for Clinton rather than the Green Party ’ s Stein , Clinton would be president .
Now , with the Green Party set to elevate its presumptive nominee — Howie Hawkins , a longtime labor activist keen on attracting disillusioned Bernie Sanders voters and calling for a “ # DemExit ” — many Democrats are unfazed .
Not to worry , they say : Trump will be a sufficiently mobilizing force for Democrats this time around .
Well , maybe , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe that every Jill Stein vote would have gone to Clinton in Stein ’ s absence .
The Greens have been around for a while , though , and field presidential nominees every election cycle .
This is mainly a rehash of the Ralph Nader complaint from 2000 , when Nader scored more votes as the Green nominee than the gap between Al Gore and George W. Bush .
If Nader hadn ’ t been in the race , would those votes have gone to Gore ?
Possibly , but they might not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gone to some other minor-party candidate too .
What makes this argument especially suspect is that Stein wasn ’ t a third-party candidate in 2016 ; she was a fourth-party candidate .
Gary Johnson won three times as many votes nationwide for the Libertarians as Stein did for the Greens .
It ’ s just as easy to argue that Trump would have won the lion ’ s share of Johnson ’ s votes in 2016 if Libertarians had suddenly disappeared as it is to claim that Stein ate up Hillary ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look at the votes for Johnson and Stein in those states : That 3:1 ratio holds up pretty well in all three blue-wall states .
In fact , there ’ s a better argument that Libertarians might have drained more votes from Trump .
Johnson was a well-known and fairly popular conservo-libertarian Republican governor who served two terms in New Mexico before going big-L Libertarian .
Had Libertarians nominated a more obscure candidate , as is their usual wont , it seems at least more arguable that some of the Republicans who cast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
But these aren ’ t the numbers that matter anyway .
The reason Hillary Clinton lost wasn ’ t that Jill Stein stole those votes away from her — it was because Hillary Clinton lost many many more votes that had turned out four years earlier , especially in these three states .
I wrote about it nearly two years ago when analyzing why Republicans got shellacked in the midterms : In 2016 , Clinton won 1.37 million Minnesota votes .
Barack Obama had won 1.55 million four years earlier .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s 2012 total , hardly much motion at all .
But that was enough for Trump to come closer than any Republican since Ronald Reagan to winning the state .
However , he did it by standing still as Clinton underperformed .
When Democrats show up to vote , Minnesota reverts back to its blue-state identity .
The same formula holds in the other three “ blue wall ” states .
In Wisconsin , both Clinton ( -238,000 ) and Trump ( -5,000 ) underperfomed 2012 ’ s results .
Clinton dropped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2012 performance in Michigan , which produced 131,000 fewer votes between the two major-party candidates than in the previous cycle .
Pennsylvania is alone in having a higher combined 2016 vote total over 2012 , but Clinton still came up short of Obama ’ s performance in the earlier cycle by 64,000 votes — and lost the state by 44,000 .
Those numbers were preliminary at the time ; Pennsylvania added a number of votes later as they firmed up the results .
Let ’ s stack up the three states , this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ improvements for both Stein and Johnson between 2012 to 2016 , as both ran in both cycles : Maybe one can make an argument that Stein ’ s presence made a difference in shifting votes from Democrats , but that ’ s weak at best .
If you accept that premise , then you have to accept Johnson ’ s much more dramatic gains as evidence that he ate into Trump ’ s vote totals , and by a far more substantial margin than Stein impacted Clinton .
In the other two states @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — Hillary Clinton lost hundreds of thousands of votes because of Hillary Clinton , not because of Jill Stein .
The lesson from 2016 isn ’ t that Democrats have to worry about the Green candidate .
It ’ s that they have to worry about their own nominee .
Nominating Joe Biden is much more of an issue than Howie Hawkins ever will be .
Addendum : Republicans should have learned some lessons from 2016 and 2018 too , which is that turnout matters , and so does luck .
Trump drew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lost that 2016 election as an opponent , which was fortunate because he didn ’ t actually boost GOP turnout in Wisconsin or Michigan .
If Biden can manage to boost turnout there , Trump may be in big trouble unless the RNC and Team Trump take GOTV a lot more seriously than they did in 2016 .

Did Jill Stein help elect Donald Trump the first time around? That claim apparently remains fixed in the mythologies of 2016, at least among Democrats who still need some explanation of it other than Hillary Clinton’s incompetence as a candidate. Politico plays along with the charade this morning, claiming that Team Biden blindness to Green Party nominee and declared “democratic socialist” Howie Hawkins could cost them the 2020 election, too:
Jill Stein still haunts Hillary Clinton’s campaign team. “Oh woof. I can’t bear to talk about that,” said former communications director Jennifer Palmieri. For good reason: Had voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin cast their ballots for Clinton rather than the Green Party’s Stein, Clinton would be president. Now, with the Green Party set to elevate its presumptive nominee — Howie Hawkins, a longtime labor activist keen on attracting disillusioned Bernie Sanders voters and calling for a “#DemExit” — many Democrats are unfazed. Not to worry, they say: Trump will be a sufficiently mobilizing force for Democrats this time around.
Well, maybe, but first of all, one has to believe that every Jill Stein vote would have gone to Clinton in Stein’s absence. The Greens have been around for a while, though, and field presidential nominees every election cycle. This is mainly a rehash of the Ralph Nader complaint from 2000, when Nader scored more votes as the Green nominee than the gap between Al Gore and George W. Bush. If Nader hadn’t been in the race, would those votes have gone to Gore? Possibly, but they might not have been cast at all, or gone to some other minor-party candidate too.
What makes this argument especially suspect is that Stein wasn’t a third-party candidate in 2016; she was a fourth-party candidate. Gary Johnson won three times as many votes nationwide for the Libertarians as Stein did for the Greens. It’s just as easy to argue that Trump would have won the lion’s share of Johnson’s votes in 2016 if Libertarians had suddenly disappeared as it is to claim that Stein ate up Hillary’s votes. Let’s take a look at the votes for Johnson and Stein in those states:
Pennsylvania: Johnson 146,715, Stein 49,941
Michigan: Johnson 172,136, Stein 51,463
Wisconsin: Johnson 106,674, Stein 31,072
That 3:1 ratio holds up pretty well in all three blue-wall states. In fact, there’s a better argument that Libertarians might have drained more votes from Trump. Johnson was a well-known and fairly popular conservo-libertarian Republican governor who served two terms in New Mexico before going big-L Libertarian. Had Libertarians nominated a more obscure candidate, as is their usual wont, it seems at least more arguable that some of the Republicans who cast ballots for Johnson might have stuck with Trump.
But these aren’t the numbers that matter anyway. The reason Hillary Clinton lost wasn’t that Jill Stein stole those votes away from her — it was because Hillary Clinton lost many many more votes that had turned out four years earlier, especially in these three states. I wrote about it nearly two years ago when analyzing why Republicans got shellacked in the midterms:
In 2016, Clinton won 1.37 million Minnesota votes. Barack Obama had won 1.55 million four years earlier. Trump only added 2,000 to Mitt Romney’s 2012 total, hardly much motion at all. But that was enough for Trump to come closer than any Republican since Ronald Reagan to winning the state. However, he did it by standing still as Clinton underperformed. When Democrats show up to vote, Minnesota reverts back to its blue-state identity. The same formula holds in the other three “blue wall” states. In Wisconsin, both Clinton (-238,000) and Trump (-5,000) underperfomed 2012’s results. Clinton dropped almost 300,000 votes from Obama’s 2012 performance in Michigan, which produced 131,000 fewer votes between the two major-party candidates than in the previous cycle. Pennsylvania is alone in having a higher combined 2016 vote total over 2012, but Clinton still came up short of Obama’s performance in the earlier cycle by 64,000 votes — and lost the state by 44,000.
Those numbers were preliminary at the time; Pennsylvania added a number of votes later as they firmed up the results. Let’s stack up the three states, this time comparing Hillary’s deficits to improvements for both Stein and Johnson between 2012 to 2016, as both ran in both cycles:
Pennsylvania: Hillary +18,993, Stein +29,231, Johnson +97,957
Michigan: Hillary -293,072, Stein +30,259, Johnson +96,724
Wisconsin: Hillary -231,414, Stein +23,471, Johnson +86,395
Maybe one can make an argument that Stein’s presence made a difference in shifting votes from Democrats, but that’s weak at best. If you accept that premise, then you have to accept Johnson’s much more dramatic gains as evidence that he ate into Trump’s vote totals, and by a far more substantial margin than Stein impacted Clinton. In the other two states, the issue is much more clear — Hillary Clinton lost hundreds of thousands of votes because of Hillary Clinton, not because of Jill Stein.
The lesson from 2016 isn’t that Democrats have to worry about the Green candidate. It’s that they have to worry about their own nominee. Nominating Joe Biden is much more of an issue than Howie Hawkins ever will be.
Addendum: Republicans should have learned some lessons from 2016 and 2018 too, which is that turnout matters, and so does luck. Trump drew perhaps the only candidate who could have lost that 2016 election as an opponent, which was fortunate because he didn’t actually boost GOP turnout in Wisconsin or Michigan. If Biden can manage to boost turnout there, Trump may be in big trouble unless the RNC and Team Trump take GOTV a lot more seriously than they did in 2016.


