https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...ary-contest-n2634824

Nikki Haley will win the Nevada primary, but it doesn’t matter. No delegates will be awarded because the first contest in the West is a multi-layered mess. The primary is tonight, while the old caucus system, in which delegates will be allocated for the Republicans, will be held on Thursday. Polls will close at 7 PM local time, 10 PM EST. Haley is on tonight’s ballot, along with Tim Scott and Mike Pence, both of which have dropped out of the race—Scott has endorsed Trump.

A caucus was seen as being beneficial to former President Donald J. Trump, so state party officials — who were aggressively lobbied by the Trump campaign — decided to hold a caucus anyway. The caucus, not the primary, is what will determine which Republican candidate wins Nevada’s delegates .

Nikki Haley, the last remaining significant challenger to Mr. Trump, opted to run in the primary, not the caucus.

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Yet doofus will claim a HUGE victory at some ridiculous post-election party and make a total ass out of herself. Which suits me fine. She will win the scrimmage game. Big effing woop.....

Nikki Haley suffered a major embarrassment in Nevada on Tuesday, finishing far behind “none of these candidates” in a presidential primary in which Donald Trump didn’t even compete.

Haley’s second-place finish to the disembodied alternative on the Nevada ballot came in an otherwise no-stakes primary that will not award delegates to the Republican Party’s presidential nominating convention. Trump is expected to romp in the contest that will award delegates, the party-run caucus later this week.

For Haley’s allies, Tuesday’s setback — she has not yet won a single state in the presidential primary — was already the subject of heavy pre-spinning. Some Trump loyalists in the state had actively encouraged his supporters to mark “none of these candidates” to protest her.

https://www.politico.com/news/...o-delegates-00140036

I keep thinking "why is Trump even participating in this election if he's already the sitting president and no meaningful changes were made to stop a repeat of 2020?" Obviously Trump has a plan here to account for a rigged result or else he wouldn't be playing along and running in a predetermined election. I'm looking forward to watching him pull this off.

Big Fani’s inner circle is now throwing her under the bus…

https://revolver.news/2024/02/...s-her-under-the-bus/

New details alleged against Fulton County DA Fani Willis-

Witnesses will testify she “cohabitated” with Nathan Wade (despite her denials) at her home

The relationship began in 2019 – 3 years before Willis/Wade says it began, and before Wade’s 2021 appointment

“Witnesses will testify” that DA Willis and Wade cohabitated at an AirBNB “that was paid for by tax payer money”

The “safe house” was also a romantic getaway!



More at link

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My oh my.....how the house of cards seems to tumble with just a WISP of wind. Cue Seinfeld meme, "That's a shame."

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Nikki Haley suffered a major embarrassment in Nevada on Tuesday, finishing far behind “none of these candidates” in a presidential primary in which Donald Trump didn’t even compete.

Joey D
2/5/24

Miss Fani really really does not want to testify

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trum...a/story?id=107033645

Willis, addressing the congregation last month at the Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church during a service to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, said, "I appointed three special counselors. It's my right to do. Paid them all the same hourly rate." Of the three, Willis said, "I hired one Black man."

"They only attack one," she said. "Isn't it them playing the race card when they only question one?"

Trump's filing claims Willis' conduct in making those comments "was indeed egregious" and "undeniably unethical."

The filing from Trump's attorney also appeared to reference the recent subpoena sent to Willis for her to testify at the upcoming Feb. 15 evidentiary hearing on the matter, saying he can "only hope" that at the hearing "the DA will be required to explain" the church comments "in testimony under oath," and "who else she could have been referring to in them."

Willis, in her filing last week, asked Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee to effectively cancel the Feb. 15 hearing, claiming that "no further factual development is necessary."

On Wednesday, she filed additional motions seeking to quash subpoenas that had been issued to her, Wade, and seven other members of her office.

She argued in her filing that there is "no factual basis" that "could reasonably justify requiring" her and a number of her employees to become witnesses in the case, and accused election case defendant Michael Roman, who issued the subpoenas, of "an attempt to conduct discovery in a (rather belated) effort to support reckless accusations."

The filing further claims that the investigators in her office who were subpoenaed have "no knowledge at all" of the issues raised in Roman's motion alleging misconduct.

The filing also seeks to quash a subpoena to Wade's former law partner, who representing him in his divorce proceeding, arguing that he is protected by attorney-client privilege.

It also seeks to quash a subpoena to Synovus Bank for Wade's financial records, saying that Roman "cannot possibly justify such a fishing expedition."

Supreme Court justices indicate they'll keep Trump on 2024 ballot in landmark case

https://nypost.com/2024/02/08/...over-capitol-attack/

A clear majority of the Supreme Court’s nine justices signaled Thursday that they would overturn a Colorado ruling barring former President Donald Trump from the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot.

The former president, 77, and his lawyers were appealing the Dec. 19 decision by Colorado’s Supreme Court that found Trump ineligible for the March 5 GOP contest by virtue of violating the Constitution’s so-called “Insurrection Clause” during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

Trump’s team argued separately that Congress — not the states — was tasked with enforcing the clause, that the provision did not apply to the office of president, and that the 45th president did not engage in an insurrection when hundreds of his allies stormed the Capitol and disrupted the certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

The congressional supremacy argument found the most favor with the court, as Chief Justice John Roberts fretted during oral arguments that upholding the Colorado ruling would open the door to red and blue states removing politicians of opposing parties from the ballot on a whim.

