Posted on 08/01/2020 12:13:25 AM PDT by weston
Good morning - yes POTUS was on a roll this morning.
Went out and worked in Garden Now in Seymour at P’s appointment. Finally found some Pea seed.
Grabbing WiFi @ McD. Maybe will get caught up. Still no phone signal at home.
Boring
Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
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BACKGROUND: People forget that in the 1980s, Dr. Fauci was the US health official who falsely spread the myth of heterosexual, non-blood-borne transmission of AIDS. He caused hysteria in the general population with his initial misdiagnosis of how the HIV virus was transmitted
Just the News
@JustTheNews
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Kentucky Senate candidate Amy McGrath failed to pay property taxes six times in five years #JustTheNews
@US_SpaceCom
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#OTD in 1942: Actress Hedy Lamarr & composer George Antheil received Flag of United States patent for “Secret Communication System” — frequency-hopping, spread-spectrum comms sys. It was early application of what came to be known as spread-spectrum tech, later used to develop apps like #GPS, #wifi.
POTUS 30 min audio only interview with Hugh Hewitt this morning
https://www.hughhewitt.com/wp-content/uploads/08-11hhs-president-trump.mp3
How sweet! That is one huge bird!
GEN FLYNN HEARING BEGINS NOWhttps://t.co/vTLSrQ4hWO— Unrattled Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 11, 2020
@joshdcaplan
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JPOST: Reports indicate "tunnels" found near Beirut Port in wake of blast
Hope your breathing gets easier as you stay inside.
“Wow. I can’t believe it’s been 4 years since WVKayaker....aka Page, has been gone”
Wow, has it been that long? It just seems like yesterday.
I have some friends that want to retire in Guam, where she is from. But they are worried that the medical system there is so poor. So I relayed a bit about his story.
I’ve been listening to the Flynn hearing all morning.
Fascinating stuff!
Wrapping up now with closing arguments.
Yum!
Boy, is this a great breakfast, lysie!
I’m not complaining but I just *know* that I got three pieces of bacon and after getting coffee there were only two on my plate...
The only person who was near my bacon was exit.
I’d *never* accuse, but ... just sayin’...
https://bongino.com/michael-flynn-judge-could-be-disqualified-from-proceedings-after-hearing-today/
Michael Flynn Judge Could Be Disqualified From Proceedings After Hearing Today
by Matt PalumboPosted: August 11, 2020
We’re not sure what took them so long, but some on a full federal appeals court are concerned about Emmet Sullivan’s bias in the Kafkaesque Michael Flynn case.
Ronald Reagan famously quipped that the closest thing we’ll ever see resembling eternity on this Earth is a government program – but it’s safe to say that “the Michael Flynn trial” also qualifies.
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After the Department of Justice announced that they would be dropping their criminal case against Flynn in May, Judge Sullivan appointed an outsider to serve as an amicus curaae to present arguments against the DOJ’s motion to dismiss. The man, John Gleeson, without a hint of irony blasted the DOJ’s motion as a “gross abuse” of power. Two weeks after that a federal appeals court ordered Sullivan to grant the DOJ’s request to drop charges against Flynn. A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals approved Flynn’s petition to intervene in the case after a district court judge had tapped an outside counsel to argue against the DOJ’s move. In response, Sullivan appealed to the Circuit Court for an en banc hearing, and oral arguments were scheduled for August 11th, which are going on as I write.
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Catherine Herridge
@CBS_
#FLYNN from ongoing oral arguments before full panel DC Court of Appeals @SidneyPowell1 says Flynn is a “defendant without a prosecutor” + Judge Sullivan has “no standing” in the case + taken on the “role of an active litigant” which has “disqualified” him @CBSNews
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[The August 11 em banc hearing] could end up “disqualifying” Sullivan from the proceedings. Some on the DC Circuit seem to be worried about the level of bias exhibited by Sullivan and that he should be prepared to answer questions about it.
Vespa points to a thread from Reeves Law founder John Reeves, who read through court documents proving that that some on the DC Circuit are concerned that Sullivan is biased and needs to disqualify himself.
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John M. Reeves
https://twitter.com/reeveslawstl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1291045952892162048%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbongino.com%2Fmichael-flynn-judge-could-be-disqualified-from-proceedings-after-hearing-today%2F
Aug 5, 2020
BREAKING re: Flynn en banc
1) The DC Circuit just entered the attached order regarding the Flynn en banc oral argument. It shows at least some of the judges are concerned that Judge Sullivan has become biased, and needs to disqualify himself. (cont)
2) The relevant part of the order declares that the parties shall address “the effect, if any, of 28 USC 455(a) and 455(b)(5)(i) on the District Court judge’s Fed. R.. App. P. 35(b) petition for en banc review.
3) Below is a link to Section 455, with the relevant portions highlighted. (cont)
4) Section 455(a) declares, “Any...judge...shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”
5) Section 455(b)(5)(i), in turn, declares that a judge must also disqualify himself if he “[i]s a party to the proceeding, or an officer, director, or trustee of a party.”
6) This indicates that the DC Circuit is concered that by petitioning for en banc review, Judge Sullivan has rendered himself a party to the case, and has thus disqualified himself from further overseeing the district court proceedings.
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Techno Fog
Flynn update -
DC Court of Appeals requests the parties be prepared to address at oral argument:
1) Whether Judge Sullivan should disqualify himself for perceived impartiality; and
2) If Sullivan should disqualify himself as a party to the proceeding.
https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1291044659293192192%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbongino.com%2Fmichael-flynn-judge-could-be-disqualified-from-proceedings-after-hearing-today%2F
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Glenn Kirschner
https://twitter.com/glennkirschner2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1293195958432432129%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbongino.com%2Fmichael-flynn-judge-could-be-disqualified-from-proceedings-after-hearing-today%2F
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Of course, in the Michael Flynn trial nothing seems to make sense. Despite apparent concerns of bias, anyone listening to the oral arguments will notice that these judges seem awfully biased themselves. It’s hard not to speculate that they’re simply trying to drag the case out for as long as possible to effectively force Trump to intervene, so they can then falsely accuse him to abusing his power as President by ending their witch hunt.
In a sane world, Judge Emmet’s behavior in this case would disqualify him from his entire career.
So DOJ just clarified and said they are not claiming Judge Sullivan is actually biased but that there is an “appearance of partiality” problem. That clarification is appreciated.
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