hotair--2020-06-20--Oklahoma Supreme Court allows free range activity for Trump rally

Today is the day for President Trump ’ s first big rally since the novel coronavirus shut down all such massive public gatherings earlier this year .
The location is Tulsa , Oklahoma at the BOK Center arena .
Up until yesterday , questions remained about what sort of safety precautions would be in place to suppress the risk of causing a spike in COVID-19 cases or if the rally would even happen at all .
But on Friday , the state supreme court put the matter to rest , ruling that the plaintiffs in a suit seeking to force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facemasks at the rally had not made their case .
The justices also noted that they could not “ fashion rules or regulations where none exist.
” ( NY Post ) The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid to require everyone inside the arena at President Trump ’ s campaign rally in Tulsa Saturday to maintain social distancing of at least six feet and wear a face mask — clearing the way for the rally to proceed .
“ It is not the duty of this Court to fashion rules or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court wrote in a unanimous decision .
The petitioners did not establish that they have a “ clear legal right ” to the relief requested , wrote Chief Justice Noma D. Gurich , who was first appointed by a GOP governor but reappointed by a Democrat .
This doesn ’ t appear to be a pro-Trump or anti-Trump decision based on the wording of the ruling .
The justices are noting that the state ’ s guidelines on social distancing for “ entertainment venues ” are not mandatory and there is neither a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the Governor mandating such precautions .
The plaintiffs in the case were basically asking the court to craft a new law out of thin air and apply it only to this one venue for a specific event .
And that ’ s something they couldn ’ t do if they wanted to .
New York ’ s Governor has been trashing the planned rally , but he at least has executive orders in place to govern such events .
( Not that they ’ re ever applied to rioters . )
Something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the plaintiffs .
The suit was supposedly being brought on behalf of “ two local residents described as having compromised immune systems and being particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.
” But the entire challenge was being pushed by the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation .
The group declares that they work on productive solutions to racial divisiveness and they work in partnership with Black Lives Matter .
Let ’ s just say it ’ s a safe bet that they ’ re probably not a big MAGA center .
But the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they ’ re holding a rally of their own today , also being co-sponsored by Black Lives Matter .
Nothing wrong with that , of course .
It ’ s still a free country , at least for the time being .
But if you look into the details of the rally , they aren ’ t mandating social distancing or facemasks at their rally either .
Social distancing for thee , but not for me , eh ?
Things that make you go “ hmmm.
” As far as the rules @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the letter or the law ( or lack of law as the case may be ) , everyone is going to have to make up their own mind as to whether or not they wear a mask or how close together they stand .
Trump doesn ’ t wear masks , so he ’ s obviously not eager to look like a hypocrite and make everyone else do it .
Personally , there ’ s no way I would attend without a mask and other precautions , particularly since I ’ m in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And the Tulsa area is in the middle of a significant spike in new COVID-19 cases , so pretending that the risk is trivial isn ’ t really an honest approach .
But as for the younger , healthy Trump supporters who are planning to go , that ’ s up to them .
And you can rest assured that the media is going to be monitoring the area for any signs of new COVID cases in the coming weeks and trying to trace it back to anyone in a MAGA hat who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubt that the same level of attention will be paid to any new cases coming from the JHFCR/BLM rally .

Today is the day for President Trump’s first big rally since the novel coronavirus shut down all such massive public gatherings earlier this year. The location is Tulsa, Oklahoma at the BOK Center arena. Up until yesterday, questions remained about what sort of safety precautions would be in place to suppress the risk of causing a spike in COVID-19 cases or if the rally would even happen at all. But on Friday, the state supreme court put the matter to rest, ruling that the plaintiffs in a suit seeking to force social distancing rules and the use of facemasks at the rally had not made their case. The justices also noted that they could not “fashion rules or regulations where none exist.” (NY Post)
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid to require everyone inside the arena at President Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa Saturday to maintain social distancing of at least six feet and wear a face mask — clearing the way for the rally to proceed. “It is not the duty of this Court to fashion rules or regulations where none exist,” the court wrote in a unanimous decision. The petitioners did not establish that they have a “clear legal right” to the relief requested, wrote Chief Justice Noma D. Gurich, who was first appointed by a GOP governor but reappointed by a Democrat.
This doesn’t appear to be a pro-Trump or anti-Trump decision based on the wording of the ruling. The justices are noting that the state’s guidelines on social distancing for “entertainment venues” are not mandatory and there is neither a legislatively passed law nor an executive order from the Governor mandating such precautions. The plaintiffs in the case were basically asking the court to craft a new law out of thin air and apply it only to this one venue for a specific event. And that’s something they couldn’t do if they wanted to. New York’s Governor has been trashing the planned rally, but he at least has executive orders in place to govern such events. (Not that they’re ever applied to rioters.)
Something else to note here is the identity of the plaintiffs. The suit was supposedly being brought on behalf of “two local residents described as having compromised immune systems and being particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.” But the entire challenge was being pushed by the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation. The group declares that they work on productive solutions to racial divisiveness and they work in partnership with Black Lives Matter. Let’s just say it’s a safe bet that they’re probably not a big MAGA center.
But the other thing to know about the JHFCR is that they’re holding a rally of their own today, also being co-sponsored by Black Lives Matter. Nothing wrong with that, of course. It’s still a free country, at least for the time being. But if you look into the details of the rally, they aren’t mandating social distancing or facemasks at their rally either. Social distancing for thee, but not for me, eh? Things that make you go “hmmm.”
As far as the rules for the Trump rally go, by the letter or the law (or lack of law as the case may be), everyone is going to have to make up their own mind as to whether or not they wear a mask or how close together they stand. Trump doesn’t wear masks, so he’s obviously not eager to look like a hypocrite and make everyone else do it. Personally, there’s no way I would attend without a mask and other precautions, particularly since I’m in one of the highest risk groups. And the Tulsa area is in the middle of a significant spike in new COVID-19 cases, so pretending that the risk is trivial isn’t really an honest approach.
But as for the younger, healthy Trump supporters who are planning to go, that’s up to them. And you can rest assured that the media is going to be monitoring the area for any signs of new COVID cases in the coming weeks and trying to trace it back to anyone in a MAGA hat who was at this rally. I somehow doubt that the same level of attention will be paid to any new cases coming from the JHFCR/BLM rally.


