Madison Cornbread Is the Latest Beneficiary of Corrupt DC Democrat Jury Nullification

Democrats have been rigging juries for decades, refusing to convict any Democrat politicos and throwing the absolute book out of any poor Republicans caught in James Comey's dragnet.

Madison Cornbread is the latest Democrat partisan let off the hook by No One Is Above the Law DC juries:

The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
Breaking news: A grand jury rejected the DOJ's attempt to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for the account she gave lawmakers of President Trump's actions during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to people familiar with the matter.

Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew
18h
This is why they took the case with the 2 FBI Agents before a Magistrate judge yesterday.
The DC Grand Juries are going to nullify any noteworthy case they hear.

Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
Oct 28
One of the most important priorities of the past two years should have been to break Washington DC's monopoly over the adjudication of virtually anything that can be connected to the capital, however remotely.
The system is totally dysfunctional and fundamentally unfair, whereby anyone who is not a Democrat has no chance of receiving a fair hearing, let alone justice, while Democrats themselves are completely shielded from accountability.
That was painfully clear during Trump's first term, became even more glaring with the January 6 prosecutions, and was illustrated yet again by travesties such as the grotesque $1 million judgment against Mark Steyn for criticizing climate change "research." The constitutional promise of a fair trial and jury of one's peers is completely meaningless in DC for anyone who is not on the far left.
None of this is new. Many of us have been warning about this problem for years and proposing various ways to address it. Yet, predictably, absolutely nothing has been done, and nothing will be done.

Skeptical Stoic
@StoicSkeptic

In case you want to know how bad things really are...
For the last several years, left-wing activist groups have hosted information and training sessions for prospective jurors in DC. This is part of an organized effort to nullify the DC jury pool in order to give Democrats and their allies in DC de facto immunity for politically motivated crimes while subjecting anyone they suspect of being a political opponent to a "guilty until proven innocent" standard.
It's a complete perversion and total inversion of what the justice system in this country is supposed to be, but Democrats care more about protecting Democrats and hurting Republicans than they care about the justice system, let alone the country.
No doubt Democrats and the legacy media (but I repeat myself) would be wailing like banshees on crystal meth if the situation were reversed.

The DSA is hosting "trainings" where they teach their communist insurrectionists to vote against the clear weight of evidence in favor of the left and always against the right.

The U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced it is investigating "left-wing activist groups in the District of Columbia" who allegedly provide jury nullification initiatives to teach potential jurors how to influence the outcomes of criminal cases and acquit criminals.

"Free DC, in coordination with Harriet's Wildest Dreams, has held jury nullification training sessions to instruct potential jurors in how to navigate juror vetting and subvert lawful prosecutions in the District of Columbia," wrote House Oversight Chairman James Comer. "Leaders at these public sessions brazenly declared radical intentions. At an August 12 training, Qiana Johnson, who serves on the Board of Harriet's Wildest Dreams and is a 'conductor of legal defense' for the organization, told attendees, '[y]ou have this superpower, and that superpower is you are able to nullify that goddamn jury. In conducting these trainings, your organization is blatantly facilitating the violation of the constitutional right to an impartial jury and undermining the rule of law in the District."

In a letter to Free DC Executive Director Keya Chatterjee and Harriet's Wildest Dreams Board Member and Former Co-Conductor Qiana Johnson, Comer raised concerns that "they are training activists to conceal their biases during jury selection, infiltrate juries, and acquit criminals based on political agendas rather than the law and evidence. Chairman Comer is requesting all documents and communications related to their jury nullification training sessions, coordination with outside partners, and funding."

The Oversight Committee added in a new release that, "these sessions instructed activists to falsely present themselves as unbiased and conceal their ties to prison abolitionist groups during jury selection. Free DC has also publicly touted its juror training efforts as a source of power to halt prosecutions. Free DC is fiscally sponsored by organizations financed by left-wing dark money groups that also support other entities conducting jury nullification workshops."
"It is clear that the position of Free DC and Harriet's Wildest Dreams is that potential jurors should not make decisions impartially based on applying the law as instructed to the facts presented before them in the case, but based on their subjective, personal beliefs and activist agendas."

But not a single Republican will propose a law granting prosecutors or defendants the right to change venues in politically-sensitive cases in venues where the last election went by more than 58% (say) for one party.

Republican corporate clockpunchers continue living in fantasy, high on nostalgia for a country that stopped existing by 2008.

Now they're escalating, preparing How To Guides for jury corruption.

The plan reaches into GRAND JURIES.
It describes educating community members to:
“reject improper prosecutions when serving on grand juries”
For investigations used to pressure unlawful compliance, it prescribes immediate framing as intimidation aimed at overturning an election.
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) October 28, 2026

Extremely related: Apparently a whistleblower came forward to offer his personal knowledge that James Comey did in fact Knowingly Know he was conspiring to violate the Espionage Act.

The whistleblower says he knows this for a fact, because he was one of the people Comey asked to illegally leak classified information to the press.

Erikaaa
@ErikaCA47

The charges filed against James Comey are OOF. 🤯

It appears as if a whistleblower (Individual #1) has come forward.

The complaint alleges Comey was part of a group conspiracy with others (some known! 👀 to knowingly violate the Espionage Act.

James Comey apparently directed the group to solicit the whistleblower (individual #1) to disclose national security defense information to a reporter for NATIONAL NEWS PUBLICATION.

The charges filed against James Comey are OOF. 🤯
It appears as if a whistleblower (Individual #1) has come forward.
The complaint alleges Comey was part of a group conspiracy with others (some known! 👀 to knowingly violate the Espionage Act.
James Comey apparently directed the group to solicit the whistleblower (individual #1) to disclose national security defense information to a reporter for NATIONAL NEWS PUBLICATION.
Yikes. 😬
— Erikaaa (@ErikaCA47) October 26, 2026

Before Nothing Will Happen Guy gets here: Nothing Will Happen.

Republicans have sat around with their thumbs up their assholes while Democrats have subverted the entire legal system in DC, where 99% of political trials and grand juries are held.

Update:

>>>Honestly asking, but what exactly do you do here? They are trying to prosecute, but unless we change who lives in DC, seems a hard problem to solve.
I literally just said: People are allowed to ask for changes of venues if the local juries can be shown to be overly prejudiced against the defenders. Trials for notorious murderers are routinely held a few counties away from the scenes of the crimes for this reason.
What I am proposing is a rule that recognizes, in cases involving political figures, that having a jury pool that is 58% or more tilted to one party counts as "overly prejudiced" and removal to a more balanced venue is authorized.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM

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1 It's okay, she's allowed to lie to us.

Posted by: Congress at October 29, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)

2 Any Democrat living in the DC area is essentially walking around with a "pardon for life" and they know it.

Deep state antics will have no consequences.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 29, 2026 01:11 PM (iZHgT)

3 First?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 29, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

4 Republicans have sat around with their thumbs up their assholes while Democrats have subverted the entire legal system in DC, where 99% of political trials and grand juries are held.
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The only ceiling on hating the Republicans enough, is how much you hate the Democrats and media--but I repeat myself.

Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 01:12 PM (Fi81e)

5 Before Nothing Will Happen Guy gets here: Nothing Will Happen.

In this case, Nothing Will Happen Guy is on point.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 29, 2026 01:12 PM (Riz8t)

6 Ain't nothing gonna happen to any democrat, only Republicans get arrested for bs. The country is just about lost.

Posted by: Bob at October 29, 2026 01:13 PM (8fcNE)

7 It struck me cold today:

All the people that Trump is running around boosting could feel that Trump has to do this to receive slightly less resistance in Congress.

