We have previously discussed controversial sentences handed down in cases involving rioters on January 6th, including sentencing orders that, in my view, violate First Amendment rights. That included the case of Daniel Goodwyn, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. That crime would ordinarily not involve any jail time for a first offender. However, Judge Reggie B. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia decided that he would use the case to regulate what Goodwyn was reading and communicating with a chilling probation order. After the case was sent back by the D.C. Circuit, Walton doubled down on his extraordinary order. Now the D.C. Circuit has refused to hear an emergency appeal.
Judge Walton has attracted controversy and criticism over his public comments about former President Donald Trump and the other issues. He caused a stir in Washington after doing an interview with CNN in which he rebuked former President Donald Trump for his criticism of judges and their family members. Walton previously called Trump a “charlatan,” and said that “I don’t think he cares about democracy, only power.”
Critics charged that Walton’s public statements ran afoul of Canon 3A(6) of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, which states: “A judge should not make public comment on the merits of a matter pending or impending in any court.”
Walton then triggered criticism over his handling of the Goodwin case.
The case involved Daniel Goodwyn, 35, of Corinth, Texas, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 31, 2023, to one misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. That is a relatively minor offense, but Walton imposed a 60-day jail sentence in June 2023 with these ongoing conditions on his online reading and speech.
Walton reportedly noted that Goodwyn spread “disinformation” during a broadcast of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on March 14, 2023 and ordered that Mr. Goodwyn’s computer be subject to “monitoring and inspection” by a probation agent to check if he spread Jan. 6 disinformation during the term of his supervised release.
After accepting the plea to a single misdemeanor, Walton expressed scorn for Goodwyn appearing “gleeful” on Jan. 6 and his “egging on” other rioters. He asked his defense counsel “why I should feel that he doesn’t pose a risk to our democracy?”
As a condition for supervised release, DOJ pushed the monitoring conditions and found a judge who seemed eager to impose it.
The order reflects the utter impunity shown by the Justice Department in its pursuit of January 6th defendants. Justice Department official Michael Sherwin proudly declared in a television interview that “our office wanted to ensure that there was shock and awe … it worked because we saw through media posts that people were afraid to come back to D.C. because they’re, like, ‘If we go there, we’re gonna get charged.’ … We wanted to take out those individuals that essentially were thumbing their noses at the public for what they did.”
Sherwin was celebrated for his pledge to use such draconian means to send a message to others in the country. (Sherwin has left the Justice Department and is now a partner at Kobre & Kim).
Walton was rebuked by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia for a surveillance order of Goodwin to detect any spreading of “disinformation” or “misinformation.”
In my new book, “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage,” I discussed concerns over the cases like Goodwyn’s and their implications for free speech. I participated in the coverage on January 6th and criticized President Trump’s speech while he was giving it. I disagreed with the legal claims made to oppose certification. However, the “shock and awe” campaign of the Justice Department, in my view, has trampled on free speech rights in cases that range from Goodwyn to the prosecutions of Trump himself.
Many of us were relieved when appellate judges (Gregory Katsas, Neomi Rao, and Bradley Garcia) rebuked Walton and held that “[t]he district court plainly erred in imposing the computer-monitoring condition without considering whether it was ‘reasonably related’ to the relevant sentencing factors and involved ‘no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary’ to achieve the purposes behind the sentencing.”
They sent the case back but, to the surprise of few, Judge Walton proceeded to double down on the monitoring while implausibly declaring “I don’t want to chill anyone’s First Amendment rights.”
For some reason, Walton believes that barring an individual from reviewing and engaging in political speech does not “chill” his First Amendment rights.
Most of us were appalled by the riot and the underlying views of figures like Goodwyn, who is a self-proclaimed member of the Proud Boys. He was rightfully arrested and should be punished for his conduct. The question is not the legitimacy of punishment, but the scope of that punishment.
Prosecutor Brian Brady detailed how the Justice Department has in place a new system using artificial intelligence to monitor the reading and statements of citizens like Goodwyn. The Justice Department brushed aside the free speech concerns since Goodwyn remains under court supervision, even though he pleaded guilty to only a single misdemeanor.
Brady described a virtual AI driven thought program. The justification was that Goodwyn refused to abandon his extreme political views:
“Throughout the pendency of Goodwyn’s case, he has made untruthful statements regarding his conduct and the events of the day, he has used websites and social media to place targets on police officers who defended the Capitol, and he has used these platforms to publish and view extremist media. Imposing the requested [monitoring] conditions would protect the public from further dissemination of misinformation… [and] provide specific deterrence from him committing similar crimes.”
So now federal courts can use a single misdemeanor for unlawful entry in a federal building for less than 40 seconds to “protect the public from … dissemination of misinformation” on the government.