hotair--2020-06-20--Manhattan U.S. Attorney shocked to learn that he had resigned

There was a Friday night news dump that came as a surprise to many people .
If you keep up with any of the Trump news on a weekly basis , you ’ re probably already familiar with the name of Geoffrey Berman .
He ’ s the Southern District U.S. Attorney from Manhattan who has been launching one investigation after another into anyone and everyone associated with President Trump in New York on the off chance that he finds some dirt to dig up .
That ’ s why it came as something of a shock to find out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Berman was stepping down , particularly this close to the election .
Barr said that the current head of the SEC would be replacing Berman in the post .
( NBC News ) Geoffrey Berman , the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan , plans to step down and President Donald Trump will nominate the current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to succeed him , Attorney General William Barr announced Friday evening .
Berman ’ s resignation was not expected , and word of the move caught senior officials in his office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former Trump confidante Michael Cohen , though he was recused from involvement in the case .
And he was overseeing the investigation of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani ’ s business activities .
Barr went on to actually shower some praise on Berman , saying that he had “ done an excellent job leading one of our nation ’ s most significant U.S. attorney ’ s offices , achieving many successes on consequential civil and criminal matters.
” That was unexpected , particularly when you consider how hard the man has been going after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Big Apple .
But it wasn ’ t just the media who was “ surprised ” by the announcement .
Allegedly , nobody told Berman that he was “ resigning.
” Shortly after Barr finished speaking , the U.S. Attorney went out on social media and declared that he was not , in fact , stepping down and the whole affair was news to him .
( NY Post ) In a stunning plot twist , U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman issued a statement Friday night asserting that he will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ direct contradiction to an announcement that he was stepping down made hours earlier from Attorney General William Barr .
“ I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was ‘ stepping down ’ as United States Attorney , ” Berman said in a statement posted to the Southern District of New York Twitter account .
“ I have not resigned , and have no intention of resigning , my position , to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s statement continued .
So , assuming Berman is being honest about this ( which we ’ ll get to in a moment ) , he ’ s not “ stepping down.
” He ’ s being fired .
He can ’ t technically refuse to leave the office because all U.S .
Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President .
If Trump says he ’ s fired , he ’ s fired .
But all he ’ s really saying is that he ’ ll stick around until the Senate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that might take , Trump and Barr may turn up the heat and force him out sooner .
If nothing else , that would be good for a couple of headlines where Trump gets to show he ’ s in charge and won ’ t be putting up with any nonsense , which is pretty much his brand .
Would President Trump really order the AG to fire a U.S. Attorney who ’ s been investigating him on his finances , his business partners , his personal attorney , and even the details @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s just another day ending in a Y for Trump .
I ’ m sure President Trump has heard the old saying about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer , but he clearly doesn ’ t buy into it .
Still , given how this rolled out , something here doesn ’ t pass the smell test for me .
If this was a traditional transition during a traditional administration , Barr would have spoken to Berman in advance .
Probably not too much in advance because you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in front of the story , but he ’ d have been told .
But whether he was or he wasn ’ t , things shouldn ’ t have played out this way .
If Berman was being fired for cause , why would Barr specifically say he was “ stepping down ” and go on to praise what a good job he ’ s been doing ?
No , he would have made an announcement that the President ( or Barr himself , if wanted to make it look like Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this ) had decided to make a change .
He could have thanked him for his service without going on to heap praise on him .
If that ’ s how it had played out , Berman could legitimately say he ’ d been blindsided .
Second possibility .
Barr actually did send word to Berman ’ s office that he was being let go , probably not long before the announcement .
But Berman decides that whichever aide took the call “ failed to get the message to him ” so he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being blindsided and what a bully Trump is , suggesting that he ’ s doing this to try to quash all of the investigations into his affairs .
At this point he ’ s got nothing else to lose , so he might as well get in some parting shots , right ?
But if Barr didn ’ t have a personal acknowledgment from Berman that he knew he was being let go , why make the announcement the way he did ?
He ’ s obviously opening the door for Berman to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of lousy headlines for the President and Barr comes off looking like he ’ s in the middle of some sort of conspiracy to eliminate Trump ’ s enemies .
If that ’ s how this played out , then somebody in Barr ’ s office screwed the pooch majorly on this one .
No matter what the truth is in terms of what was going on behind the scenes , this is a clear example of just how far the relationship between Trump , the leadership at the Justice Department and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country has degraded .
Trump is always at his best when he ’ s going to war with somebody and if a suitable enemy doesn ’ t present themself , he ’ ll find one .
In this case , it turned out to be Berman .
The big questions now are whether or not Cocaine Mitch can get Clayton approved in a timely fashion and if he ’ ll turn out to be more of a Trump loyalist or turn into yet another wildcard .

There was a Friday night news dump that came as a surprise to many people. If you keep up with any of the Trump news on a weekly basis, you’re probably already familiar with the name of Geoffrey Berman. He’s the Southern District U.S. Attorney from Manhattan who has been launching one investigation after another into anyone and everyone associated with President Trump in New York on the off chance that he finds some dirt to dig up. That’s why it came as something of a shock to find out from Attorney General Bill Barr last night that Berman was stepping down, particularly this close to the election. Barr said that the current head of the SEC would be replacing Berman in the post. (NBC News)
Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, plans to step down and President Donald Trump will nominate the current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to succeed him, Attorney General William Barr announced Friday evening. Berman’s resignation was not expected, and word of the move caught senior officials in his office off guard. His office prosecuted of former Trump confidante Michael Cohen, though he was recused from involvement in the case. And he was overseeing the investigation of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s business activities.
Barr went on to actually shower some praise on Berman, saying that he had “done an excellent job leading one of our nation’s most significant U.S. attorney’s offices, achieving many successes on consequential civil and criminal matters.” That was unexpected, particularly when you consider how hard the man has been going after Rudy Giuliani and numerous other Trump associates in the Big Apple.
But it wasn’t just the media who was “surprised” by the announcement. Allegedly, nobody told Berman that he was “resigning.” Shortly after Barr finished speaking, the U.S. Attorney went out on social media and declared that he was not, in fact, stepping down and the whole affair was news to him. (NY Post)
In a stunning plot twist, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman issued a statement Friday night asserting that he will not, in fact, resign — in direct contradiction to an announcement that he was stepping down made hours earlier from Attorney General William Barr. “I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was ‘stepping down’ as United States Attorney,” Berman said in a statement posted to the Southern District of New York Twitter account. “I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,” Berman’s statement continued.
So, assuming Berman is being honest about this (which we’ll get to in a moment), he’s not “stepping down.” He’s being fired. He can’t technically refuse to leave the office because all U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President. If Trump says he’s fired, he’s fired. But all he’s really saying is that he’ll stick around until the Senate confirms Jay Clayton. Given how long that might take, Trump and Barr may turn up the heat and force him out sooner. If nothing else, that would be good for a couple of headlines where Trump gets to show he’s in charge and won’t be putting up with any nonsense, which is pretty much his brand.
Would President Trump really order the AG to fire a U.S. Attorney who’s been investigating him on his finances, his business partners, his personal attorney, and even the details behind some sanctions on Turkey? Obviously. That’s just another day ending in a Y for Trump. I’m sure President Trump has heard the old saying about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer, but he clearly doesn’t buy into it. Still, given how this rolled out, something here doesn’t pass the smell test for me.
If this was a traditional transition during a traditional administration, Barr would have spoken to Berman in advance. Probably not too much in advance because you don’t want him getting out in front of the story, but he’d have been told. But whether he was or he wasn’t, things shouldn’t have played out this way. If Berman was being fired for cause, why would Barr specifically say he was “stepping down” and go on to praise what a good job he’s been doing? No, he would have made an announcement that the President (or Barr himself, if wanted to make it look like Trump’s fingerprints weren’t all over this) had decided to make a change. He could have thanked him for his service without going on to heap praise on him. If that’s how it had played out, Berman could legitimately say he’d been blindsided.
Second possibility. Barr actually did send word to Berman’s office that he was being let go, probably not long before the announcement. But Berman decides that whichever aide took the call “failed to get the message to him” so he gets to go out and complain about being blindsided and what a bully Trump is, suggesting that he’s doing this to try to quash all of the investigations into his affairs. At this point he’s got nothing else to lose, so he might as well get in some parting shots, right?
But if Barr didn’t have a personal acknowledgment from Berman that he knew he was being let go, why make the announcement the way he did? He’s obviously opening the door for Berman to turn this into several news cycles worth of lousy headlines for the President and Barr comes off looking like he’s in the middle of some sort of conspiracy to eliminate Trump’s enemies. If that’s how this played out, then somebody in Barr’s office screwed the pooch majorly on this one.
No matter what the truth is in terms of what was going on behind the scenes, this is a clear example of just how far the relationship between Trump, the leadership at the Justice Department and the disparate U.S. Attorneys offices around the country has degraded. Trump is always at his best when he’s going to war with somebody and if a suitable enemy doesn’t present themself, he’ll find one. In this case, it turned out to be Berman. The big questions now are whether or not Cocaine Mitch can get Clayton approved in a timely fashion and if he’ll turn out to be more of a Trump loyalist or turn into yet another wildcard.