They could actually feel they owe him nothing.

Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 01:14 PM (Fi81e)

8 Might be time to Heinleinize the DMV. Central Maryland, DC, and northern Virginia can serve on juries or grand juries only if they are honorably discharged veterans.

Posted by: a world that works at October 29, 2026 01:14 PM (88C+u)

9 That's it. I'm unionizing.

Posted by: Nothing Will Happen Guy at October 29, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)

10 News of this jury tampering "training" makes me want to *types deletes.*

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to just live her life at October 29, 2026 01:15 PM (Wt5PA)

11 Republicans have sat around with their thumbs up their assholes while Democrats have subverted the entire legal system in DC, where 99% of political trials and grand juries are held.
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I take strong exception to this characterization of Republicans as do-nothings. On the contrary, they have actively aided and abetted the commies at every turn.

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:15 PM (hVPzc)

12 I'm beginning to think the left is better at this game than we are

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

13
Yup, this has gotten to be a structural flaw. Democrat politicians and officials operating in DC are literally immune from prosecution. Is there any way to remedy this? I don't know the legal or constitutional foundation for prosecuting a federal crime in the state or district where it was committed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:15 PM (mmrXZ)

14 emmett till's killers were properly set free by a jury

Posted by: Paul at October 29, 2026 01:16 PM (x+6zT)

15 As much as we give Putin shit about pushing his opposition out of windows, it occurs to me that might be a pretty effective method.

I mean...moreso than seeking 'Justice' in our system.

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:16 PM (Qugny)

16 >>>Republicans have sat around with their thumbs up their assholes while Democrats have subverted the entire legal system in DC, where 99% of political trials and grand juries are held.

Listen Sonny, just what do you think those thumbs are for?
--RINOs

Posted by: No Name Today at October 29, 2026 01:16 PM (8mulE)

17 Do you wear a Nehru jacket with Madras pants?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 01:16 PM (rbvCR)

18 They could actually feel they owe him nothing.

Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 01:14 PM (Fi81e)

It's not about what is owed. It's about who pays more for less.

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:17 PM (hVPzc)

19 >>>15 As much as we give Putin shit about pushing his opposition out of windows, it occurs to me that might be a pretty effective method.

>>>types *deletes*

wait until you see the See You Next Cunt in tomorrow's week in woke.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:17 PM (1wjle)

20 >>Yup, this has gotten to be a structural flaw. Democrat politicians and officials operating in DC are literally immune from prosecution. Is there any way to remedy this?

Yes. To a degree...

There is no reason DC needs to have an independent circuit court.

Not that Maryland and Virginia won't cover their 6.

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:17 PM (Qugny)

21 Republicans have sat around with their thumbs up their assholes while Democrats have subverted the entire legal system in DC, where 99% of political trials and grand juries are held.

==

Honestly asking, but what exactly do you do here? They are trying to prosecute, but unless we change who lives in DC, seems a hard problem to solve.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 29, 2026 01:18 PM (bRUin)

22
Did Cassidy Hutchinson even bother hiring a defense team, or did she go with a public defender? Good way to save money in that town.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:18 PM (mmrXZ)

23 Paul Manafort was not of the Body.

They wanted to tag on witness tampering for trying to contact old colleagues to see what they would likely say.

Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 01:18 PM (Fi81e)

24 My understanding is that judges really approve of jury nullification, and merely nod approvingly when it is alleged or conspired to be done.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 01:18 PM (rbvCR)

25 Democrats and their co conspirators know that undermining the judicial system is key to gaining a maintaining power. Forever. Look at every corrupt country, and most in Latin America that have escaped the communist left. In almost every case they corrupted the judiciary.

The judiciary is the weak link in our republic. I do t know how many times those alleged and under oath pledging to protect it will watch the judiciary destroy it without any attempt to intervene. There is a point at which people sense it is slipping away and take matters into their own hands. That’s just history.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 29, 2026 01:19 PM (0cp4g)

26 No change of venue options?

Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 01:19 PM (lCppi)

27 We're about to see the full weight of leftist coming down on James O'Keefe in Minnesota for showing how easy it is to fraudulently vote.

He's probably going to get 10 years.

Meanwhile the DOJ can't even file proper paperwork against James Comey.

This is the 3rd paperwork, maybe more "mishap" from these chuckleheads.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2026 01:19 PM (XV/Pl)

28 >>>Honestly asking, but what exactly do you do here? They are trying to prosecute, but unless we change who lives in DC, seems a hard problem to solve.

I literally just said: People are allowed to ask for changes of venues if the local juries can be shown to be overly prejudiced against the defenders. Trials for notorious murderers are routinely held a few counties away from the scenes of the crimes for this reason.

What I am proposing is a rule that recognizes, in cases involving political figures, that having a jury pool that is 58% or more tilted to one party counts as "overly prejudiced" and removal to a more balanced venue is authorized.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:20 PM (1wjle)

29 >>My understanding is that judges really approve of jury nullification, and merely nod approvingly when it is alleged or conspired to be done.

No. Nullification is loathed by the Judiciary...unless you are talking about Leftist Judges who are otherwise cornered by precedent.

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:20 PM (Qugny)

30 13
Yup, this has gotten to be a structural flaw. Democrat politicians and officials operating in DC are literally immune from prosecution. Is there any way to remedy this? I don't know the legal or constitutional foundation for prosecuting a federal crime in the state or district where it was committed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:15 PM (mmrXZ)

The rememdy is to pass a law that closes the DC district court (aka where normal federal crimes go) and to state that all federal felony crimes that used to be tried in DC district court will now be tried on a rotating basis in any of the other district courts in the US through a lottery assignment system.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 29, 2026 01:20 PM (tOcjL)

31 Sidebar item:
[Song title]
Don't breathe down my neck, no
I got no trophies on display
I sign them away
I mean what the heck
All of your promises
Don't fill me with pride no
I just wanna get out on the floor
And do the Cuban slide, slide, slide, slide

The last line gave it away for me. Had to be the Pretenders doing the Cuban Slide. Except... They had two songs with "Cuban Slide" in the lyrics and I had the wrong one.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 29, 2026 01:21 PM (8mulE)

32 The Lord knows that many venial corruptions will capsize any well-intentioned system.

Because various men will think they have a better idea and can maintain the system by themselves.

Lately, Mankind has been turning in donuts.

Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 01:21 PM (Fi81e)

33 Before Nothing Will Happen Guy gets here
......

He's always here. He's just plumb wore out.

Posted by: wth at October 29, 2026 01:21 PM (UjdFS)

34 I suspect the DC juror problem is actually deeper and more insidious than the simple fact that DC is deep deep blue.

Even if you're pulling from a deep blue jurisdiction, the odds are you'll get at least some jurors who aren't blue or who at least will vote fairly.

I think what is really going on is juror manipulation so that only the most viciously partisan blue-fuck fuckers get seated on these GJs.

Just like every single politically-charged case somehow always randomly ends up with the same hard-left partisan judge, I'll bet that the juror selection system is just as corrupt.

Count on it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

35
Oh, I read some more content and found this:

>>Many of us have been warning about this problem for years and proposing various ways to address it. Yet, predictably, absolutely nothing has been done, and nothing will be done.

