Law, Power, and Justice

THURSDAY EVENING NEWS AND LIFE NOTES FROM AN ELDERLY CHILDLESS CAT LADY IN THE SUBBASEMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF SNARK

Thursday Evening 6 February 2025

The Kyiv Independent (2/6/25)

• A series of explosions rocked Kyiv late on February 6.
• Zelensky says Trump has no official plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine.

MSNBC (2/6/25)

• Sen. Blumenthal investigating Musk for conflict of interest.   Nicolle Wallace asked him what would be done if Muck was found guilty.  Blumenthal said it was a “BLAME AND SHAME OPERATION.”  Can you believe this?  Can you actually believe that Blumenthal said this?  That he thinks Musk or Trump have “shame?”  That people give a f..k?  They don’t.
• Charlie Sykes says that in the Blumenthal discussion, the word “corruption” didn’t come up.  Trump has turned his administration over to unaccountable billionaires.  If the Democrats can’t figure out how to message that, they should get into another line of work.  (Note: That’s just the issue, Democrats are in the line of work of raising money, that’s it.)  The lack of push back against Musk is disturbing. 
• Nicollle Wallace: The question of whether a particular act is illegal has new meaning when you have no one at the DOJ (note: Well, Garland was no one.).  
• (Note: Look up state capture).
• Cristi Goldberg: When the briefs were filed in the FBI listing case (demanding that the FBI produce names of agents who worked on the Trump case) nowhere in the government’s brief did it say that the administration would never release the names.  They just said that they wouldn’t do it immediately.  (Note: These lawyers just won’t see the reality of the fact that the judicial branch doesn’t work anymore either).
• Angelo Carusone, Media Matters: Orban had to revise the Constitution six times in the beginning of his reign.  Their policies are unpopular.  They are “high on their own supply.” 
• (Note; Charlie Sykes is a generous and kind man.)
• (Note: Story of Alan and the workers.)
• Sykes: “Elon Musk has no idea what he is breaking.”  “Put a human face” on the repercussions of what they are doing.
• (Note: They keep referring to all this activity as Trump motivated. Trump is an imbecile.  These are smart, ruthless, cruel, men behind Trump who have planned this out.)
• Christi Greenberg: Pam Bondi to prosecutors: “You are the President’s lawyers.”  No, they are not. 

Articles to Read:

Packer, George (January 2025)  “The end of Democratic Delusions,” The Atlantic.

Gilbert, Sophie (January 2025) “The Gender War is Here.” The Atlantic.