hotair--2020-06-21--Tweety AOC: Tik Tok teens sabotaged Trump rally attendance

While the far left and their cohorts in the media were busy celebrating the fact that there were some empty seats in the BOK Center arena in Tulsa Saturday night , the instigator of an organized effort to sabotage attendance may surprise you .
Those empty seats were meant as a political statement against President Trump , an action taken to embarrass him and his re-election campaign .
People like socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are giddy with glee over the fact that so many young adults , teens , and political activists like those ex-Republican grifters who are leading @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , pulled off a prank with the help of social media and the popularity of K-pop .
The idea came from a grown woman , Mary Jo Laupp , a 51-year-old grandmother , living in Fort Dodge , Iowa .
The former campaign worker on the Pete Buttigieg campaign used her Tik Tok account to put out the call – hey , kids , sign up for free tickets to the Trump rally in Tulsa .
Laupp uses the excuse of her indignation that the President of the United States dares to come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was changed but the plan was already underway by then .
The campaign offered two tickets for each cell phone request .
By texting the campaign for tickets , the campaign gets the person ’ s contact information .
So , Laupp tells the kids that they can stop Trump campaign texts that will come after their ticket requests are filled .
Her hope was for the arena to be empty and the president standing on the stage all alone .
Ms. Laupp has an active imagination , apparently .
So , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have had some success .
There were empty seats in the arena and that is unusual for a Trump rally .
The empty seats may also be attributed to the fact that some Trump supporters may have changed their minds about attending , due to the coronavirus or other personal reasons .
The arena holds 19,000 people .
In an interview with CNN last week , Laupp said her Tik Tok account , at the time she had 1,000 followers , blew up after she put the political call out .
Normally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ videos and pranks , not political messages .
Lo and behold , Ms. Laupp works at a high school .
Perhaps we shouldn ’ t be surprised that she turned a silly app into political activism .
I wonder if she knows she likely opened up the young people and others who participated in the sabotage to the Communist Chinese acquiring their contact information .
Anything to own Trump , amirite ?
Her idea prompted multiple other TikTok users to post similar videos calling on their followers to do the same — visit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , fail to show up .
One video , with more than a quarter of a million views , called on fans of South Korean pop music in particular to join the trolling campaign .
Fans of the music , which is known as K-pop , are a force on social media — they posted over six billion tweets last year alone .
And they have a history of taking action for social justice causes .
Earlier this month K-pop fans rallied around the Black Lives Matter movement , drowning out “ White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is not clear if K-Pop fans have registered for the Trump Tulsa rally in big numbers .
The K-pop fans are being credited for the large number of young people participating , especially by the likes of AOC .
The Tik Toks were often set to the Macarena with the kids doing the dance and showing ticket confirmations .
Trump supporters fired back to some of the culprits .
Even a CNN reporter had to admit it was still a pretty darn big crowd .
The Trump campaign argues against the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Trump prides himself on his ability to draw very large crowds to his campaign rallies .
In contrast to Joe Biden , there is no contest on that claim .
Biden has a real enthusiasm deficit , despite his favorable polling at this point in the campaign .
Trump ’ s supporters have remained loyal and enthusiastic about his re-election .
Lower attendance than expected is given as the reason for an outdoor rally for the overflow crowd being canceled .
Both Trump and Vice-President Pence were to have spoken to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Perhaps it was the “ teens of America ” who enjoyed participating in some easy political action against Trump that caused those empty seats in the arena .
There is no way to know .
What we do know , though , is that this is a bare-knuckles presidential campaign and there is good reason to believe that Trump is up to the fight .
The media , bitter NeverTrumpers and the left are aligning to deliver the election to Joe Biden .
That includes using teenagers who may not even be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Today Brad Parscale released a statement addressing the gleeful reporters who never even bothered to ask the campaign for comments on the theory that online trolls hacked the event to affect attendance .
He blames the over-the-top media coverage before the rally and safety concerns of families due to the possibility of violent protesters .
“ Leftists and online trolls doing a victory lap , thinking they somehow impacted rally attendance , don ’ t know what they ’ re talking about or how our rallies work .
Reporters who wrote gleefully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contacting the campaign for comment – behaved unprofessionally and were willing dupes to the charade .
Registering for a rally means you ’ ve RSVPed with a cell phone number and we constantly weed out bogus numbers , as we did with tens of thousands at the Tulsa rally , in calculating our possible attendee pool .
These phony ticket requests never factor into our thinking .
What makes this lame attempt at hacking our events even more foolish is the fact that every rally is general admission – entry is on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ required .
The fact is that a week ’ s worth of the fake news media warning people away from the rally because of COVID and protestors , coupled with recent images of American cities on fire , had a real impact on people bringing their families and children to the rally .
MSNBC was among outlets reporting that protesters even blocked entrances to the rally at times .
For the media to now celebrate the fear that they helped create is disgusting , but typical .
And it makes us wonder why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they don ’ t do their full jobs as professionals .
”