So there are ways to address it, but the same lobotomy patients who have brought us complete inaction on the SAVE Act have dropped the ball.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:21 PM (mmrXZ)

36 >>>The last line gave it away for me. Had to be the [x] doing the Cuban Slide. Except... They had two songs with "Cuban Slide" in the lyrics and I had the wrong one.

huh. I did not know that.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:22 PM (1wjle)

37 This is how you get street justice, no?

Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 01:22 PM (enNUy)

38 it's a great song. Good driving song. Good punching song.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:22 PM (1wjle)

39 For the last several years, left-wing activist groups have hosted information and training sessions for prospective jurors in DC.
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It sounds like "jury tampering", but it's not, because you would have to be able to convict a Democrat in DC, in order to seal that point.

Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e)

40 Nuke it from orbit, just to be sure.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 01:23 PM (RIvkX)

41 He's always here. He's just plumb wore out.

Posted by: wth at October 29, 2026 01:21 PM (UjdFS)

Wait...

The Nothing Will Happen guy is The Chicken???

Suddenly everything makes sooooo much sense

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:23 PM (hVPzc)

42 >>it's a great song. Good driving song. Good punching song.

The Pretenders eponymous LP is as good as The Cars eponymous LP.

That 77-81 window is just stacked with amazing first efforts.

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:24 PM (Qugny)

43 What I am proposing is a rule that recognizes, in cases involving political figures, that having a jury pool that is 58% or more tilted to one party counts as "overly prejudiced" and removal to a more balanced venue is authorized.
Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:20 PM (1wjle)

Singapore did away with jury trials because none of the minority groups would convict someone from "their" side.

it may be that jury trials must turn into merely a question of whether the facts are correct and founded, and if the logic is reasonable, not on guilt.
The one trial I had to sit through was really long on pathos, involving a serial wife beater who's victims were doing meth along with the defendant, and not so long on actual evidence which both parties actively participated in destroying.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

44 I just wanna get out on the floor
And do the Cuban slide, slide, slide, slide
__________

I dunno, sounds kinda gay

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

45 >>>The Pretenders eponymous LP is as good as The Cars eponymous LP.

oh really? I never listened to it.

I had a question a year ago: WHo's better, the Police or the Cars?

I think it's probably the Police overall but it's close.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)

46 think it's probably the Police overall but it's close.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)

I think for anyone who doesn't hate The Police it's The Police.

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:26 PM (hVPzc)

47 i mean I never heard the Pretenders' eponymous album. I have heard the Cars' eponymous album. (Everyone has, almost every song was a hit or played in movies.)

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:26 PM (1wjle)

48 The rememdy is to pass a law that closes the DC district court (aka where normal federal crimes go) and to state that all federal felony crimes that used to be tried in DC district court will now be tried on a rotating basis in any of the other district courts in the US through a lottery assignment system.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 29, 2026 01:20 PM (tOcjL)

so . . . Following current protocol on random assignments, Boasberg miraculously gets them all?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 29, 2026 01:26 PM (rbvCR)

49 >>I think it's probably the Police overall but it's close.

I'd go with Ocasek and the boys...because, fuck Sting.

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:26 PM (Qugny)

50 47 Everyone has, almost every song was a hit or played in movies.)

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:26 PM (1wjle)

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A movie?

What is it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:26 PM (pfZGz)

51
What I am proposing is a rule that recognizes, in cases involving political figures, that having a jury pool that is 58% or more tilted to one party counts as "overly prejudiced" and removal to a more balanced venue is authorized.
Posted by: ace

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Come to think of it, yes, prosecutors could have been asking to transfer the venue all this time? Probably very hard to get on the basis that "based on prior verdicts, the jurors in this town clearly are biased hacks," so the political affiliation rule might work. How do you do it? Voter registration records?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (mmrXZ)

52 huh. I did not know that.
Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:22 PM (1wjle)

The other one was actually titled Cuban Slide, but it was initially released as a B side only (on 2 different singles). It was later released as a bonus track on rereleases of some of their earlier albums and in box sets, etc.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (8mulE)

53 49 I'd go with Ocasek and the boys...because, fuck Sting.

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:26 PM (Qugny)

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Sting?

Oh, you mean Feyd Rautha, nephew to the Baron Harkonnen. The one with the metal underwear.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (pfZGz)

54 What I am proposing is a rule that recognizes, in cases involving political figures, that having a jury pool that is 58% or more tilted to one party counts as "overly prejudiced" and removal to a more balanced venue is authorized.
Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:20 PM (1wjle)

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That's like expecting Justice Kagan to recuse herself from ruling on cases in which she played a policymaking role.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (RIvkX)

55 34 I suspect the DC juror problem is actually deeper and more insidious than the simple fact that DC is deep deep blue.

Even if you're pulling from a deep blue jurisdiction, the odds are you'll get at least some jurors who aren't blue or who at least will vote fairly.

I think what is really going on is juror manipulation so that only the most viciously partisan blue-fuck fuckers get seated on these GJs.

Just like every single politically-charged case somehow always randomly ends up with the same hard-left partisan judge, I'll bet that the juror selection system is just as corrupt.

Count on it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

Also, not everyone can hold-fast to their guilty or not guilty opinion in the face of unending streams of harassment from hardcore leftist jurors in the jury room. Especially harassment from spittle-throwing harridans as on the Lindsay Clancy jury.

Posted by: Gref at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (5rh/l)

56 Just like every single politically-charged case somehow always randomly ends up with the same hard-left partisan judge, I'll bet that the juror selection system is just as corrupt.

Count on it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)
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As long as everyone plays the role they are assigned, the outcome can never be in doubt.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (FZ29D)

57 I'd go with Ocasek and the boys...because, fuck Sting.

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:26 PM (Qugny)

See??

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (hVPzc)

58 I think the Cars got a little too pop-oriented with the album with "Magic" on it, and then I think they had a poor album after, which brings down their average.

As far as first album, the Cars win.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (1wjle)

59 The Police spawned solo Sting which is times infinity worse than any yacht rock thought about being.

Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (enNUy)

60 All requests for changes of venue for January 6th were DENIED by DC JUDGES!

DC is a COOKED venue.

The Democratic party is the party of the willful.

Posted by: Axeman at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

61 The Curse of Awareness

https://youtube.com/shorts/uR_NhT-AZCc

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (dK+Kv)

62 If you ever want to have a good time, find a music forum and Search for: Best Female Bassist of All-Time.

Go into that Thread and enter: STING

Then sit back and enjoy the replies

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (Qugny)

63 So Madison Cornbread won't be convicted and later pose naked for cash. Darn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (f8snw)

64 Comey's middle name is "Brien?"

That explains a lot.

Posted by: 29Victor at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (0MjtC)

65 But I like The Police.

Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (enNUy)

66 >>>A movie?
What is it?

are you kidding?

the most replayed scene in all of early 80s cinema.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)

67 How do you do it? Voter registration records?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (mmrXZ)

Race hustlers would block that and the Kavanaughs of the world would fold

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (hVPzc)

68 Was never a fan of The Police, but damn, Stewart Copeland is a helluva drummer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 29, 2026 01:29 PM (PSEDc)

69 66 >>>A movie?
What is it?

are you kidding?

the most replayed scene in all of early 80s cinema.

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)

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This is incorrect application of Airplane! quotations.

