The Political Thread

[Deezy]

Sure blame the young people, and not the system that allows it to happen. At least we finally beat medicaid.

The old people are always at the polls.

And they got them old ass onees, what's the young peoples excuse?

They ain't got a job.

 

[Brandon Blaze]

 

[Chris]

The Latest | France's first-round voting ends. Bardella calls for rejection of 'dangerous far left'

France had held an early parliamentary election that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II.

apnews.com

Polling projections say French voters have propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections on Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty.

French President Emmanuel Macron called the surprise elections just three weeks ago and is urging voters to rally against the far right. Projections by polling agencies suggest the National Rally stands a good chance of winning a majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time with an estimated one-third of the first-round vote. That’s nearly double their 18% in the first round in 2022.

The National Rally is building on its success in European elections weeks ago that prompted Macron to dissolve parliament and call the vote. The second round of voting is on July 7. Macron could end up sharing power with a prime minister who is hostile to most of his policies.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

The Latest | France's first-round voting ends. Bardella calls for rejection of 'dangerous far left'

France had held an early parliamentary election that could bring the country’s first far-right government since Nazi occupation during World War II.

apnews.com

Polling projections say French voters have propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong lead in first-round legislative elections on Sunday and plunged the country into political uncertainty.

French President Emmanuel Macron called the surprise elections just three weeks ago and is urging voters to rally against the far right. Projections by polling agencies suggest the National Rally stands a good chance of winning a majority in the lower house of parliament for the first time with an estimated one-third of the first-round vote. That’s nearly double their 18% in the first round in 2022.

The National Rally is building on its success in European elections weeks ago that prompted Macron to dissolve parliament and call the vote. The second round of voting is on July 7. Macron could end up sharing power with a prime minister who is hostile to most of his policies.

Yeah cuz that's totally what he's been saying these last few weeks. Totally hasn't been primarily focused on tearing down the Left coalition like the entire French media has done thus far.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Shocking!

...well, not that shocking.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Yea... looks like the far-right RN alliance got 38% in the first round... France steps right and not just in baby steps.

 

[Chris]

Highlights: Supreme Court sends Trump’s immunity case back to a lower court in Washington

The Supreme Court is sending Donald Trump’s immunity case back to a lower court in Washington, dimming the prospect of a pre-election trial.

apnews.com

In a historic 6-3 ruling, the justices said for the first time that former presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for their official acts and no immunity for unofficial acts. But rather than do it themselves, the justices ordered lower courts to figure out precisely how to apply the decision to Trump’s case.

The outcome means additional delays before Trump could face trial in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith.

The court’s decision in a second major Trump case this term, along with its ruling rejecting efforts to bar him from the ballot because of his actions following the 2020 election, underscores the direct and possibly uncomfortable role the justices are playing in the November election.

 

[Chris]

Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Tech Platforms’ Free Speech Rights

The justices returned both cases, which concerned state laws that supporters said were aimed at “Silicon Valley censorship,” to lower courts. Critics had said the laws violated the sites’ First Amendment rights.

www.nytimes.com

The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a definitive resolution of challenges to laws in Florida and Texas that curb the power of social media companies to moderate content, leaving in limbo an effort by Republicans who have promoted such legislation to remedy what they say is a bias against conservatives.

Instead, the justices unanimously agreed to return the cases to lower courts for analysis. In the majority opinion, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that neither lower appeals court had properly analyzed the First Amendment challenges to the Florida and Texas laws.

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Highlights: Supreme Court sends Trump’s immunity case back to a lower court in Washington

The Supreme Court is sending Donald Trump’s immunity case back to a lower court in Washington, dimming the prospect of a pre-election trial.

apnews.com

In a historic 6-3 ruling, the justices said for the first time that former presidents have absolute immunity from prosecution for their official acts and no immunity for unofficial acts. But rather than do it themselves, the justices ordered lower courts to figure out precisely how to apply the decision to Trump’s case.

The outcome means additional delays before Trump could face trial in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith.

The court’s decision in a second major Trump case this term, along with its ruling rejecting efforts to bar him from the ballot because of his actions following the 2020 election, underscores the direct and possibly uncomfortable role the justices are playing in the November election.

Fucking disgusting decision. Cowards the lot of them.

 

[Chris]

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/01/steve-bannon-prison-sentence-jan-6

Ex-Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon arrived at a federal prison in Connecticut on Monday to begin serving his four-month sentence on contempt of Congress charges, per multiple outlets.

 

[Chris]

Karen Read’s deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in death of her Boston police officer boyfriend

The case of Karen Read on charges that she killed her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV has ended in a mistrial.

www.boston25news.com

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV and leaving him in a snowstorm, a case that drew outsize attention thanks to true crime fanatics, conspiracy theorists and Read’s pink-shirted supporters.

 

[Toilet]

Karen Read’s deadlocked jury leads to mistrial in death of her Boston police officer boyfriend

The case of Karen Read on charges that she killed her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV has ended in a mistrial.

www.boston25news.com

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Monday after jurors deadlocked in the case of Karen Read, a woman accused of killing her Boston police officer boyfriend by striking him with her SUV and leaving him in a snowstorm, a case that drew outsize attention thanks to true crime fanatics, conspiracy theorists and Read’s pink-shirted supporters.

I know absolutely nothing about this case except for this quote and the fact that so many people are saying she was framed and that her appeal to the mass is that she's an everyday lady just getting framed so it can happen to anyone.

 

[Chris]

Trump Moves to Overturn Manhattan Conviction, Citing Immunity Decision

Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.

www.nytimes.com

Donald J. Trump began an effort on Monday to throw out his recent criminal conviction in Manhattan and postpone his upcoming sentencing, citing a new Supreme Court ruling that granted him broad immunity from prosecution for official actions he took as president, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

In a letter to the judge overseeing the case, Mr. Trump’s lawyers sought permission to file a motion to set aside the verdict, doing so just hours after the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling involving one of Mr. Trump’s other criminal cases. The letter will not be public until Tuesday at the earliest, after which prosecutors will have a chance to respond.

The move from Mr. Trump’s lawyers came 10 days before the judge was set to sentence the former president for his crimes in Manhattan, where a jury convicted him on 34 felony counts related to his cover-up of a sex scandal in the run-up to the 2016 election. Mr. Trump’s lawyers asked the judge, Juan M. Merchan, to postpone the July 11 sentencing while the judge weighs whether the Supreme Court ruling affects the conviction.

 

[Chris]

I know absolutely nothing about this case except for this quote and the fact that so many people are saying she was framed and that her appeal to the mass is that she's an everyday lady just getting framed so it can happen to anyone.

I'd actually never heard of this until I saw it today tbh

 

[Toilet]

I'd actually never heard of this until I saw it today tbh

I think I saw it on the local news after the debate. people were standing outside the courthouse with signs like they were on good morning america.