While the far left and their cohorts in the media were busy celebrating the fact that there were some empty seats in the BOK Center arena in Tulsa Saturday night, the instigator of an organized effort to sabotage attendance may surprise you. Those empty seats were meant as a political statement against President Trump, an action taken to embarrass him and his re-election campaign.
People like socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez are giddy with glee over the fact that so many young adults, teens, and political activists like those ex-Republican grifters who are leading the anti-Trump PAC, The Lincoln Project, pulled off a prank with the help of social media and the popularity of K-pop. The idea came from a grown woman, Mary Jo Laupp, a 51-year-old grandmother, living in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The former campaign worker on the Pete Buttigieg campaign used her Tik Tok account to put out the call – hey, kids, sign up for free tickets to the Trump rally in Tulsa. Laupp uses the excuse of her indignation that the President of the United States dares to come to Tulsa on Juneteenth. The date was changed but the plan was already underway by then.
The campaign offered two tickets for each cell phone request. By texting the campaign for tickets, the campaign gets the person’s contact information. So, Laupp tells the kids that they can stop Trump campaign texts that will come after their ticket requests are filled. Her hope was for the arena to be empty and the president standing on the stage all alone. Ms. Laupp has an active imagination, apparently.
@maryjo.laupp Did you know you can make sure there are empty seats at Trump’s rally? BLM. ♬ original sound – Mary Jo Laupp #TikTokGrandma
So, by now we know that the plan seems to have had some success. There were empty seats in the arena and that is unusual for a Trump rally. The empty seats may also be attributed to the fact that some Trump supporters may have changed their minds about attending, due to the coronavirus or other personal reasons. The arena holds 19,000 people.
In an interview with CNN last week, Laupp said her Tik Tok account, at the time she had 1,000 followers, blew up after she put the political call out. Normally Tik Tok is used for silly dance videos and pranks, not political messages. Lo and behold, Ms. Laupp works at a high school. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that she turned a silly app into political activism. I wonder if she knows she likely opened up the young people and others who participated in the sabotage to the Communist Chinese acquiring their contact information. Anything to own Trump, amirite?
Her idea prompted multiple other TikTok users to post similar videos calling on their followers to do the same — visit the website, register for the event, fail to show up. One video, with more than a quarter of a million views, called on fans of South Korean pop music in particular to join the trolling campaign. Fans of the music, which is known as K-pop, are a force on social media — they posted over six billion tweets last year alone. And they have a history of taking action for social justice causes. Earlier this month K-pop fans rallied around the Black Lives Matter movement, drowning out “White Lives Matter” and other anti-black hashtags. It is not clear if K-Pop fans have registered for the Trump Tulsa rally in big numbers.
The K-pop fans are being credited for the large number of young people participating, especially by the likes of AOC. The Tik Toks were often set to the Macarena with the kids doing the dance and showing ticket confirmations.
Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID Shout out to Zoomers. Y’all make me so proud. ☺ https://t.co/jGrp5bSZ9T — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 21, 2020
Trump supporters fired back to some of the culprits.
What’s humiliating is you are clueless how the process works. No wonder a McCain lost – taking advice from idiots like this. https://t.co/dpHC8n78MC — Chris Barron 🇺🇸 (@ChrisRBarron) June 21, 2020
Even a CNN reporter had to admit it was still a pretty darn big crowd.
It is by no means a small crowd here in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where President Donald Trump is rallying supporters tonight. But the campaign had hyped a packed arena with overflow space that would span blocks outdoors— it is not, by any means, that. pic.twitter.com/ZbgFBciPry — DJ Judd (@DJJudd) June 20, 2020
The Trump campaign argues against the left’s success.
“Leftists always fool themselves into thinking they’re being clever. Registering for a rally only means you’ve RSVPed with a cell phone number,” said Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh in a statement to Reuters. “But we thank them for their contact information.”
We know that Trump prides himself on his ability to draw very large crowds to his campaign rallies. In contrast to Joe Biden, there is no contest on that claim. Biden has a real enthusiasm deficit, despite his favorable polling at this point in the campaign. Trump’s supporters have remained loyal and enthusiastic about his re-election. Lower attendance than expected is given as the reason for an outdoor rally for the overflow crowd being canceled. Both Trump and Vice-President Pence were to have spoken to them. Parscale blamed agitators, anti-Trumpers disagreed.
No this is why https://t.co/fFVCigssZ4 — Brandon Levesque (@brandonlevek) June 21, 2020
Perhaps it was the “teens of America” who enjoyed participating in some easy political action against Trump that caused those empty seats in the arena. There is no way to know. What we do know, though, is that this is a bare-knuckles presidential campaign and there is good reason to believe that Trump is up to the fight. The media, bitter NeverTrumpers and the left are aligning to deliver the election to Joe Biden. That includes using teenagers who may not even be old enough to be registered to vote.
This is what happened tonight. I’m dead serious when I say this. The teens of America have struck a savage blow against @realDonaldTrump. All across America teens ordered tickets to this event. The fools on the campaign bragged about a million tickets. lol. @ProjectLincoln. — Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) June 20, 2020
Today Brad Parscale released a statement addressing the gleeful reporters who never even bothered to ask the campaign for comments on the theory that online trolls hacked the event to affect attendance. He blames the over-the-top media coverage before the rally and safety concerns of families due to the possibility of violent protesters.


hotair--2020-06-21--Acting DHS Secretary: DACA to continue but we think it's illegal

The Trump Administration will keep DACA operational despite believing the program illegal .
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf vowed on NBC ’ s Meet the Press and CBS ’ Face the Nation he believed the U.S. Supreme Court never declared DACA legal but had issues with its implementation .
From Face the Nation : Well , what I would tell you is that we know that the DACA program is unlawful .
The Supreme Court even this week did not say that the program was lawful .
And in fact , they said that the department has the ability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t like is the rationale in the way in which we propose to do that .
And I- I find that a little concerning because what we know is the Obama administration created this program out of thin air , did not provide notice and comment before the American public to comment on such a- a monumental decision .
Instead , the president and this administration has laid out a six month phase out program , been very upfront with the American people about how to do that .
Wolf noted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s ruling , for now .
We ’ ll continue the program as we have over the past two years , continuing to renew those .
But the president ’ s been very clear about wanting to find a lasting solution for these individuals .
He ’ s also directed the department to take a look at the court opinion , take a look at our rationale , and we ’ re doing that as well so that we can , again , wind down this program .
I think it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this is an unlawful program .
Wolf ’ s and the Trump Administration ’ s justification fell under the guise of “ it takes a wrong to right another wrong.
” However , the Supreme Court believed otherwise in ruling the Administration violated the Administrative Procedures Act by not allowing public comment ( hot takes from journalists and social media notwithstanding ) .
“ The dispute before the Court is not whether DHS may rescind DACA , ” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion .
“ All parties agree that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ primarily about the procedure the agency followed in doing so.
” The Court agreed that some procedures were correctly followed by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions until DHS got involved .
I ’ m partially sympathetic towards the Trump Administration ’ s argument .
The Obama Administration ’ s decision to unilaterally enact DACA exceeded his scope of authority under the Constitution .
The fact he violated the Administrative Procedures Act cinches my opinion despite a compelling argument to the contrary from Ilya Somin at Volokh Conspiracy in 2012 .
Somin saw DACA as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government deciding what crimes are worth pursuing and what aren ’ t due to the leviathan of federal law .
The Trump Administration sees the decision to revoke DACA as legal because it ’ s enforcing the leviathan of federal law .
Both arguments make sense ; however , the federal government needs to play by the rules regardless of the circumstances .
Not doing so only allows the executive to hoard more and more power for itself .
We don ’ t live under an elected monarchy with elected “ advisers ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is simple : Congress…do your job .
Perhaps it ’ s also time to reconsider the plethora of laws on the books and start revoking them , as well , if they have nothing to do with life , liberty , or property .

The Trump Administration will keep DACA operational despite believing the program illegal. Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf vowed on NBC’s Meet the Press and CBS’ Face the Nation he believed the U.S. Supreme Court never declared DACA legal but had issues with its implementation. From Face the Nation:
Well, what I would tell you is that we know that the DACA program is unlawful. The Supreme Court even this week did not say that the program was lawful. And in fact, they said that the department has the ability to rescind the program. What they didn’t like is the rationale in the way in which we propose to do that. And I- I find that a little concerning because what we know is the Obama administration created this program out of thin air, did not provide notice and comment before the American public to comment on such a- a monumental decision. Instead, the president and this administration has laid out a six month phase out program, been very upfront with the American people about how to do that.
Wolf noted the agency will follow the high court’s ruling, for now.
We’ll continue the program as we have over the past two years, continuing to renew those. But the president’s been very clear about wanting to find a lasting solution for these individuals. He’s also directed the department to take a look at the court opinion, take a look at our rationale, and we’re doing that as well so that we can, again, wind down this program. I think it’s important to- to remind your viewers this is an unlawful program.
Wolf’s and the Trump Administration’s justification fell under the guise of “it takes a wrong to right another wrong.” However, the Supreme Court believed otherwise in ruling the Administration violated the Administrative Procedures Act by not allowing public comment (hot takes from journalists and social media notwithstanding).
“The dispute before the Court is not whether DHS may rescind DACA,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. “All parties agree that it may. The dispute is instead primarily about the procedure the agency followed in doing so.”
The Court agreed that some procedures were correctly followed by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions until DHS got involved.
The dissent is correct that DACA was rescinded because of the Attorney General’s illegality determination. But nothing about that determination foreclosed or even addressed the options of retaining forbearance or accommodating particular reliance interests. Acting Secretary Duke should have considered those matters but did not. That failure was arbitrary and capricious in violation of the APA.
I’m partially sympathetic towards the Trump Administration’s argument. The Obama Administration’s decision to unilaterally enact DACA exceeded his scope of authority under the Constitution. The fact he violated the Administrative Procedures Act cinches my opinion despite a compelling argument to the contrary from Ilya Somin at Volokh Conspiracy in 2012. Somin saw DACA as legal under the guise of the federal government deciding what crimes are worth pursuing and what aren’t due to the leviathan of federal law. The Trump Administration sees the decision to revoke DACA as legal because it’s enforcing the leviathan of federal law.
Both arguments make sense; however, the federal government needs to play by the rules regardless of the circumstances. Not doing so only allows the executive to hoard more and more power for itself. We don’t live under an elected monarchy with elected “advisers” in Congress.
The solution to this is simple: Congress…do your job. Perhaps it’s also time to reconsider the plethora of laws on the books and start revoking them, as well, if they have nothing to do with life, liberty, or property.