Be better, ace.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:29 PM (pfZGz)

70 Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)

Phoebe Cates I'm guessing but I didn't realize that scene had audio

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:30 PM (hVPzc)

71 but sting made me laugh in an industry-only show for their reunion tour. He came out and said, "Before we get started, I'd like to introduce the band. Andy, this is Stewart, Stewart, this is Andy."

(They all hated each other. Well, everyone hated Stewart Copeland.)

Posted by: ace at October 29, 2026 01:30 PM (1wjle)

72 "Fuck tha police!"

-- NWA

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

73 >> Was never a fan of The Police, but damn, Stewart Copeland is a helluva drummer.

He is. And he is almost as equally as insufferable as Sting. But he is a helluva drummer.

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 01:30 PM (Qugny)

74 51
What I am proposing is a rule that recognizes, in cases involving political figures, that having a jury pool that is 58% or more tilted to one party counts as "overly prejudiced" and removal to a more balanced venue is authorized.
Posted by: ace

================

Come to think of it, yes, prosecutors could have been asking to transfer the venue all this time? Probably very hard to get on the basis that "based on prior verdicts, the jurors in this town clearly are biased hacks," so the political affiliation rule might work. How do you do it? Voter registration records?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (mmrXZ)

In my recollection, the last time a national news-level trial had a change of venue motion granted was so long ago I cannot recollect it.

Posted by: Gref at October 29, 2026 01:30 PM (5rh/l)

75 72 "Fuck tha police!"

-- NWA

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

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So, that song was actually about a beef with another band, not a social commentary about the black man's relationship with authority...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:31 PM (pfZGz)

76 Saw The Pretenders at the Bearsville Theater in the early 90s. It was the warm up show for their world tour. Only about a hundred people at invitation only event. Awesome show

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (f8snw)

77 Yay, a Madison Cornbread thread!

Thanks for the nood, Y'all.

Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

78 The Son of God was largely murdered by corrupting the law. Both God’s law and Roman Law.

This story is as old as time.

“ They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”

2 Peter 2:19

Posted by: Marcus T at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (rmAcl)

79 What I am proposing is a rule that recognizes, in cases involving political figures, that having a jury pool that is 58% or more tilted to one party counts as "overly prejudiced" and removal to a more balanced venue is authorized.
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Don't come to Multnomah County.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (amcLV)

80 68 Was never a fan of The Police, but damn, Stewart Copeland is a helluva drummer.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 29, 2026 01:29 PM
Me neither, but my hawt girlfriend at the time was a big fan, and well, you know how that goes.

Posted by: Eromero at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (Ll/EU)

81 77

Thanks for the nood, Y'all.

Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

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Comment 251 from Archimedes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (pfZGz)

82
So it's a foregone conclusion that Comey will skate. The dude should save money. Just blow off expensive lawyers and present his case by reading passages from his book.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:33 PM (mmrXZ)

83 This is exactly why nothing will happen is a thing. J6 people got 5 years prison for parading. Long before any DSA group had seminars.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 29, 2026 01:33 PM (CcqV9)

84 80 Me neither, but my hawt girlfriend at the time was a big fan, and well, you know how that goes.

Posted by: Eromero at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (Ll/EU)

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You challenged her tastes at the risk of ending the relationship because you stand by what you believe?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:33 PM (pfZGz)

85 Yay, a Madison Cornbread thread!

Thanks for the nood, Y'all.
Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)
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Cornbread is just so...southern. Ew.

Posted by: Maryann Cuthbertson-Klein from Groton, CT at October 29, 2026 01:33 PM (RIvkX)

86 Hillary seemed to have an efficient plan that did not require a jury. Poor Seth Rich.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 29, 2026 01:34 PM (vbXSk)

87
How do you do it? Voter registration records?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (mmrXZ)

Race hustlers would block that and the Kavanaughs of the world would fold
Posted by: ...

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I think the lottery of rotating venues would be best. And perhaps don't restrict this to trials of "political figures." That category could be adjusted in width to fit anyone's needs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:35 PM (mmrXZ)

88 And if you think the people who made the word "insurrection" a thing didn't know they had DSA plus 5 or so million illegal fighting age men in their back pocket, I've got some nice oceanfront property for you.

Like when they accused Trump of the phony classified info stuff while already knowing about Biden's vette.

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:36 PM (hVPzc)

89 I mean, Sting wrote all the songs and had a pretty successful solo career.

I would say Andi Summers was more essential than Stewart Copeland to the overall sound of The Police.

Copeland was a great drummer though but you could have gotten any number of drummers to fill in for him.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2026 01:36 PM (XV/Pl)

90 Dems: In the South, no black man could get justice. In DC and NYC, no conservative can get justice.

Not much has changed after over 160 years.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 01:37 PM (l3cgK)

91 ZZzzzzzz....

Posted by: John Thune at October 29, 2026 01:37 PM (wOO3z)

92 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at October 29, 2026 01:37 PM (jtrvQ)

93 The DSA is hosting "trainings" where they teach their communist insurrectionists to vote against the clear weight of evidence in favor of the left and always against the right.

"Yeah? So?"

- - - - Those 11 Jurors In That One Case

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 29, 2026 01:38 PM (PQb8B)

94 Was never a fan of The Police, but damn, Stewart Copeland is a helluva drummer.

They're one of those 80s bands where I hated them at the time but I appreciate them now. Copeland and Summers are amazing players.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 29, 2026 01:38 PM (2ocoG)

95 You could make a rule just for D.C., which after all is unique, that either the defense or the prosecution can have proceedings removed to the jurisdiction of the defendant's residence. This cannot possibly violate their right to a jury of their peers, even for Democrats that might prefer a jury of rabid partisans.

Posted by: SciVo at October 29, 2026 01:38 PM (ke3zm)

96
Nothing will happen.
Posted by: The person who always says that

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Hell, that's so obvious it's in the content.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:39 PM (mmrXZ)

97 I think the lottery of rotating venues would be best. And perhaps don't restrict this to trials of "political figures." That category could be adjusted in width to fit anyone's needs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:35 PM (mmrXZ)

I would say have Dems tried in Rep districts and Reps tried in Dem districts, but those who follow the laws might let off the Dems, while the lawless urban wilds of the Dem strongholds would convict every Rep no matter what the charge...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

98 Funny how we only see Trump judges in DC cases as the lone desent in a 3/2 decision.
DC should have to draw for grand juries from across the country. Housing, travel and per diem paid for by whoever is bringing the case until resolution.
Also of note that like 1/5 of DC is illiterate.

Posted by: Reforger at October 29, 2026 01:39 PM (Ae6Br)

99 You could move your partisan percentage number from 58% to 75% and still get these kangaroo court prosecutions moved out of DC.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 29, 2026 01:39 PM (EuPh7)

100 We need a SSDD Guy

Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 01:39 PM (enNUy)

101 You have to understand what the enemies of our republic want more than anything is chaos. They want division. They want intolerance and violence. That all leads to an inevitable breakdown in society that allows them to seize power by any means necessary.

Understand this basic fact, and everything makes sense.

Do not let division take root in your heart. Fight the good fight only when the need arises, and when necessary. “Love your neighbor as yourself”.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 29, 2026 01:40 PM (rmAcl)

102 Republicans have sat around with their thumbs up their assholes while Democrats have subverted the entire legal system
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I have hemorrhoids! They itch like crazy! Besides, we are sooper-busy, with trying to rein in the President and getting re-elected! And, our social schedules take up a lot of time!