That was all Walton needed to hear. Relying on a record supplied by the Justice Department, Walton said in the hearing that Goodwyn is still engaging “in the same type of rhetoric” that fomented the Jan. 6 violence. He added that he was concerned about Goodwyn spreading “false narratives” when we are “on the heels of another election.”
Walton merely added the DOJ record to his renewed sentencing conditions.
Defense counsel then returned to the D.C. Circuit to seek an emergency stay but Judges Florence Pan and Bradley Garcia denied the motion, holding that “Appellant has not satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending appeal” to prevent further “false narratives.”
That drew a pointed dissent from Judge Gregory Katsas who stated:
Daniel Goodwyn pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1752(a)(1). Goodwyn entered the Capitol and remained inside for a total of 36 seconds. He did not use force to enter, did not assault police officers, and neither took nor damaged any government property. When police instructed Goodwyn to leave the building, he did so.
…
On appeal, this Court vacated the condition … We further instructed the district court, if it wished to impose a new computer- monitoring condition on remand, to “explain its reasoning,” to “develop the record in support of its decision,” and to ensure that the condition complies with section 3583(d) and with the Constitution.
The district court reimposed the same condition on remand. In an oral hearing, the court said that Goodwyn had made statements on social media that “can be, it seems to me, construed as” urging a repeat of January 6, particularly “on the heels of another election.” In its written order, the court elaborated on what it called Goodwyn’s “concerning online activity.” This included posting exhortations to “#StopTheSteal!” and “#FightForTrump,” soliciting donations to fund his travel to Washington, posing for a livestream while inside the Capitol, confirming his presence there by text, and tweeting opinions such as: “They WANT a revolution. They’re proving our point. They don’t represent us. They hate us.” Id. at 3–4. In addressing what the court described as Goodwyn pushing “false narratives” about January 6 after-the-fact, the court, quoting from the government’s brief, led with the fact Goodwyn “sat for an interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News Channel.” Id. at 4. Finally, in concluding that computer monitoring was reasonably related to Goodwyn’s offense, the court reasoned that monitoring would prevent Goodwyn from raising funds to support potential future crimes and would separate him “from extremist media, rehabilitating him.”
Judge Katsas stated that Goodwyn was likely to prevail on the merits and that his colleagues allowed the denial of First Amendment rights to continue in the interim.
The Walton order reflects the erosion of support for the First Amendment, even on our courts. It is reminiscent of our previous discussion of how courts have criminalized “toxic ideologies” as part of the crackdown on free speech in the United Kingdom.
Here is the D.C. Circuit order: United States v. Goodwyn
senior status, anti-constitutional. null and void
Sorry Jon, the fact fox has you batting cleanup for J6 rioters whose goal was to physically interfere with Congress such that they could overthrow election results is even funnier than your ham handed marketing efforts for your book.
Somebody is butt hurt hearing the truth.
Sorry Jon, the fact fox has you batting cleanup for J6 rioters whose goal was to physically interfere with Congress
Sorry Anonymous Marxist Useful Idiot cretin, your attempts to bat cleanup for CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, et al who called your MONTHS of 24/7 rioting, pillaging, looting, burning and murder “mostly peaceful” as you did your best to cripple a presidency and affect an election make about as much sense as calling a day long assault on the White House “mostly peaceful”.
Reggie has been a very obvious W Bush problematic appointment for 22 years (don’t know when in 2001 he took the bench). But defense attorneys laud him (they’d better) and he’s probably most well known for being the judge who presided over Scooter Libby’s trial. Now in “Senior Status”, he continues meeting out harsh sentences pour encourager les autres.
Since this is Jonathan Turley’s website I see no reason to not advertise his own book on his own page.
His opinion is dead on. As the courts continue to trim back what is free speech, we are all in danger, INCLUDING YOU.
No, he really isn’t in danger. He’s supporting the Party’s line.
Would it were there is or will develop a way to either diminish the awesome power of the DC court, or eliminate the existence of a DC Court, the country would/could/might/should be better off –
Most of us were appalled by the riot and the underlying views of figures like Goodwyn, who is a self-proclaimed member of the Proud Boys. He was rightfully arrested and should be punished for his conduct. The question is not the legitimacy of punishment, but the scope of that punishment.
Most of us were even more appalled by the 24/7 rioting, pillaging, looting, burning and murder that went on for MONTHS prior to J6 – carried out not by the Proud Boys, but by Antifa and Black Liars & Marxists. And every time Professor Turley wants to assure his fellow Democrats that he hasn’t lost his bona fides by mentioning how appalled he was by J6 and how jail must be imposed… a lot of people can’t help but notice he has never once mentioned being appalled by the rioting and underlying views of his fellow Democrats who were violent criminals for MONTHS.