hotair--2020-06-21--Report: Trump "livid" about underwhelming rally turnout

Brad Parscale ’ s going to be blamed for last night ’ s PR fiasco but that ’ s not entirely fair .
Normal campaigns work to lower expectations for themselves and to raise expectations for their opponents ; that way it ’ s easy for the campaign to “ overperform ” and for the opponent to “ underperform.
” The Trump campaign and the RNC do the opposite .
They continuously lower expectations for Joe Biden by treating him like a complete mental defective , inadvertently making it easier for him to “ impress ” by delivering a coherent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ raise expectations for themselves because that ’ s just how the boss rolls and always has .
The biggest , the greatest , the best of everything — that ’ s the Trump hype machine , 24/7/365 .
So even if Parscale had wanted to lower expectations last night for strategic reasons , expecting that a huge crowd would turn out anyway , I don ’ t think the boss would have stood for it .
It would have amounted to doubting , even for merely rhetorical purposes , that Trump fans currently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they always have .
All things Trump are phenomenal and super-popular and all things anti-Trump ( i.e .
Biden ) are moronic and contemptible : That ’ s the script Parscale has to work with because the president ’ s ego won ’ t tolerate anything else .
The campaign can ’ t deviate from it even when it ’ s to their benefit to do so .
He dutifully played the Trump hype game in promoting the rally over the past week… …but the reality turned out to be different : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the humiliation : “ Mr .
Trump was furious about the unused outdoor stage and the comparatively thin crowd in the stadium , according to two people familiar with his reaction , ” reported the NYT this morning .
“ News broadcasts carried video of the partially empty stadium , and even the Drudge Report , a reliably conservative website , carried an all-caps headline that said ‘ MAGA LESS MEGA ’ with a picture of rows and rows of empty blue seats.
” I ’ ve seen people on social media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ getting into a pissing match with him about crowd size , supposedly another example of the president convincing his opponents to obsess about his own obsessions… …but keying in on the size of his crowd isn ’ t empty schadenfreude .
Trump himself was treating the event as a show of political force designed to contrast the intense enthusiasm his base feels for him with the decidedly unenthusiastic sentiment for Biden on the left .
Not only that , a “ festival ” atmosphere inside and outside the arena was supposed to signal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind and getting back to normal after the first wave of COVID-19 had passed .
( Well , maybe not passed .
“ Somewhat abated , ” let ’ s say . )
Trump has spent months insisting that the economy needs to reopen ASAP .
Now he was going to host his own reopening kickoff extravaganza , with MAGA fans turning out in droves to prove that they won ’ t be intimidated by overly cautious eggheads like Anthony Fauci and his Democratic fan base .
But they didn ’ t turn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even Trump-loving righties , know a potential viral catastrophe when they see one .
If Trump had taken the advice of Oklahoma ’ s governor and moved the event to an outdoor arena , maybe more Trumpers would have gambled that it ’ d be safe to show up .
Why he insisted on holding it indoors against the health advice of literally everyone , I don ’ t know .
Spite , I guess .
His supporters seem to have limits on how far they ’ ll go to show spite even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fear of the virus fully explain the low turnout last night , though ?
There are reports elsewhere today that mischievous teens pranked the campaign by flooding them with ticket requests for the rally despite having no intention of going , but I ’ m skeptical that that was as much of a factor as people seem to think .
As Dave Weigel points out , if there really were one million RSVPs ( per Parscale ’ s tweet ) , even if *95 percent* of them were pranks there still should have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arena .
In reality there were 6,200 inside the building according to the Tulsa fire department and not a whole lot outside .
My guess is that a big chunk of the RSVPs came from earnest Trump fans from around the country who had no intention of going but who wanted to help boost the president ’ s talking point about how much demand there was for the event .
One million RSVPs !
MAGA is stronger than ever !
Those people probably assumed , not unreasonably , that the event would end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media would ooh and ahh at the possibility that a million Trump supporters really did want to attend .
But it backfired once reporters saw the empty upper deck .
Now everyone thinks Team Trump got suckered by a teen prank .
There was a lot of hype in red-state America over the past few weeks about Antifa plotting to descend on small towns and wreak havoc as the George Floyd protests raged nationally .
Between that and Fox amplifying left-wing violence of all stripes , some Trumpers may have wanted to show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about what might be waiting for them outside the arena .
( In reality , and contrary to Team Trump ’ s excuses today about protesters blocking Trump fans from attending , there weren ’ t that many demonstrators on the scene . )
And ironically , a different kind of hype might have steered people away : As Philip Klein says , the breathless tweeting by Parscale and others about a million RSVPs may have convinced some Trump fans who wanted to attend that there ’ d be no chance of getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mammoth crowd outside the arena in Tulsa that would fill not only the arena but many blocks around the overflow area .
Why bother venturing out on a hot summer evening and risking exposure to the coronavirus from a huge crowd when your chances of actually seeing the president were — or so you thought — nil ?
For whatever reason , Trump didn ’ t get his show of force and so now someone must pay .
“ I wouldn ’ t be surprised if somebody gets fired over this , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At a minimum , Parscale is now on thin ice : If attendance underwhelms at the next rally Trump holds , a scapegoat will be found and it surely won ’ t be the president .
If Parscale ’ s smart he ’ ll make sure the next one ’ s held outdoors to try to lure out Trump fans who want to attend but fear being infected by COVID-19 .
In lieu of an exit question , go watch Swan at Mediaite speaking to MSNBC after the rally about the fallout @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be recriminations , ” he predicts .

