Scott
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Just finished reading the article with the same name as this thread, published today. I think it was quite good. I've been a fan of Patrick Lawrence for quite a while, so it's not susprising I'd think so. I'd like to point out that I definitely think that Mr. Lawrence is a bit more right wing than I am. I think this is evident in that he says nothing about Trump's suitability to be President. I think the fact that Trump is the leading Republican candidate for the 2024 Presidential elections to be something of a travesty. Can the Republican party not do better? Apparently not.
Mr. Lawrence doesn't get into Trump's suitability, but he does make a lot of points that I think are spot on. Hopefully some constructive discussion can come of his article. Here's a bit of it:
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Now we have a Miami grand jury handing up indictments on 37 charges related to the documents case. Of these, we must note, 31 counts come under the Espionage Act of 1917.
This escalates matters very considerably. A former president and a current contender for the presidency now faces the gravest charge for which American law provides.
Trump now keeps company with, among others, Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden — others charged under the Espionage Act since the Wilson administration passed this unambiguously unconstitutional law to silence those critical of America’s entry into World War I a century and some ago.
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Our corporate media become more Pravda-like by the day as the travesties mount, publishing perfectly obvious fallacies in naked-emperor fashion. I do not care how many buffoons the major dailies field of the Peter Baker or Maggie Haberman sort, who spend their working days producing this silly-but-frightening stuff. Nighttime is still dark, the daytime light. The corrupt and corrupting are still corrupt.
What is being done to our judiciary is as we see it. And it lands us in the gravest circumstance of my lifetime.
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Source:
Patrick Lawrence: The Rape of Lady Justice | Scheerpost
Mr. Lawrence doesn't get into Trump's suitability, but he does make a lot of points that I think are spot on. Hopefully some constructive discussion can come of his article. Here's a bit of it:
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Now we have a Miami grand jury handing up indictments on 37 charges related to the documents case. Of these, we must note, 31 counts come under the Espionage Act of 1917.
This escalates matters very considerably. A former president and a current contender for the presidency now faces the gravest charge for which American law provides.
Trump now keeps company with, among others, Eugene Debs, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Daniel Ellsberg, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, and Edward Snowden — others charged under the Espionage Act since the Wilson administration passed this unambiguously unconstitutional law to silence those critical of America’s entry into World War I a century and some ago.
[snip]
Our corporate media become more Pravda-like by the day as the travesties mount, publishing perfectly obvious fallacies in naked-emperor fashion. I do not care how many buffoons the major dailies field of the Peter Baker or Maggie Haberman sort, who spend their working days producing this silly-but-frightening stuff. Nighttime is still dark, the daytime light. The corrupt and corrupting are still corrupt.
What is being done to our judiciary is as we see it. And it lands us in the gravest circumstance of my lifetime.
**
Source:
Patrick Lawrence: The Rape of Lady Justice | Scheerpost