There is value to be gleaned from Turley’s writings, as there is from reading Andrew McCarthy, Mark Levin, etc. But that doesn’t mean giving any of them a pass when they let their dirty laundry show.
Turley has rarely shown anything remotely like concern that the same FBI that has so diligently attempted to hunt down every granny who took a selfie on the lawn that day has shown complete disinterest in hunting down the Democrat Election Season Insurrectionists – even after the June 1st assault on the White House. That assault sent over 50 Secret Service and Capitol Police to hospital with wounds suffered in repelling the assault. The Secret Service were so fearful they could not repell the assault that they evacuated Trump and his family to a nearby secret nuclear bunker.
Turley regularly reminds Americans he was totally appalled by January 6th and there must be punishment. But for the months before that filled with rioting, pillaging, looting, burning and murder? Meh… thoughtless civil disobedience – why would anyone expect the FBI to hunt down the Election Season Mostly Peaceful Insurrection street thugs in the six months they had to do that before J6 ever happened to wake the FBI up?
Your dirty underwear is showing as you lecture the class from your dais, Professor Turley. Equal justice for all? How about finally becoming equally appalled about all the months before that, Professor Turley?
My son Daniel is not a self avowed Proud Boy. This was a lie by the media and you are repeating a lie. Just because you post a meme and know some Proud Boys does not mean you are a Proud Boy. Daniel actually was asked to join by a prominent Proud Boy and declined. It is just not his thing.
Besides Proud Boys did nothing wrong on January 6th. Their trial was a disgrace and their sentencing a travesty of justice. As mentioned in a comment ANTIFA is the real danger to this country and they proved it.
So though I respect your defense of the first amendment I would appreciate you correct the lie about my son. An attorney should be accurate.
Belgian city says Jews may not compete in an ultimate frisbee tournament because someone unrelated to them hates Jews. How’s that for logic? The teenagers prepared for three years and traveled thousands of miles to get there, only to have their chance at competing be unjustly stolen from them.
https://nypost.com/2024/08/11/world-news/israeli-ultimate-frisbee-team-banned-from-international-competition-after-antisemitic-graffiti-appears-near-playing-field/
What would have happened if there had been anti-Muslim graffiti near the playing field?
Judge Reggie B. Walton –DEI
I wonder what JT thinks of state laws that prohibit convicted criminals from profiteering by book authoring or movie-making about their crime? I do think society has a strong interest in deterring the profit motive for criminality. In today’s internet era of GoFundMe.com, this should extend to the most modern means of cashing in, not just books and movies.
I do not know about Turley – but I oppose those laws. HOWEVER, I support tort claims for damages by the crime victims.
If a crook makes millions from his story – then the crime victims can sue for damages.
Do you really think a jury is going to side with the criminal.
If person A and person B commit the same crime, why should person A who wrote a bestseller about it be penalized more than person B who didn’t profit?
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The leftist on this blog are talking about crowd size when black people are loosing their jobs to illegal immigrations. Here’s a black woman who tells it like it is. The leftist will tell you that she’s lying because she’s a house servant otherwise known as a Tom. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xzSTzve1aSE
And their lying about crowd size to boot.
Jonathan: Now if you think I am exaggerating about the lies being told about the Harris/Walz rallies just read some of the comments on your blog that simple regurgitate what they apparently suck up from right-wing social media propaganda. Here’s one example:
Anonymous bizarrely claims: “How do they fill Kamala campaign events? Why, Hollywood casting companies of course! DNC hired Hollywood casting companies to fill the Kamala events with paid actors…It’s all fake, astroturfing fraud”. (8/11@3:57pm). Does Anonymous provide any evidence for his preposterous claim? Nope. He doesn’t need to because he lives in an alt universe where facts don’t matter. The fact is no one is being paid to attend the Harris/Walz rallies.
The test will be when voters go to the polls on Nov. 5th. If DJT loses again will Anonymous claim the election was “stolen” from his cult leader and voters were “paid” to voter for Harris/ Walz? Probably. When it comes to “false narratives” on your blog Anonymous is the purveyor-in- chief!
Dennis says: “The fact is no one is being paid to attend the Harris/Walz rallies.”
It’s a Fact, you say? Prove it.
HOW is an incredibly UNPOPULAR, truly awful, unlikeable politician, with her obnoxious cackle and nasal voice, who is unable to speak intelligently on the issues without a script, even after nearly four years as the CURRENT Vice President, miraculously filling stadiums with tens of thousands of cheering supporters? Poof! Like magic …. Here comes Kamala filling stadiums with JOY!
It is FAKE, manufactured bullsh*t, dum dum.
You know what else?
Kamala is trying to portray herself as an outsider. “On Day 1 of my administration I will…..”