Posted by: John Thune at October 29, 2026 01:40 PM (3dxnp)

103 98 Funny how we only see Trump judges in DC cases as the lone desent in a 3/2 decision.
DC should have to draw for grand juries from across the country. Housing, travel and per diem paid for by whoever is bringing the case until resolution.
Also of note that like 1/5 of DC is illiterate.

Posted by: Reforger at October 29, 2026 01:39 PM (Ae6Br)

Um...how is 3-to-2 a lone dissent?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 01:41 PM (l3cgK)

104 I think what is really going on is juror manipulation so that only the most viciously partisan blue-fuck fuckers get seated on these GJs.

Just like every single politically-charged case somehow always randomly ends up with the same hard-left partisan judge, I'll bet that the juror selection system is just as corrupt.

Count on it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Yep. the Clerks of the US Courts are dirty in some jurisdictions.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

105 Posted by: Marcus T at October 29, 2026 01:40 PM (rmAcl

Thanks for your post, Marcus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2026 01:41 PM (xz+xK)

106 102 Republicans have sat around with their thumbs up their assholes while Democrats have subverted the entire legal system
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I have hemorrhoids! They itch like crazy! Besides, we are sooper-busy, with trying to rein in the President and getting re-elected! And, our social schedules take up a lot of time!

Posted by: John Thune at October 29, 2026 01:40 PM (3dxnp)

Youze guys seem to enjoy having a thumb up yer ass as much as Lindsey Graham did...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

107 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2026 01:41 PM (xz+xK)

Thanks and God Bless you and all here.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 29, 2026 01:42 PM (rmAcl)

108
Seems like the obvious reaction would be to charge each offense individually, let the DC Grand Jury waste time nullifying that charge, then file another charge for an offense that happened at the same time. Rinse and repeat.

Gum up the works with a bunch of separate charges, rather than trying to get indictments all at once.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2026 01:44 PM (y9nCu)

109 Talafreako rallies are amazing.

https://tinyurl.com/2sc3txxr

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 29, 2026 01:44 PM (wgnaQ)

110 I saw See You Next Cunt open for El Gato at The Curtain Club in '94.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 29, 2026 01:44 PM (PQb8B)

111 Cooper Pratt on winning 2026 WS at 22 years old

https://youtube.com/shorts/LaaWtnjWUEw

"I owe it all to my heavenly father."

Is it just me noticing more, or are more and more of these instances occurring more frequently?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 01:44 PM (dK+Kv)

112 Just ate the last banana. Don't have much to live for now.

Posted by: Out Of Ideas at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (EdP2u)

113 Some like to say “ the process is the punishment” - I am holding out for “ the punishment is the punishment”.

Posted by: tubal at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (ICyGW)

114 Um...how is 3-to-2 a lone dissent?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 01:41 PM (l3cgK)

My thumbs are cold and I hit post before I proof read it.

Posted by: Reforger at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (Ae6Br)

115 Youze guys seem to enjoy having a thumb up yer ass as much as Lindsey Graham did...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

That dude must have been awash in pussy. You DARE suggest otherwise!!

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (hVPzc)

116
112 Just ate the last banana. Don't have much to live for now.

Posted by: Out Of Ideas at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (EdP2u)

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How could you afford bananas when you had to pay $7 to genocide Gaza at the same time?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (pfZGz)

117
>>The DSA is hosting "trainings" where they teach their communist insurrectionists to vote against the clear weight of evidence in favor of the left and always against the right.

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Since when do DC jurors need training in acquitting Democrats? Here's the Soros-level penetration:

how to navigate juror vetting and subvert lawful prosecutions in the District of Columbia,"
......
"they are training activists to conceal their biases during jury selection, infiltrate juries

Anyway, Comer is doing something, but I suppose it will take a DC jury that has probably been fucked with to convict a Democrat organization of fucking with DC juries. Fox, please guard henhouse from foxes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (mmrXZ)

118
Is it just me noticing more, or are more and more of these instances occurring more frequently?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

No and Yes

Posted by: John Thune at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (wOO3z)

119 There could also be bias/corruption in how the grand jury (and all juries) pool is selected. I'd heard rumors of this during the 2020 election crap.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (vbXSk)

120 But simply put, Ace's solution does not work. US Constitution trumps statutes.

Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, . . ., by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, . . .
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This was put into the Bill of Rights due to the British taking Americans beyond the colonies to either Halifax for trial or even to London to prevent pro Americans in the colonies from being able to acquit on the jury.

Easiest way by statute is to abolish DC or restrict it just to the Mall and Capitol so that most crimes by bureaucrats, etc. would be tried elsewhere. Cede the rest of it to Maryland.

Although, I suppose you could create a new capital district in some other place and then return the lands to Maryland of the existing DC. Keep the old buildings as a federal national historic monuments with ceremonial meetings only like Independence Hall.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

121 off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (wOO3z)

122
Speaking of blessings.

I am blessed my husband has put up with me for 49 years as of today.

Posted by: four seasons at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (/QHx4)

123 Fine, during jury questioning both on paper and in person DIRECT questioning on the issue of jury training, jury nullification, association with groups like Harriets etc.

yes they can lie but you preserve the issue for appeal if you ever find out.

Sometimes you just ask them and they rat themselves out.

Posted by: torabora at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (Wt1Rs)

124 116
112 Just ate the last banana. Don't have much to live for now.

Posted by: Out Of Ideas at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (EdP2u)

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How could you afford bananas when you had to pay $7 to genocide Gaza at the same time?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (pfZGz)

And don’t get me started on the Arugula prices!!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (ICyGW)

125
Um...how is 3-to-2 a lone dissent?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 01:41 PM (l3cgK)

Are you actually ASKING us to do math? Perfidious bastard!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2026 01:47 PM (y9nCu)

126
Copeland was a great drummer though but you could have gotten any number of drummers to fill in for him.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2026 01:36 PM (XV/Pl)

There was a Neil Peart tribute gathering not long ago where various drummers got together and attempted some Peart drumming.

All involved said that the best of all of them attempting was Copeland.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 29, 2026 01:47 PM (PQb8B)

127 120
Although, I suppose you could create a new capital district in some other place and then return the lands to Maryland of the existing DC. Keep the old buildings as a federal national historic monuments with ceremonial meetings only like Independence Hall.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

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Decentralizing DC offices could do some good as well.

State gets moved to Oklahoma.

Treasury gets moved to Kansas.

The only federal employees in DC end up being elected officials and staff.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:47 PM (pfZGz)

128 Is it just me noticing more, or are more and more of these instances occurring more frequently?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Unsettled times lead to faith. Easy times lead to falling from the path.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv)

129 As crooked as the DC juries are i betcha they are taken bribes.

Posted by: torabora at October 29, 2026 01:48 PM (Wt1Rs)

130 Happy Anniversary Four Seasons.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 29, 2026 01:48 PM (wOO3z)

131
Talafreako rallies are amazing.

https://tinyurl.com/2sc3txxr
Posted by: Huck Follywood

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If only, but that looks like a campaign staff warmup. In fact, the OG admitted as much.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:48 PM (mmrXZ)

132 Is it just me noticing more, or are more and more of these instances occurring more frequently?

Young men becoming religious has been a trend for like 2-3 years now. JD Vance mentioned his neighbors were shocked when their son went to college and returned a baptized Catholic. I imagine God looks pretty good when you're on campus with today's 65/35 ratio of Lucy Craigs to dudes.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 29, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)

133 Sting?

Oh, you mean Feyd Rautha, nephew to the Baron Harkonnen. The one with the metal underwear.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (pfZGz)

It looked more like a metal diaper. Those Harkonnens were an odd bunch.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 29, 2026 01:49 PM (9ZFZd)

134 Decentralizing DC offices could do some good as well.

State gets moved to Oklahoma.

