Law, Power, and Justice

FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2024

Morning TV

• Trump is fantasizing about shooting Liz Cheney in the face.  He didn’t just say he wanted to execute her, he gave all the details, such a sigh of a domestic abuser.  Let’s see how she likes having nine barrels aimed at her face.  It reminds me of the story of “The Snake” Trump repeated told in a truly serial murder voice about a kind hearted woman helping a snake that bit her. The man is truly so very sick.
• Woke up to a review of the Movie “Apprentice” made recently by an independent film maker who is Iranian.  I can’t wait to see it.  The discussion was interesting, all about how the Republicans and the Democrats allowed deregulation that ruined the film industry (along with a lot of other things.) It’s on the podcast “The Lever.” An interview with the writer, Gabriel Sherman. The way the movie industry ran away from this movie because they were afraid of offending Trump is just so disturbing. At Cannes, the movie was greeted with an eight-minute standing ovation, and positive reviews by the critics. But because the Trump campaign released a statement saying they were going to sue, Hollywood couldn’t get away fast enough. It is revolting, just like the reaction of almost everybody else in the society.
• Charlie Kirk is warning that Trump is going to lose.  According to Joe Scarborough.   I saw Kirk on Bannon’s show the day after Bannon got out of prison.  I didn’t hear him say this, but he looked very worried, and Bannon is warning people, trying to put the fear of God in them.
• On Morning Joe they are talking about how the Trump campaign ought to be expanding the base, but they are alienating parts of the base, important parts of the base.  But, if you are going to steal an election, you don’t have to expand the base.  The base is irrelevant.  The base is only the brown shirts you are going to use after the coup.
• They are arguing for a new trial for the men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery.  It makes my skin crawl.