She is currently in the current administration! Why hasn’t she done it already? She’s in power NOW!
She is trying to distance herself from Biden’s “winter of darkness and death” administration (Biden’s words), with more wars, more economic pain, more division in the country all during the Biden-Harris regime. The country is in pain.
But now here comes Kamala the Bringer of Joy? As if she is some “outsider” to the chaos and incompetence of this current regime?
Does anyone in the country feel “Joy” right now?
Here is what Biden/Harris has brought us: Inflation, fentanyl, high crime, flood of illegals, high gas prices, high energy costs, lawlessness, civil unrest, wars on two fronts, chaos & uncertainty.
They don’t even know what a woman is.
But her campaign is suddenly about Joy? What a disconnect.
Kamala Harris doesn’t care about you or me. If she did, she would stop HIDING and ANSWER questions about her policies of the last four years that MOST of the country feels is on the wrong track.
But she doesn’t. She just lies and shows us nothing but contempt.
She lets the media run cover for her. She let’s her handlers run her fake, phony, scripted campaign FOR her.
She never ever got a single vote. She stabbed Joe Biden in the back.
She was selected and installed. She laughs about it.
And she doesn’t even have an ounce of respect for the voters or this country to come stand before us, honestly. Instead she continues ducking & hiding. She covered up Joe Biden’s dementia for 3 years. And lied to us about it.
She is a FRAUD. Voters know a fraud when they see one.
Her running mate is even worse. Mr. Stolen Valor doesn’t know what’s coming for him.
And neither of them are ready for it. Apparently neither are you, Dennis.
That’s a fact.
Last point, Dennis….
Kamala and Joe have turned this country into a lawless, tyrannical Banana Republic where they lie to the voters, they censor speech, they ignore the Supreme Court, and they hunt down and lock up their political opponents.
THAT is her legacy. The country will NOT vote for MORE of it.
THAT is a FACT.
Notice how Dennis always has 1 Like. I’m guessing it is his own.
Bobby: Wrong!
We’ll all be old one day. Or maybe not.
You may want to be kind and stop with the idiotic insults, dipsh*t.
Dennis – cool down.
get over it Harris is just not all that popular. She MIGHT be more popular than Biden is SOME groups – she is bringing in larger crowds without playing games than Biden by a large extent.
But the best comparison is Atlantis – where Trump followed Harris to the same arena.
Watch the video – there are lots of very unenthusiastic people in the crowd. That adds credance tot he story that the homeless were getting paid to show up and being bussed in. I would note that Bussing people in has ALWAYS been a big thing for Democrats – not only at rallies but also on election day. The debate has never been whether democrats do this – but are those being bussed in – actual ly people who want to be at a Harris raly – or in an election are they people who actually want to vote and are actually eligable.
Next the press tried to tarnish Trump’s atlanta crowd with a pre rally photo of the press area – there is plenty of video of the actual rally – the arena was filled to the rafters and there were thousands who could not get in watching on giant screens.
Conversely the top half of the arena was sparse when Harris was there and people started leaving when the Rappers finished.
There is also credible evidence that MSNBC photoshopped Harris crowd photos as a Michigan rally.
Look Trump exagerates his crowd sizes – he exagerates lots of things. But your not living in the real world if you think Harris is drawing crowds comparable to Trump.
She is just doing better than Biden.
There are other differences – Trump appears outdoors alot of the time. He is doing more rallies – even now, than Harris – he is doing big ones in big venues and small ones in places no one has heard of. I beleive he got 5,000 people at butler – and he is going back.
He got 8,000 at st Cloud – these are out int he middle of nowhere. Harris is going to Atlanta, and Detroit.
There are other differences – you noted that Harris filled a hangar – that is probably correct. Crowds look bigger in a relatively small indoor venue – even a hanger big enough for a 747 is not going to have a huge crowd – but Harris is not in 747 hangers – she is in piper cub hangers.
I would note that is what the Secret Service wants – they do not have to deal with snipers at 1000yds when the protectee is indoors. They just need to deal with getting in an out of the venue and screening the people who get in. That is far easier than a fair ground in Butler PA.
Harris is for the most part listening to the Secret Service – Trump is not. He is making their job harder – but he is making it easier for his supporters. And he is daring the fates to try to get him again. He likely has the Secret Service terrified. And they should be.
This is also a big deal – because most presidential candidates have served in the military – Biden and Trump and Obama did not.
Vance and Walz have. The people want a commander in cheif who served in the military. They want one who is physically brave.
It is not the only criteria. Trump was painted as a draft dodger before. Biden got a tiny bit of that too.
But that attack on Trump is gone post assassination.
The immediate post shooting video permanently dispelled any notions that Trump is a coward. That is a mount surabachi image.