Treasury gets moved to Kansas.

The only federal employees in DC end up being elected officials and staff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Hey I don't want those state department bastards here!

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 29, 2026 01:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

135 My study of case law on jury venue is that it is practically impossible to move venue. It's always good to ask because it preserves the issue for appeal.

Posted by: torabora at October 29, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt1Rs)

136 Speaking of blessings.

I am blessed my husband has put up with me for 49 years as of today.

Posted by: four seasons at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (/QHx4)

Congratulations to you both.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 01:51 PM (dK+Kv)

137 Decentralizing DC offices could do some good as well.

State gets moved to Oklahoma.

Treasury gets moved to Kansas.

The only federal employees in DC end up being elected officials and staff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Agree. Frankly I prefer Congress to be distributed back to their home states or at least the House.

But an easy fix for Congress on committee hearings with witnesses that tell Democrat lies is to hold the committee meetings out of DC. Well within the rules and has been done on occasion already. Having committee fact finding committees meeting outside the Beltway is a lot more 'inclusive' than having the same tired interest group reps spout off canned talking points.

In a government of 300 million plus, we have to reduce the distance (and thus insulation) between our decision makers and common citizens.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)

138 I am blessed my husband has put up with me for 49 years as of today.
Posted by: four seasons

Pozdravlyayu! ("Congratulations!")

Posted by: Bulg at October 29, 2026 01:52 PM (77rzZ)

139 @126

>>All involved said that the best of all of them attempting was Copeland.

This was not a dig on Copeland, he's a phenomenal drummer it's just that Sting and Andi where more essential to the overall sound.

And the reason is that Copland and Peart had a similar high hat forward style.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2026 01:52 PM (XV/Pl)

140
But simply put, Ace's solution does not work. US Constitution trumps statutes.

Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, . . ., by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, . . .

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Okay, that's where I was asking about constitutional restrictions.

So TJM suggests we move a few departments. I suggest sending DOJ to Florida.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:52 PM (mmrXZ)

141 Posted by: four seasons at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (/QHx4)

Hi fs!!! Congrats! Hope you are doing ok

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:52 PM (hVPzc)

142 Is it just me noticing more, or are more and more of these instances occurring more frequently?
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Yes and of course

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:53 PM (hVPzc)

143 55
Also, not everyone can hold-fast to their guilty or not guilty opinion in the face of unending streams of harassment from hardcore leftist jurors in the jury room. Especially harassment from spittle-throwing harridans as on the Lindsay Clancy jury.
Posted by: Gref at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (5rh/l)

There is zero chance of Clancy getting an impartial jury in Mass. - and probably anywhere in New England.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 29, 2026 01:54 PM (N39Ws)

144 135 My study of case law on jury venue is that it is practically impossible to move venue. It's always good to ask because it preserves the issue for appeal.
Posted by: torabora
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It is typically viewed as a defendant's right under the Sixth, not a government power (governments cannot have 'rights' technically). A few obiter dicta decisions resting on something else allow government to have a 'fair trial' guarantee but not on change of venue.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:54 PM (E4rtv)

145 Young men becoming religious has been a trend for like 2-3 years now. JD Vance mentioned his neighbors were shocked when their son went to college and returned a baptized Catholic. I imagine God looks pretty good when you're on campus with today's 65/35 ratio of Lucy Craigs to dudes.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 29, 2026 01:48 PM (2ocoG)

I had mentioned before, but last year in the oldest's undefeated Spring baseball season, they had taken it upon themselves to pray before their games. Only a few of the 12-14 were home schooled with a religious curriculum AFAIK.

Just noticing these things gives me glints of hope.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 29, 2026 01:54 PM (dK+Kv)

146 I am blessed my husband has put up with me for 49 years as of today.
Posted by: four seasons

Wow. Congrats!

There was a time in this country, when you made it 50 years of marriage, the President sent you a letter of congratulations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 29, 2026 01:54 PM (PQb8B)

147 obiter dicta
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Wasn't he president recently?

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:54 PM (hVPzc)

148 What about having one Congressman always logging into committee hearings from another state through video conferencing specifically for the lying to Congress issue?

Say, Florida House member is on Zoom from Florida, witness lies to Congress, bring charges against the liar in Florida?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:54 PM (pfZGz)

149 143 55
Also, not everyone can hold-fast to their guilty or not guilty opinion in the face of unending streams of harassment from hardcore leftist jurors in the jury room. Especially harassment from spittle-throwing harridans as on the Lindsay Clancy jury.
Posted by: Gref at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (5rh/l)

There is zero chance of Clancy getting an impartial jury in Mass. - and probably anywhere in New England.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
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Eh, passions fade as the next big thing comes about. Leftists have no compunction about abandoning people who are no longer useful to the cause.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)

150 148 What about having one Congressman always logging into committee hearings from another state through video conferencing specifically for the lying to Congress issue?

Say, Florida House member is on Zoom from Florida, witness lies to Congress, bring charges against the liar in Florida?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yep. that would work.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)

151 I literally just said: People are allowed to ask for changes of venues if the local juries can be shown to be overly prejudiced against the defenders. Trials for notorious murderers are routinely held a few counties away from the scenes of the crimes for this reason.
________

Note that those kind of rules are designed to favor the defendant, so he or she gets a fair trial.

The history of how criminal law got written is based on the idea that defendants should be protected from bias and hang-em-high juries.

It wasn't contemplated that one day juries would be so biased against the prosecution that it would be the prosecutor who wants to change venue.

But that day is here.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

152
Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, . . ., by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, . . .

What does it say about not being able to assemble an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 29, 2026 01:56 PM (PQb8B)

153 Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)

YES! We should get a meme going that she is a registered Republican and ultra MAGA. Bye bye baby!

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:56 PM (hVPzc)

154 151 Note that those kind of rules are designed to favor the defendant, so he or she gets a fair trial.

The history of how criminal law got written is based on the idea that defendants should be protected from bias and hang-em-high juries.

It wasn't contemplated that one day juries would be so biased against the prosecution that it would be the prosecutor who wants to change venue.

But that day is here.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

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Same thing with the speedy trial.

So, people screaming about Tyler Robinson's trial not happening for years? Why don't prosecutors just try the case? Well, for the same reason that Trump's cases took forever: the defendant was asking for delays.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:56 PM (pfZGz)

155
an easy fix for Congress on committee hearings with witnesses that tell Democrat lies is to hold the committee meetings out of DC.

Posted by: whig

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How far out? Seems to me it would have to be a plane ride at a minimum.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:57 PM (mmrXZ)

156 Posted by: four seasons

Congratulations! Are you doing anything to celebrate?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 29, 2026 01:57 PM (JrHfD)

157 150 Say, Florida House member is on Zoom from Florida, witness lies to Congress, bring charges against the liar in Florida?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yep. that would work.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)

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Call me, Mike Johnson.