“It’ll come down to just a handful of states that are going to decide the presidential election. That’s a pretty daunting consequence,” Roberts said.

“Your Honor, the fact that there are potential frivolous applications of a constitutional provision isn’t a reason,” argued attorney Jason Murray, representing a group of Colorado voters who sought to remove Trump from the ballot.

“The question you have to confront,” liberal Justice Elena Kagan told Murray at another point in his argument, “is why a single state should decide who gets to be president of the United States.”

Conservative Justice Samuel Alito asked Murray about a hypothetical in which candidates for “diplomatic reasons think that it’s in the best interests of the” US to send funds to a foreign nation that describes Washington as “its biggest enemy” — a clear reference to the Obama-Biden policy toward Iran.

“Could a state determine that that person has given aid and comfort to the enemy, and therefore keep that person off the ballot?” Alito asked.

Murray contended that a state could not because the Constitution’s language defining treason is precise.

Of the justices, only liberal Sonia Sotomayor appeared inclined to rule in favor of Colorado, asking at one point whether Trump attorney Jonathan Mitchell was laying the groundwork for the ex-president to flout the constitutional requirement that he only serve up to eight years in office.

“Are you setting it up so that if some President runs for a third term, that a state can’t disqualify him from the ballot?” asked the Bronx-born jurist.

“Of course, they can disqualify him from the ballot because that is a qualification that is categorical, it’s not defusable by Congress,” Mitchell responded.

more at link

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Of the justices, only liberal Sonia Sotomayor appeared inclined to rule in favor of Colorado, asking at one point whether Trump attorney Jonathan Mitchell was laying the groundwork for the ex-president to flout the constitutional requirement that he only serve up to eight years in office.

Color me NOT Surprised...

Same. I'd type more, but it would result in a profanity-laced diatribe that would only serve to make me run for the bottle of Metoprolol....

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Of the justices, only liberal Sonia Sotomayor appeared inclined to rule in favor of Colorado, asking at one point whether Trump attorney Jonathan Mitchell was laying the groundwork for the ex-president to flout the constitutional requirement that he only serve up to eight years in office.

Color me NOT Surprised...

She makes it sound like that's a bad thing.

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Of the justices, only liberal Sonia Sotomayor appeared inclined to rule in favor of Colorado, asking at one point whether Trump attorney Jonathan Mitchell was laying the groundwork for the ex-president to flout the constitutional requirement that he only serve up to eight years in office.

Color me NOT Surprised...

Is she really that stupid?
That's not at all what this case is about...

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Originally posted by chellim1:

Is she really that stupid?

Yes?

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Originally posted by chellim1:

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:

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Of the justices, only liberal Sonia Sotomayor appeared inclined to rule in favor of Colorado, asking at one point whether Trump attorney Jonathan Mitchell was laying the groundwork for the ex-president to flout the constitutional requirement that he only serve up to eight years in office.

Color me NOT Surprised...

Is she really that stupid?
That's not at all what this case is about...

Meanwhile, it's pretty damn obvious that obama is in his third term.

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Originally posted by chellim1:

Is she really that stupid?

Yes?

The legacy of who Trump put on the court vs. who Obama put on the court...Good Lord.

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The legacy of who Trump put on the court vs. who Obama put on the court...Good Lord.

Well...to be honest, I ain't exactly doing hand springs over Barrett. JMHO and just sayin'.....

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...tory-speech-n2634847

Trump Takes His Victory Lap in Nevada, but There Was Something Different About This Speech

The theme of the address was revival. Trump plans to spearhead a comeback like no other if elected. In 2016, it was the border wall. In 2024, it’s national reconstruction and a return to normalcy on the world stage. Trump boasted that Vladimir Putin would have never invaded Ukraine, Hamas wouldn’t have invaded Israel, and inflation would have never happened under his watch. The former president harped on his record of stability and peace, noting that no major wars were fought. We defeated ISIS, and the doctrine of peace through strength permeated the Middle East. Trump was able to make the Abraham Accords, a normalization of relations between Arab states and Israel, a reality. Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, and Bahrain are all signatories. Expansion of this agreement was halted because Biden is president.

Regarding attacks, it was disciplined. Given the special counsel report on Joe Biden, where it was determined the president had willfully retained classified materials and misplaced them, Trump allowed the news cycle to do his work for him. Biden held a disastrous presser in the White House where he lied about the findings of the report filed by Special Counsel Robert Hur and exploded at the media for questions regarding his memory. Hur noted that the president struggled mightily to remember events like his vice presidency under Obama and the death of his son Beau.

Biden did more damage to himself holding that presser at the White House on Thursday night. If memory was a concern, Biden did himself no favors, especially when he mixed up the presidents of Egypt and Mexico when discussing the Gaza War.

It was a trainwreck that did little to neutralize the ongoing concern from voters about Biden’s mental health. Being concise, composed, and to the point, Trump starkly contrasted the clown show at the White House. Trump has the nomination. It’s now time to shift gears to the general election. With Biden’s age and competency an issue for the 2024 campaign, he allowed Mr. Hur’s report and the Delaware liberal’s angry constitution, in which he berated press members, to do all the talking.

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Being concise, composed, and to the point, Trump starkly contrasted the clown show at the White House.

In the last couple of years, Trump has been noticeably more affable, less confrontational in person and social media. Sure, every now and then he launches a pretty good attack on some idiot, but the tone of his rhetoric has overall been more calm and measured.