Walz served in the reserves for a long time – that is too his credit. But he bailed when he was ordered to deploy to Iraq and he has lied about his military record in a way that draws attention to his bailing – that was an unforced error. Walz’s service problems will not tip the election, But they do not help.
Vance served in active duty in the marines post 9/11 – he went to Iraq – Twice I beleive, about the same time Walz bailed.
But Vance has admitted that he was fortunate not to see combat. He does not paint himself as anything more than a Marine deployed in Iraq.
Walz has said he was deployed to a war zone – he was not. Italy and Turkey were not war zones. He has said he was in combat – he was not.
There is nothing wrong with his record – except that he has lied about it. Soldiers tat that very seriously. The rest of us might not.
While it is going to be Harder for Trump that it was – the odds are still in his favor – but things have tightened such that Democrats have once again deployed their election fraud batalions – Zuckerberg promissed he was not going to repeat the election interferance of 2020 – but now he is.
Trump needs a popular vote win to make election fraud impossible to get away with – right now he does not have that.
We know that democrats have pulled out all the stops – just as in 2020 – except worse.
There is little doubt there will be significant fraud by democrats in 2024.
Whether you like it or not Dennis – that is a GIVEN. It will be even worse if the election is close as it is right now.
One of the reasons that Biden had to go was that a 2-5pt Trump lead meant getting away with Fraud was impossible.
I do not think that even with the fraud machine in full gear – Democrats can pull this off. Everyone is not watching – but republicans are.
Further whether you like it or not – the people do not trust democrats to be honest in elections – you have done that to yourself.
Whether it is Hillary cheating to defeat Sanders – and then selling the Russia hoax, whether it is the Hunter Biden laptop fraud in 2020, or rigging the primary for Biden, or the massive ballot harvesting. Whether it is lying to us all about Biden’s competence or running a primary and then having the party elites toss all the votes – because the elected candidate blew the first debate with Trump Badly.
Or the large raft of lawfare against Trump and Republicans.
Everyone may not accept that Democrats engaged in ballot fraud in 2020 – though after your fiasco coronating Harris – more people probably do.
But people do know that you have no morals and will do anything you can get away with to win.
So it is going to be harder to get away with Fraud this time – but we all know it is coming anyway.
Regardless so long as we have large scale mailin voting – we are going to have the potential for large scale and very hard to prove election fraud.
We have a trivial check against Fraud in in-person elections – and that is exit pols. But mailin voting nullifies exit polls as a fraud check.
Right now most of us expect there will be fraud by democrats in 2024. And Trump will win anyway.
Aparantly even democrats beleive that as Raskin is gearing up to challenge the certification of Trump.
The actual opportunity to commit ballot fraud is miniscule, but deceitful infowarfare is a wide-open game, just as it was in 2020. Why risk getting caught breaking the voting laws, when you are free to opinion-shape the electorate. Trumpies show their abject stupidity by ignoring deceitful infowarfare as the big threat to free and fair elections — bc their candidate is one of its top practitioners, so their attitude is “our lies will outperform their lies”.
Apparently you are not following election integrity findings in Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, etc. There is plenty of ballot fraud going on — more than enough to change the results of the elections. They know the machines are connected to the internet. Smartmatic company execs have been indicted. There is plenty of election fraud going on and almost ALL of it is coming from Democrats.
“The actual opportunity to commit ballot fraud is miniscule,”
Filling out ballots for people in nursing homes is a huge opportunity for election fraud, and impossible to police when the election officials relax the signature requirements. Recounts dont resolve it, either, because once the envelope is separated from the ballot, its done.
Get a grip on yourself.
The actual opportunity to commit ballot fraud is gargantuan.
Flood the zone with mass mailing of ballots here, there and everywhere. Give illegals drivers licenses and motor voter registration with it. Drop boxes allowed again. Mules stuffing ballot boxes. Ballot harvesting. Running ballots twice thru machines. No signature matching. Not allowing poll watchers. Not counting the vote the DAY OF THE ELECTION. Taking days and weeks to “finalize” the vote result = CHEATING. The opportunity for ballot fraud is enormous. That’s the point of EVERYTHING Democrats are doing = make it easier to rig, to cheat, to steal. Election fraud: a Democrat speciality.
Don’t Walk, run is an admittedly right leaning youtube channel. Regardless they do an excellent job of Debunking the nonsense about Trump that comes from YOU and the rest of the left.
Here is a clip fact checking a recent Biden add – likely soon to be echoed by Harris. The video takews Every single clip in the add finds the original source and then give you more than the 1/2 second sound bite that the left uses. DWR does an excellent job of demonstrating how badly those of you on the left lie.