I'm spinning gold here!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:57 PM (pfZGz)

158
Juries?

One in L.A. freed O.J. when obviously guilty and one in Las Vegas sent him to prison on dubious grounds.

Posted by: Auspex at October 29, 2026 01:57 PM (Y8DZL)

159 116
112 Just ate the last banana. Don't have much to live for now.

Posted by: Out Of Ideas at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (EdP2u)

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How could you afford bananas when you had to pay $7 to genocide Gaza at the same time?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (pfZGz)

If I pay for 10 bananas do I get one free genocide?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 01:57 PM (l3cgK)

160 Also, not everyone can hold-fast to their guilty or not guilty opinion in the face of unending streams of harassment from hardcore leftist jurors in the jury room. Especially harassment from spittle-throwing harridans as on the Lindsay Clancy jury.
Posted by: Gref at October 29, 2026 01:27 PM (5rh/l)

There is zero chance of Clancy getting an impartial jury in Mass. - and probably anywhere in New England.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 29, 2026 01:54 PM (N39Ws)
_____

Clancy case is yesterday's news. Disappeared overnight. Same with all the mischegas over doxxing and sliming the one hero juror.

It was all an op.

I suspect she'll end up quietly taking a plea to a lesser offense and nobody will give a shit about it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 01:58 PM (iFTx/)

161 One in L.A. freed O.J. when obviously guilty and one in Las Vegas sent him to prison on dubious grounds.

Posted by: Auspex at October 29, 2026 01:57 PM (Y8DZL)

Didn't he threaten someone with a gun and take property he claimed was his?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 29, 2026 01:58 PM (PQb8B)

162
Decentralizing DC offices could do some good as well.

State gets moved to Oklahoma.

Treasury gets moved to Kansas.

The only federal employees in DC end up being elected officials and staff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026

I like this idea and I know it will never happen and I've no idea how we fix this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 29, 2026 01:59 PM (H67ia)

163 Wasn't he president recently?
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Arguably Scotus belching out dicta causes all sorts of problems in effect because some idiot judges end up quoting and relying upon it for decisions.

See Footnote 4 of Carolene Products case (United States v. Carolene Products Co. (193

. Case involved skim milk regulations but footnote 4 told judges that Scotus was going to ignore cases involving economic regulations in favor of 'civil rights' cases instead. The noxious bleatings that claimed they would focus on the problem that insular minorities had instead warped Scotus and federal jurisprudence all the way up to today.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)

164 Just ate the last banana. Don't have much to live for now.

Posted by: Out Of Ideas at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (EdP2u)

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How could you afford bananas when you had to pay $7 to genocide Gaza at the same time?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 01:45 PM (pfZGz)

"Where's the rice?"

- - - - - - Somalians

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 29, 2026 01:59 PM (PQb8B)

165 Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

The "impartial jury" seems to be a major issue...in Dem country, no jury is impartial.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 02:00 PM (l3cgK)

166
This was put into the Bill of Rights due to the British taking Americans beyond the colonies to either Halifax for trial or even to London to prevent pro Americans in the colonies from being able to acquit on the jury.

Posted by: whig

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Tsshhh. So now we can't prevent anti-Americans from being able to acquit. Another backfire, like the 14th.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 02:00 PM (mmrXZ)

167 Some of the time when Caleb Hammer speaks only dogs can hear him. My speaker blew.

Posted by: NCKate at October 29, 2026 02:00 PM (enNUy)

168 162 I like this idea and I know it will never happen and I've no idea how we fix this.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 29, 2026 01:59 PM (H67ia)

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One department has been moved out. BLM or something.

Bunch of bureaucrats quit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 02:01 PM (pfZGz)

169 If only, but that looks like a campaign staff warmup. In fact, the OG admitted as much.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:48 PM (mmrXZ)

That video needs the addition of little thought balloons depicting visions of hairy man ass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 02:01 PM (fzlJX)

170 Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)

Crazy

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 02:01 PM (hVPzc)

171 147 obiter dicta
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Wasn't he president recently?

Posted by: ... at October 29, 2026 01:54 PM (hVPzc)

Sounds like what docs do when they invert a dick into a "pussy"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 02:01 PM (l3cgK)

172 Cornbread is just so...southern. Ew.
Posted by: Maryann Cuthbertson-Klein from Groton, CT at October 29, 2026 01:33 PM (RIvkX)

Please, journeycakes is southern. Put sugar in it and you can't find a more Connecticut dish unless you like pie for breakfast.

Posted by: Susan Olivia Cuthbertson-Kline at October 29, 2026 02:01 PM (rbvCR)

173 All I have to do is vote huuuuurrrrderrrr! That'll beat the corruption!

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 29, 2026 02:02 PM (SUQyq)

174 "The "impartial jury" seems to be a major issue...in Dem country, no jury is impartial." Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Democrats practice their own version of taqiyya. Lying is perfectly fine ... protect corrupt Dems, convict innocent Republicans, especially conservatives.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 29, 2026 02:02 PM (vbXSk)

175 173 All I have to do is vote huuuuurrrrderrrr! That'll beat the corruption!

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 29, 2026 02:02 PM (SUQyq)

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"Voting does nothing."

*voting leads to Trump winning and so many deportations that the population of the US declines, outright declines, for the first time in literally 60 years*

"See? Voting does nothing."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 02:03 PM (pfZGz)

176 169 If only, but that looks like a campaign staff warmup. In fact, the OG admitted as much.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 01:48 PM (mmrXZ)

Talafreako has had some pretty good crowds... No doubt bussed in, but the optics are good

Posted by: It's me donna at October 29, 2026 02:03 PM (+gK6I)

177
I like this idea and I know it will never happen and I've no idea how we fix this.
Posted by: CaliGirl

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I think we moved Agriculture to Colorado. (Ugh)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)

178 @163 wasn't Citizens United a big deal due to the dicta? As I recall that's where Scalia caused the left to go nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 29, 2026 02:04 PM (f8snw)

179 174 "The "impartial jury" seems to be a major issue...in Dem country, no jury is impartial." Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Democrats practice their own version of taqiyya. Lying is perfectly fine ... protect corrupt Dems, convict innocent Republicans, especially conservatives.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 29, 2026 02:02 PM (vbXSk)

And eventually, knowing what will happen in court, criminals get no trial by jury, but punishment by vigilantes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 02:05 PM (l3cgK)

180 The Cars and The Police are so different when it comes to sound it’s hard to choose which band I like more.

If you made me choose, I’d have to go with The Cars for best hits overall, but The Police have a few songs that I love.

And The Cars are American so there’s another edge.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 02:05 PM (6ydKt)

181 Broken glass? Walz and Co. are going to be big mad......

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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🚨 BREAKING: US federal agents across several agencies are raiding multiple sites across the Twin Cities in MN RIGHT NOW in an apparent fraud investigation ahead of JD Vance's visit tomorrow

THIS site has BROKEN GLASS, and it's LICENSED by the State of Minnesota! 🤯

HHS OIG, FBI, IRS and the Medicaid Control Unit are involved

HERE WE GO! JD VANCE comes to MN TOMORROW.

One of the recent targets is Iska Inc. in St. Louis Park, a disability therapy and social services agency. Agents were spotted outside with a front window smashed in

Tomorrow, JD Vance lands in St. Cloud with the White House fraud task force to make a major "War on Fraud" announcement

Tim Walz had YEARS to stop this. The Trump administration is actually doing it and that's what I voted for 🇺🇸

Trump at a rally this week said major fraud investigations are happening in Minnesota. It's all crashing down.

