(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . President Joe Biden---Day 1128---Fourth Year---Day 123---Evening Shade---Sunday [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-02 === Good question. x If the criminal conviction helps Trump so much, why are republicans trying to get their friends on the Supreme Court to overturn it? — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 1, 2024 If the criminal conviction helps Trump so much, why are republicans trying to get their friends on the Supreme Court to overturn it? === x Adam Schiff on CNN: "If you don't want to be tried in front of a New York jury, then maybe don't commit so many crimes in New York City. It's pretty simple." pic.twitter.com/jAWDGQWHQI — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 2, 2024 Adam Schiff on CNN: "If you don't want to be tried in front of a New York jury, then maybe don't commit so many crimes in New York City. It's pretty simple." === x Hakeem Jeffries: "Trump was entitled to the presumption of innocence. He received it. Trump was entitled to a trial by a jury by his peers. He received it. Trump was entitled to a vigorous defense. He received it ... that is an affirmation of the American judicial system" pic.twitter.com/ztWjlKEEi7 — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 2, 2024 Hakeem Jeffries: "Trump was entitled to the presumption of innocence. He received it. Trump was entitled to a trial by a jury by his peers. He received it. Trump was entitled to a vigorous defense. He received it ... that is an affirmation of the American judicial system" === Thank you Dark Brandon! x Please read & share all of this from POTUS just now: "The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a federal case. And it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens. 12 Americans,… — Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) May 31, 2024 Please read & share all of this from POTUS just now: "The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. It was a state case, not a federal case. And it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens. 12 Americans, 12 people like you. Like millions of Americans who served on juries, this jury is chosen the same way every jury in America is chosen. It was a process that Donald Trump's attorney was part of. The jury heard five weeks of evidence. After careful deliberation, the jury reached a unanimous verdict. They found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts. Now he’ll be given the opportunity as he should to appeal that decision just like everyone else has that opportunity. That's how the American system of justice works. And it's reckless, it's dangerous, and it's irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don't like the verdict. Our justice system has endured for nearly 250 years and it literally is the cornerstone of America. The justice system should be respected, and we should never allow anyone to tear it down. That's America. That's who we are. And that's who we will always be, God willing." === Meanwhile, in Qray-Qray land, x Tom Cotton on Meet the Press: "I do believe the jury got it wrong." "If he loses on appeal, would that be valid?" host Peter Alexander follows up. (Cotton ignores the question.) pic.twitter.com/zfOo3pfOWc — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 2, 2024 Tom Cotton on Meet the Press: "I do believe the jury got it wrong." "If he loses on appeal, would that be valid?" host Peter Alexander follows up. (Cotton ignores the question.) === x Swalwell: The hypocrisy. We back the blue. The blue issues a search warrant on their guy and then they want to defund the police. They say they are all for state rights and then they get a court that overturns Roe and now they want a federal abortion ban.. pic.twitter.com/wfWVnbTiW2 — Acyn (@Acyn) June 2, 2024 Swalwell: The hypocrisy. We back the blue. The blue issues a search warrant on their guy and then they want to defund the police. They say they are all for state rights and then they get a court that overturns Roe and now they want a federal abortion ban.. === A literary interlude. Thank you Joseph Heller and Bette Midler. x “It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into… — bettemidler (@BetteMidler) June 2, 2024 "It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character." Joseph Heller, Catch 22 I need to find my copy and read again. Its been a while. === The Bishop has a point. === Click the xit if you must. x Trump is at a UFC event, again. This time no celebrity entourage is with him. Aaron Rodgers completely ignored him. Terrible optics for a man who lives on optics. pic.twitter.com/gebuG5cPDr — Peter Henlein (@SwissWatchGuy) June 2, 2024 Trump is at a UFC event, again.This time no celebrity entourage is with him.Aaron Rodgers completely ignored him.Terrible optics for a man who lives on optics. === However, keep this in mind. x When Donald Trump goes to sporting events with packed crowds of happy people, he is inadvertently showing how much Americans are enjoying their lives under President Biden. It is quite the contrast to Donald Trump’s presidency when sporting events were cancelled and the country… — MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) June 2, 2024 When Donald Trump goes to sporting events with packed crowds of happy people, he is inadvertently showing how much Americans are enjoying their lives under President Biden. It is quite the contrast to Donald Trump’s presidency when sporting events were cancelled and the country was shut down. In his speeches, Trump paints a dystopian image of America. But when he appears at events like UFC or NASCAR, he accidentally shows everyone that there is nothing real about his constant hateful rhetoric about the country. Americans are happy. Americans are enjoying themselves. After the American Carnage we witnessed under Donald Trump, America is back — thanks to President Biden. === A-fecking-men Adam! x There is one way and one way only to end this mass psychosis: Raw political victories. Win in Nov, and cast out those who have no courage to tell the truth. Let’s put this insanity in the ash heap of history — Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) June 2, 2024 There is one way and one way only to end this mass psychosis: Raw political victories. Win in Nov, and cast out those who have no courage to tell the truth. Let’s put this insanity in the ash heap of history === What will Loose-y Cannon do? x Special counsel Jack Smith has asked Judge Cannon — again — to bar Trump from making statements that endanger law enforcement in the classified docs case. Cannon denied the first request on a technical matter. Like the motion before, this new motion is based on Trump's lie that… — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 2, 2024 Special counsel Jack Smith has asked Judge Cannon — again — to bar Trump from making statements that endanger law enforcement in the classified docs case. Cannon denied the first request on a technical matter. Like the motion before, this new motion is based on Trump's lie that FBI agents were prepared to kill him during the 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid. === Oh wait, she already did. On a Sunday afternoon no less. x JUST IN: Judge Cannon in the MAL classified docs case enters a paperless Order directing Trump to file a Response to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Motion to Modify Bond Conditions on or before June 14. pic.twitter.com/HwWM8t93hP — Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) June 2, 2024 In other words, the safety of the witnesses and law enforcement is of less concern to judge Loose-y Cannon than further delays… === Caption Contest. What say you? [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/2/2244272/-President-Joe-Biden-Day-1128-Fourth-Year-Day-123-Evening-Shade-Sunday?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/