While most of the clips are interesting the best is where Biden clips Trump saying “of course I hate these people” – puportedly refering to the central park 5 or blacks in general. This was at a time when nearly all of New Your “hated” the central park 5 confusing them with the heinous crime they were accused of. Regardless when you get the full clip – and it only takes a few seconds more, Trump is talking about a and that raped a woman at knife point and threw her off of a 3 story building. Also missing from the Democrats clip is that Trump went to the hospital and visited this woman and then paid all her hospital bills. Oh, and the woman was black.
But Trump is a white supremacist racist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEtl6U7-aoQ
The question in Novemeber is are the american people finally fed up with all YOUR lies ?
I am not worried about this election. I expect Trump to win.
I expect we will have a recession this fall and going itno spring, and after that I expect a strong revcovery.
I expect a quick peace deal in Ukraine. I expect peace to return to the mideast – after Iran has been financially strangled.
I expect 4 years of steady peaceful growth. The media will engage in hand wringing every night. But the country will more and more ignore them.
But what if I am wrong – what if Harris wins ?
That will be unfortunate for the country.
But ultimately it just means that it will take more failure by the left before people finally abandon them.
We are past peak woke – You have failed, the only question is when will enough people have realized that to toss you out of power.
This year ? Hopefully, if not – soon enough.
John
I think you underestimate what can happen if they get the House and Senate as well. They WILL eliminate the filibuster and transform this country in ways that may not be recoverable in the voting booth.
This planet has diminishing returns. God should destroy it and move on to bigger, better projects.
Jonathan: Have you seen the huge crowds at the Harris/Walz rallies in Nevada, Arizona and Michigan? I mean upwards of 15,000 art each rally! This huge upsurge in support for the Democratic ticket is now being translated in the polls.
A just released NY Times/Siena poll shows Harris/Walz lead Trump/JD “Shady” Vance in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan by the same margin–50 to 46. This is a marked shift from the polling before Biden dropped out. DJT was leading Biden then. What a difference 3 weeks makes! In Michigan alone Harris/Walz
have a net favorability rating of +2% and +14% respectively while Trump has a rating of -10% and JD a rating of -6%. Even private RNC polling shows virtually the same results.
And what is DJT’s response? What we would expect. He says the NY Times/Siena poll is “rigged” against him. DJT’s chief pollster echoed that by releasing a statement saying: “Once again, we see a series of public surveys released with the clear intent and purpose of depressing support for President Trump”. One DJT influencer even went so far as to bizarrely claim on X: “It’s being reported [by whom?] that EVERY SINGLE person at the Kamala rally was paid, carefully vetted and the majority were flown in…”. Another DJT supporter posted that photos of the crowds at the Harris/Walz rallies were phot-shopped. It’s all lies but it plays well with the MAGA crowd.
Polls now are not trying to “depress” support for Trump. They are simply reporting what voters are saying. But for DJT it’s just a great “deep state” conspiracy to deny him the 2024 election. If he loses again he will do what he did after the 2020 election–claiming the 2024 election was “rigged” and “stolen” from him. DJT doesn’t handle defeat well!
Jonathan: Have you seen the huge crowds at the Harris/Walz rallies in Nevada, Arizona and Michigan?
Jonathan… has our mutual dear, dear friend Dennis McIntyre explained to you why Waltz is called “AWOL Waltz, The Neighborly Communist” by American war veterans? Or why he’s called “Tampon Tim Weirdo Waltz” by parents?
Can you convince your best friend Dennis to explain why it’s three weeks since Round Heels Harris’ successful coup against the Democrats’ democracy, when she shived The Big Guy in the back to replace him as the nominee without a single vote – BUT SHE/HERS STILL HASN’T HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE.
Are we going to see another presidential election campaign being run out of the same basement The Big Guy hid in during the 2020 election?
And does Dennis use your comment section as his personal blog because his boyfriend gives him a wet one every time he puts up one of his pronouncements?
“I mean upwards of 15,000 art each rally!”
Getting 15,000 people in las vegas and detroit is not impressive. It is better than Biden, but not impressive at all.
“This huge upsurge in support for the Democratic ticket is now being translated in the polls.”
You told us about this upsurge in the polls 3 weeks ago – we had to wait 3 full weeks before we finally got a pretty tepid version of your claims.
And Trump still leading in most swing states, and behind in the electoral college, and there are indications that her bubble has burst.
Rassmussen’s dailies have had Harris significantly below Trump for almost a week.
Regardless the Democratic convention is coming and She will get a boost from that – if she can avoid a riot.
“A just released NY Times/Siena poll shows Harris/Walz lead Trump/JD “Shady” Vance in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan by the same margin–50 to 46.”
RCP – which is a poll agregate has Trump up in PA by 1.8, Wuthg harris leading in WI by only 0.8
Given that Harris big time Dissed P{A by not selecting Shapiro I tend to beleive the RCP average no one poll.