Brad Parscale’s going to be blamed for last night’s PR fiasco but that’s not entirely fair. Normal campaigns work to lower expectations for themselves and to raise expectations for their opponents; that way it’s easy for the campaign to “overperform” and for the opponent to “underperform.” The Trump campaign and the RNC do the opposite. They continuously lower expectations for Joe Biden by treating him like a complete mental defective, inadvertently making it easier for him to “impress” by delivering a coherent answer on anything. And they continuously raise expectations for themselves because that’s just how the boss rolls and always has. The biggest, the greatest, the best of everything — that’s the Trump hype machine, 24/7/365.
So even if Parscale had wanted to lower expectations last night for strategic reasons, expecting that a huge crowd would turn out anyway, I don’t think the boss would have stood for it. It would have amounted to doubting, even for merely rhetorical purposes, that Trump fans currently feel the same enthusiasm for their hero as they always have. All things Trump are phenomenal and super-popular and all things anti-Trump (i.e. Biden) are moronic and contemptible: That’s the script Parscale has to work with because the president’s ego won’t tolerate anything else. The campaign can’t deviate from it even when it’s to their benefit to do so.
He dutifully played the Trump hype game in promoting the rally over the past week…
Over 1M ticket requests for the @realDonaldTrump #MAGA Rally in Tulsa on Saturday. Before entering each guest will get: ✅Temperature check
✅Hand sanitizer
✅Mask There will be precautions for the heat and bottled water as well. — Brad Parscale (@parscale) June 15, 2020
The outdoor stage for @realDonaldTrump’s Rally in Tulsa being built. This will be the 1st time that POTUS speaks to BOTH crowds in person – inside & outside. If you come to the rally and don’t get into the BOK Center before it’s full, you can still see the President in person! pic.twitter.com/7hoLFgzvLA — Brad Parscale (@parscale) June 20, 2020
…but the reality turned out to be different:
A video panorama view inside the arena for @realDonaldTrump rally in Tulsa. pic.twitter.com/h4H8r60YwQ — Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) June 20, 2020
President Trump will no longer deliver a planned address to the overflow crowd outside the BOK Center at his Tulsa rally, a Trump campaign source tells @ABC News. pic.twitter.com/dZq8DfUemF — Will Steakin (@wsteaks) June 20, 2020
Rally programming starting now. Here’s the scene outside. pic.twitter.com/CRnV6b4LfY — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 20, 2020
The president is reportedly “livid” at the humiliation:
Trump was “livid – extremely irritated” by the turnout last night at the rally, @CeciliaVega reports #thisweek — Rick Klein (@rickklein) June 21, 2020
“Mr. Trump was furious about the unused outdoor stage and the comparatively thin crowd in the stadium, according to two people familiar with his reaction,” reported the NYT this morning. “News broadcasts carried video of the partially empty stadium, and even the Drudge Report, a reliably conservative website, carried an all-caps headline that said ‘MAGA LESS MEGA’ with a picture of rows and rows of empty blue seats.” I’ve seen people on social media scolding the press and Trump critics for getting into a pissing match with him about crowd size, supposedly another example of the president convincing his opponents to obsess about his own obsessions…
…but keying in on the size of his crowd isn’t empty schadenfreude. Trump himself was treating the event as a show of political force designed to contrast the intense enthusiasm his base feels for him with the decidedly unenthusiastic sentiment for Biden on the left. Not only that, a “festival” atmosphere inside and outside the arena was supposed to signal that America was leaving its coronavirus worries behind and getting back to normal after the first wave of COVID-19 had passed. (Well, maybe not passed. “Somewhat abated,” let’s say.) Trump has spent months insisting that the economy needs to reopen ASAP. Now he was going to host his own reopening kickoff extravaganza, with MAGA fans turning out in droves to prove that they won’t be intimidated by overly cautious eggheads like Anthony Fauci and his Democratic fan base.
But they didn’t turn out. A lot of righties, even Trump-loving righties, know a potential viral catastrophe when they see one. If Trump had taken the advice of Oklahoma’s governor and moved the event to an outdoor arena, maybe more Trumpers would have gambled that it’d be safe to show up. Why he insisted on holding it indoors against the health advice of literally everyone, I don’t know. Spite, I guess. His supporters seem to have limits on how far they’ll go to show spite even if he doesn’t.
Does fear of the virus fully explain the low turnout last night, though? There are reports elsewhere today that mischievous teens pranked the campaign by flooding them with ticket requests for the rally despite having no intention of going, but I’m skeptical that that was as much of a factor as people seem to think. As Dave Weigel points out, if there really were one million RSVPs (per Parscale’s tweet), even if *95 percent* of them were pranks there still should have been 50,000 Trumpers in and around the arena. In reality there were 6,200 inside the building according to the Tulsa fire department and not a whole lot outside.
My guess is that a big chunk of the RSVPs came from earnest Trump fans from around the country who had no intention of going but who wanted to help boost the president’s talking point about how much demand there was for the event. One million RSVPs! MAGA is stronger than ever! Those people probably assumed, not unreasonably, that the event would end up being sold out and that the media would ooh and ahh at the possibility that a million Trump supporters really did want to attend. But it backfired once reporters saw the empty upper deck. Now everyone thinks Team Trump got suckered by a teen prank.
Weigel raises another possibility:
Something that kept occurring to me: Even after the George Floyd protests became peaceful, Fox was playing and replaying footage of a store being burned in Minneapolis. How do you over-hype the threat of protests then ask people to crowd into downtown? — Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) June 21, 2020
There was a lot of hype in red-state America over the past few weeks about Antifa plotting to descend on small towns and wreak havoc as the George Floyd protests raged nationally. Between that and Fox amplifying left-wing violence of all stripes, some Trumpers may have wanted to show up last night but were too frightened about what might be waiting for them outside the arena. (In reality, and contrary to Team Trump’s excuses today about protesters blocking Trump fans from attending, there weren’t that many demonstrators on the scene.) And ironically, a different kind of hype might have steered people away: As Philip Klein says, the breathless tweeting by Parscale and others about a million RSVPs may have convinced some Trump fans who wanted to attend that there’d be no chance of getting in, that they might encounter a mammoth crowd outside the arena in Tulsa that would fill not only the arena but many blocks around the overflow area. Why bother venturing out on a hot summer evening and risking exposure to the coronavirus from a huge crowd when your chances of actually seeing the president were — or so you thought — nil?
For whatever reason, Trump didn’t get his show of force and so now someone must pay. “I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody gets fired over this,” tweeted Axios reporter Jonathan Swan last night. At a minimum, Parscale is now on thin ice: If attendance underwhelms at the next rally Trump holds, a scapegoat will be found and it surely won’t be the president. If Parscale’s smart he’ll make sure the next one’s held outdoors to try to lure out Trump fans who want to attend but fear being infected by COVID-19.
In lieu of an exit question, go watch Swan at Mediaite speaking to MSNBC after the rally about the fallout within the campaign. “There will be recriminations,” he predicts.


hotair--2020-06-21--Trump's UFO/Roswell interview didn't seem all that compelling