Posted by: beckster at October 29, 2026 02:06 PM (kX27y)

182
I think we moved Agriculture to Colorado. (Ugh)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)

I didn't realize this. I wonder if the employees quit their jobs?

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 29, 2026 02:07 PM (H67ia)

183 What does it say about not being able to assemble an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed?
Posted by: Sponge
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Bill of Rights gives defendants the power to challenge venue, not government. The real problem is that the Democrats have been allowed to create a rotten borough in DC of judges. The response of the GOP should be create a bunch of new judges and pack the court there. Or create a National Court of Appeals dealing with conflicts between the circuits or to do cert.

Abolishing DC as a federal district and returning the land to Maryland would be another option--no more Dem ran DC Circuit and no potential to create a new Democrat state with two senators.

Fedgov already gave back the Virginia portion of DC in the 1840's.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)

184 You know, like a smorgasbord.

Megachurch pastor Judah Smith says Hindus can get to heaven if they add Jesus to their pantheon

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 29, 2026 02:08 PM (ndZc7)

185 I didn't realize this. I wonder if the employees quit their jobs?
Posted by: CaliGirl

They've moved some offices, not departments out of DC already and usually the DC types either retire or seek employment at another federal agency. Hasn't really affected the output of the offices. I think Bureau of Land Management and a USDA office have been moved out of DC by Trump to the shrieking and wails of DC denizens.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 02:09 PM (E4rtv)

186
HERE WE GO! JD VANCE comes to MN TOMORROW.

Posted by: beckster

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I've been hoping he'll have some news about the Ilhan case.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 29, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)

187 *voting leads to Trump winning and so many deportations that the population of the US declines, outright declines, for the first time in literally 60 years*

"See? Voting does nothing."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 02:03 PM (pfZGz)

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Yes, but Trump didn't fix everything on his first day so it's probably best to sit the election out.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 29, 2026 02:09 PM (2UnvF)

188 Nude some anthrax homo

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 29, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

189 @180

>>And The Cars are American so there’s another edge.

They were both great band but had two completely different vibes.

The Police had more number 1 hits than The Cars.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2026 02:10 PM (XV/Pl)

190 I think such grand jurors and jurors are asking for violence to be directed at them and their families. Violence is what happens when courts don't work.

That's not a wish. It's just predictable.

If the government wants this to stop, prosecute (and persecute) the training organizations and their personnel. Get creative.

Posted by: DOOM! at October 29, 2026 02:10 PM (TymRw)

191 187 Yes, but Trump didn't fix everything on his first day so it's probably best to sit the election out.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 29, 2026 02:09 PM (2UnvF)

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America didn't become a utopia after the 2024 election, therefore voting is pointless.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 29, 2026 02:10 PM (pfZGz)

192 Megachurch pastor Judah Smith says Hindus can get to heaven if they add Jesus to their pantheon
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 29, 2026 02:08 PM (ndZc7)

Envisions image of a six-armed Jesus riding an elephant.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 29, 2026 02:10 PM (fzlJX)

193 Make a rule that juries in DC cannot be filled with former and current government employees, former and current government contractors, or any person who is related to or friends with former or current government employees or government contractors.

That would weed about about 90% of the leftists in town.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 02:11 PM (6ydKt)

194 Nood

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 29, 2026 02:12 PM (H67ia)

195 If simply buying a maga hat was sufficient reason to be surveilled, the people who attended the jury nullification sessions should be on the DOJ's shit list.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 29, 2026 02:13 PM (nEUC6)

196
Hey I don't want those state department bastards here!
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 29, 2026 01:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

The lace-panty brigade at State wouldn't be caught dead in OK. Or anywhere else in the Midwest. They'll quit and apply to some NGO in DC.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 29, 2026 02:14 PM (y9nCu)

197 178 @163 wasn't Citizens United a big deal due to the dicta? As I recall that's where Scalia caused the left to go nuts
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Yep. I think Scotus blew that one myself. And that is because Buckley v. Valeo which Citizens United did not overrule, is bad law equating money with speech. So Buckley created this wonky balancing test that allowed money given to politicians was protected by the 1st Amendment but yet could be regulated because it had the option to corrupt. That meant that wealthy individuals could spend all they wanted (or borrow to be paid by after winning) but others were bound to campaign limits on contributions. The justification is that wealthy individuals could not be corrupted by contributing to themselves and thus their First Amendment rights to speech would be quelled.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 02:16 PM (E4rtv)

198 They were both great band but had two completely different vibes.

The Police had more number 1 hits than The Cars.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 29, 2026 02:10 PM (XV/Pl)

The Police had a more reggae/ska sound and The Cars were more of a Punk-Pop act, in my view.

The Police were more popular in the early to mid-80s for sure, but The Cars for their first few albums were popular, too.

If you turned on the radio in the mid-80s for several hours you were just as likely to hear The Cars as The Police.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 29, 2026 02:16 PM (6ydKt)

199
MAGA was the last, best hope for a genuine grassroots political movement to form a third party and break the grip of these DC bastards on the rest of us. But, the clock has run on out on MAGA. It has nowhere to go from here.

Now, this kind of thing is what we're going to get as long as we're in this ridiculous federation. It's DC's plaything and we're stuck with it. 350 million people at the mercy of a handful of buttfucking Communist elites.

So I've moved on to the obvious next (last) play: secessionism.

Given that I want to carry through an unconstitutional State usurpation of federal power, I think that NPV compact is the template.

Set an arbitrary number of States - I think 13 is a good number, as a nod to our amazing forebears. Once 13 States pass it, it triggers. In the meantime, while waiting for the laggards, signatories focus their resources on maximizing the size and power of their National Guards, and reforming infrastructure in preparation for border closure.

By the time it happens, the federal government will be in deep shit without *any* material preparation on the part of the rebellious States, but that's no excuse for sitting around.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 29, 2026 02:19 PM (BI5O2)

200 Mea culpa, had to go out for an appointment.

Trump had actively blocked her from joining the team in Palm Beach but she remained for nine additional weeks on GSA's WH transition payrolls working in VA.

Later, U.S. taxpayers funded Cassidy Hutchinson’s private security detail for approximately six months, spanning from immediately after her public testimony in late June 2022 until the House January 6th Committee officially disbanded at the end of December 2022.

She's quite the connection for the aray of investigations & punishments.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 03:16 PM (NFX2v)

201 8 Might be time to Heinleinize the DMV. Central Maryland, DC, and northern Virginia can serve on juries or grand juries only if they are honorably discharged veterans.
Posted by: a world that works

That changed very bigly under Biden.

After all, his two sons.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 03:22 PM (NFX2v)

202 From above, "A grand jury rejected the DOJ's attempt to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson for the account she gave lawmakers of President Trump's actions during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol..."

Which account?

Vice Chair Liz Cheney was her primary institutional champion. Critics argue that Cheney used the committee's official congressional budget to insulate and shield Hutchinson, creating a protective environment where her late-stage, uncorroborated "recollections" could be safely added into the record without immediate pushback from other White House staff.

In the end, proving Hutchinson deliberately fabricated her testimony, rather than just misremembering secondhand details, carried too high a legal burden for an indictment, so they say.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 29, 2026 03:34 PM (NFX2v)

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