I would further note that PA has 300,000 jews and they nearly always vote democrat.
They are not in 2024.
So Long as Harris can be ambiguous on her positions on the mideast – she can win the muslim vote in Michigan without alienating to many others – but that is a michigan only strategy.
“He says the NY Times/Siena poll is “rigged” against him.”
NYT Siena is running 6pts in favor of Harris above the poll averages – maybe they know something everyone else does not.
But your the one betting on that.
“Another DJT supporter posted that photos of the crowds at the Harris/Walz rallies were phot-shopped.”
Npo MSNBC actually photoshopped the crowds at a Michigan rally – the same people appear multiple places in the photos, and the shadows and perspective are wrong.
” It’s all lies but it plays well with the MAGA crowd.
ROFL – your talking about lies ?
Polls now are not trying to “depress” support for Trump.”
Dennis – it is well know that some polls are more accurate than others – that is not new.
It is also well know that some pollsters care about being accurate more than others.
It is extremely easy to tilt a poll – it is actually quite hard to get them right.
Rassmussen polls 600 people every night – that is a small sample size and it is very difficult to regress the sample onto the population as a whole – Polls NEVER go with their raw data. They always make adjustments to adjust for demographics in the poll sample that are different from the country. Everyone does that differently. Generally the pollsters that make their living being accurate – like Rassmussen that looses clients when they botch polls are the best. While media polls and university polls are relatively poor.
Regardless it is quite easy for a polster to tilt polls.
It is also stupid and dangerous – while it can be used to depress the supporters of those you disfavor – it can also depress the vote you favor – if voters think the race is in the bag.
We are also in the midst of a transition for registered voters to likely voters. While that transition nearly always favors republicans, there is no doubt that Democrats are at this moment less depressed about Harris than Biden. So their likelyu voter numbers will not drop as much over that transition.
“They are simply reporting what voters are saying.”
Are you actually so stupid as to beleive that ?
There are likely to be 150M voters in this election – do you think NYT/Siena contacted each one of those ?
They polled a sample – typically several thousand. usually over server days. They try to make their sample match the demographics of what they beleive will be the electorate – but that is a two level set of guesses and the actual sample never matches so they have to make adjustments to rebase the poll to the expected electorate.
It is actually amazing that some polls are consistently good, givern how hard this actually is.
” But for DJT it’s just a great “deep state” conspiracy to deny him the 2024 election.”
No, that is not what he said. Can you atleast keep your own lies straight.
Polling errors are the fault of the MSM.
“If he loses again he will do what he did after the 2020 election–claiming the 2024 election was “rigged” and “stolen” from him. DJT doesn’t handle defeat well!”
If you do not cheat in 2024 – if we do not have massive ballot harvesting – if you actually follow election laws – and the state and federal constitution – then we whould have no mailin voting – and we could know the election results by about 10pm from exit polls and we would know if the election results did not match the exit polls that something fishy was going on.
Mailin voting destroys the ability of exit polls to function as a check on election integrity.
Are you going to do proper signature matching on mailin ballots ? Are you going to maintain chain of custody ?
ARe we going to have the messes we had in Maricopa county in 2020 and 2022 and Clarke County in 2022 ?
Are we going to make sure that those who vote are elligible to vote. Ohio has been removing thousands of illegal aliens from its voter registration database – because left wing nut motor voter laws have resulted in the accidental voter registration of many people who are not eligable to vote. But if you get on voter registration databases – and you vote – your ballot will get counted whether you can legally vote or not.
I do not expect challenges by Trump this election – becaudse he is not going to lose.
But Democrats are already geared up to challenge this election.
Dana Bash just interviewed JD Vance – she tried lots of Gotcha questions on him – Vance was incredible.
For the moment Vance is getting interviewed by the MSM and he is doing quite well – far better than Harris or Walz,
3 debates are scheduled in September – Harris has put all her eggs into one and likely will not show for the other two.
False narratives are not ever the business of the courts.
They are not within their jurisdiction, and they are not within their ability to even determine.
In the 4 years since J6 we have seen Democrats do numerous immoral unethical and unconstitutional things in efforts to win elections.
Most recently they help a primary to elect their candidate – failing to listen to all of those who warned their lead candidate was incompetent – a supposed false narative,
and then when it became painfully obvious to the entire world they tossed their own rules and their elites annointed the candidate of their choice.
No election, no democracy no voice of the people no abiding by the rules.
We have seen this in primary after primary – We saw Clinton and the DNC rig the 2016 primary. We saw Democrats rig the 2020 primary when it was clear that all their gagle of socialists were going to lose.
Now they have just ignored the 2024 primary – as if it did not happen.
Its as if the Cowboys and the Eagles were playing in the superbowl, and at the end of the 3rd Qtr when it was clear the eagles would lose – the league swapped in the Redskins aka Capitols.