This story is actually from last Thursday night , but I wanted to dwell on it for a while and gauge the reactions of others before diving into the controversial subject .
The President sat down for an interview with his son , Donald Trump jr. on behalf of his reelection campaign and covered a variety of topics .
At the very end of the interview , however , Don jr. delivered on a promise that he ’ d been making on social media in advance of the event and it was of great interest to the community involved in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crowd that he was going to ask his father what he knows about UFOs , an alien presence on the Earth and related matters .
Good to his word , he did just that and managed to get an answer out of the President .
Or at least the beginning of an answer .
( NBC News ) President Donald Trump says he ’ s heard some interesting things about Roswell , but he ’ s not sharing even with his eldest child .
Trump made the comments Thursday in a Father ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump Jr. , hosted by the president ’ s reelection campaign .
Don Jr. wound down his interview by jokingly asking his Dad/President if he would ever divulge more information about Roswell , the New Mexico city known for its proximity to arguably most famous UFO event — “ and let us know what ’ s really going on.
” Trump responded , “ I won ’ t talk to you about what I know about it , but it ’ s very interesting.
” Before I muddy the water with my own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the interview yourself .
It ’ s less than a minute long and came at the end of the session .
Donald Trump jr. : Last question .
Before you leave office will you let us know if there ’ s aliens ?
Because this is the only thing I really want to know .
I want to know what ’ s going on .
Would you ever open up Roswell and let us know what ’ s really going on there ?
President Donald Trump : So many people ask me that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It sounds almost ridiculous , but it ’ s actually the real question I want to know .
DT : It sounds like a cute question , but it ’ s actually… there are millions and millions of people that want to go there .
That want to see it .
I won ’ t talk to you about what I know about it , but it ’ s very interesting .
But Roswell is a very interesting place with a lot of people who would like to know what ’ s going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re saying you may declassify ?
You ’ ll take it… DT : I ’ ll have to think about that one .
As I mentioned above , I have some serious reservations about this interview in terms of real news about possible government disclosure .
But not everyone did .
Here ’ s an early impression from Steven Greenstreet , host of The Basement Office at the New York Post who covers the issues of UFOs extensively .
I suppose Steven ’ s take is one way to look at it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this interview closely and watched it live .
Allow me to potentially toss a bit of cold water on this .
First of all , Don jr. had been trolling # UFOtwitter in advance of this interview for a while .
And I don ’ t mean “ trolling ” in the bad way .
He was just actively pumping up the upcoming interview and hitting all of the paranormal/ufology hashtags heavily .
While I ’ m not denying that he may have a strong , legitimate interest in the subject himself , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ move politically .
Granted the population of # UFOtwitter is tiny compared to political Twitter and we don ’ t represent enough people to swing an election .
But every little bit helps .
And both in 2016 and again this year I have seen people posting about how they don ’ t give a flying fig about any other issues of the day .
They will vote for the candidate who promises Disclosure on the UFO topic .
They are the ultimate examples of the “ persuadable voter ” category .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the President was awfully relaxed and had an answer ready .
It ’ s hard not to think that his son had prepped him for the question in advance .
But the preparations weren ’ t that great .
Don jr. asked about “ opening up Roswell.
” The President answered in terms of Roswell .
But Roswell is already open .
It ’ s ancient history .
You can go there if you have the stamina and a good enough vehicle .
Nobody is clamoring to see Roswell except for historical purposes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were both thinking/talking about Area 51 .
Perhaps a minor point , but that ’ s a pretty big error in terms of the search for Disclosure .
As for the President saying “ I won ’ t talk to you about what I know about it , ” that also landed with a thud for me .
He ’ s clearly trying to sound mysterious and imply that there are things to know and he knows them , but let ’ s just say I have my doubts .
As I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can count , even if we assume there is some BIG government information regarding UFOs , extraterrestrials and government knowledge of ( or even contact with ) them out there , that information is kept inside very carefully controlled chimneys of the Defense and Intelligence communities .
And frankly , I don ’ t think they ’ re telling Donald Trump anything , nor have they told any presidents in recent memory .
The last President who probably knew anything ( assuming there ’ s something to be known ) was almost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came from the military and previously ran the CIA .
And he was a good soldier and didn ’ t flap his gums about secrets .
I doubt he even told Bush 43 .
When asked if he would eventually declassify information , he only says he ’ ll “ have to think about it.
” That ’ s a teaser at best .
It ’ s good for a few headlines , but frankly , I don ’ t think we ’ re one iota closer to Disclosure right now than we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is coming beyond what the Pentagon has already released about AATIP and Navy UFO encounters , we ’ re probably going to have to make that happen ourselves .

This story is actually from last Thursday night, but I wanted to dwell on it for a while and gauge the reactions of others before diving into the controversial subject. The President sat down for an interview with his son, Donald Trump jr. on behalf of his reelection campaign and covered a variety of topics. At the very end of the interview, however, Don jr. delivered on a promise that he’d been making on social media in advance of the event and it was of great interest to the community involved in ufology. He promised the #UFOtwitter crowd that he was going to ask his father what he knows about UFOs, an alien presence on the Earth and related matters. Good to his word, he did just that and managed to get an answer out of the President. Or at least the beginning of an answer. (NBC News)
President Donald Trump says he’s heard some interesting things about Roswell, but he’s not sharing even with his eldest child. Trump made the comments Thursday in a Father’s Day-themed interview with his son Don Trump Jr., hosted by the president’s reelection campaign. Don Jr. wound down his interview by jokingly asking his Dad/President if he would ever divulge more information about Roswell, the New Mexico city known for its proximity to arguably most famous UFO event — “and let us know what’s really going on.” Trump responded, “I won’t talk to you about what I know about it, but it’s very interesting.”
Before I muddy the water with my own impressions here, watch this portion of the interview yourself. It’s less than a minute long and came at the end of the session.
Donald Trump jr.: Last question. Before you leave office will you let us know if there’s aliens? Because this is the only thing I really want to know. I want to know what’s going on. Would you ever open up Roswell and let us know what’s really going on there? President Donald Trump: So many people ask me that question. DTJ: I know. It sounds almost ridiculous, but it’s actually the real question I want to know. DT: It sounds like a cute question, but it’s actually… there are millions and millions of people that want to go there. That want to see it. I won’t talk to you about what I know about it, but it’s very interesting. But Roswell is a very interesting place with a lot of people who would like to know what’s going on. DTJ: So you’re saying you may declassify? You’ll take it… DT: I’ll have to think about that one.
As I mentioned above, I have some serious reservations about this interview in terms of real news about possible government disclosure. But not everyone did. Here’s an early impression from Steven Greenstreet, host of The Basement Office at the New York Post who covers the issues of UFOs extensively.
"I won't talk to you…" – not ready to reveal details …"about what I know about it." – infers he knows details "But it's very interesting." – infers he not only knows the details, but has an opinion about it — Steven Greenstreet (@MiddleOfMayhem) June 19, 2020
“I won’t talk to you…” – not ready to reveal details …”about what I know about it.” – infers he knows details “But it’s very interesting.” – infers he not only knows the details, but has an opinion about it
I suppose Steven’s take is one way to look at it, but I was following the build-up to this interview closely and watched it live. Allow me to potentially toss a bit of cold water on this.
First of all, Don jr. had been trolling #UFOtwitter in advance of this interview for a while. And I don’t mean “trolling” in the bad way. He was just actively pumping up the upcoming interview and hitting all of the paranormal/ufology hashtags heavily. While I’m not denying that he may have a strong, legitimate interest in the subject himself, it’s also not a bad move politically. Granted the population of #UFOtwitter is tiny compared to political Twitter and we don’t represent enough people to swing an election. But every little bit helps. And both in 2016 and again this year I have seen people posting about how they don’t give a flying fig about any other issues of the day. They will vote for the candidate who promises Disclosure on the UFO topic. They are the ultimate examples of the “persuadable voter” category.
As to the substance of the conversation, the President was awfully relaxed and had an answer ready. It’s hard not to think that his son had prepped him for the question in advance. But the preparations weren’t that great. Don jr. asked about “opening up Roswell.” The President answered in terms of Roswell. But Roswell is already open. It’s ancient history. You can go there if you have the stamina and a good enough vehicle. Nobody is clamoring to see Roswell except for historical purposes. I’m pretty sure they were both thinking/talking about Area 51. Perhaps a minor point, but that’s a pretty big error in terms of the search for Disclosure.
As for the President saying “I won’t talk to you about what I know about it,” that also landed with a thud for me. He’s clearly trying to sound mysterious and imply that there are things to know and he knows them, but let’s just say I have my doubts. As I’ve written here on more occasions than I can count, even if we assume there is some BIG government information regarding UFOs, extraterrestrials and government knowledge of (or even contact with) them out there, that information is kept inside very carefully controlled chimneys of the Defense and Intelligence communities. And frankly, I don’t think they’re telling Donald Trump anything, nor have they told any presidents in recent memory. The last President who probably knew anything (assuming there’s something to be known) was almost certainly George H. W. Bush because he came from the military and previously ran the CIA. And he was a good soldier and didn’t flap his gums about secrets. I doubt he even told Bush 43.
When asked if he would eventually declassify information, he only says he’ll “have to think about it.” That’s a teaser at best. It’s good for a few headlines, but frankly, I don’t think we’re one iota closer to Disclosure right now than we were before Thursday night. If Disclosure is coming beyond what the Pentagon has already released about AATIP and Navy UFO encounters, we’re probably going to have to make that happen ourselves.