“ Its as if the Cowboys and the Eagles were playing in the superbowl, and at the end of the 3rd Qtr when it was clear the eagles would lose – the league swapped in the Redskins aka Capitols.”
No, it’s as if the eagles swapped in a new quarterback and a fresh set of players and the cowboys expecting the same plays to work.
EINSTEIN DESCRIBED THE THEORY OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY
WATSON AND CRICK DISCOVERED THE STRUCTURE OF DNA
WERNHER VON BRAUN BUILT THE ROCKET THAT PUT THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON
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In my opinion, so-called Judge Reggie B. Walton is a counterintuitive ersatz product of communist affirmative action that is utterly antithetical and absolutely unconstitutional in once-free America.
America and its fundamental law exist in equity; equity is the absence of bias and favoritism and akin to a “level playing field.”
American fundamental law in equity does not guarantee success or failure, and it does not guarantee acceptance or rejection in society or the marketplace.
Walton would fail on a level playing field simply by virtue of the fact that the African candidate pool is far too small to prevail, and that pool’s intellectual level has been proven to be generally lower.
To wit,
James Watson [Watson/Crick discover DNA’s Structure] tells the inconvenient truth: faces the consequences
Jason Malloy
Abstract
Recent comments by the eminent biologist James Watson concerning intelligence test data from sub-Saharan Africa resulted in professional sanctions as well as numerous public condemnations from the media and the scientific community. They justified these sanctions to the public through an abuse of trust, by suggesting that intelligence testing is a meaningless and discredited science, that there is no data to support Dr. Watson’s comments, that genetic causes of group differences in intelligence are falsified logically and empirically, and that such differences are already accounted for by known environment factors. None of these arguments are correct, much less beyond legitimate scientific debate. Dr. Watson was correct on all accounts: (1) Intelligence tests do reveal large differences between European and sub-Saharan African nations, (2) the evidence does link these differences to universally valued outcomes, both within and between nations, and (3) there is data to suggest these differences are influenced by genetic factors. The media and the larger scientific community punished Dr. Watson for violating a social and political taboo, but fashioned their case to the public in terms of scientific ethics. This necessitated lying to the public about numerous scientific issues to make Watson appear negligent in his statements; a gross abuse of valuable and fragile public trust in scientific authority. Lies and a threatening, coercive atmosphere to free inquiry and exchange are damaging to science as an institution and to scientists as individuals, while voicing unfashionable hypotheses is not damaging to science. The ability to openly voice and argue ideas in good faith that are strange and frightening to some is, in fact, integral to science. Those that have participated in undermining this openness and fairness have therefore damaged science, even while claiming to protect it with the same behavior.
– PubMed
Professor Turley?
In the olden days traitors who did an attempted coup would be executed. This MAGat should be lucky he got such a light sentence.
And for all you MAGats who will say “I dOnT kNoW Of aNy CoUp.” That shtick is old and just as stupid.
Babbitt got the correct justice.
The Great American, Ashli Babbitt, got the same justice as the illegal alien detritus George Floyd.
36 seconds, how long were the pro-Palestinians in the capitol? Two tiers of justice!
Wikipedia states that Babbitt was shot in the right shoulder. That’s the first time a gunshot to the shoulder has been mortal. Why didn’t the brave and courageous “officer” tackle and subdue the vastly physically inferior, unarmed female perp? What a man! I wonder if he was dumb.
“Babbitt’s attempt to climb through a shattered window beside a barricaded door into the Speaker’s Lobby was thwarted when she was shot in the left shoulder by a United States Capitol Police (USCP) officer.[7][8][9][10] After a USCP emergency response team administered aid, Babbitt was transported to Washington Hospital Center, where she died.[11][12] The USCP deemed the shooting was “lawful and within Department policy” and “potentially saved Members (of Congress) and staff from serious injury and possible death”.[13][14]”
– Wiki
If Trump wins his DOJ can revive this case and prosecute. The evidence suggests strongly that it was not lawful.
That’s the first time a gunshot to the shoulder has been mortal.
I rarely have any interest in what the Soviet Democrats and Woke Useful Idiots that control Wikipedia’s content allow to be shown on that website, including about how she was murdered.
That said, it is not hard for the right injury to the shoulder area to be fatal. The subclavian and brachial arteries can be severed by a broken clavicle, scapula, etc – not to mention by a bullet.
The fact is, if it had been one of the brown jobs from the Soviet Democrats’ New Hitler Youth Movement’s illegal alien Arab branch who recently broke in to interfere with Congress in support of Hamas, and that brown job had similarly been shot by a white cop as Babbit was murdered by that black cop… Washington DC would still be burning.
AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBAMA COUP D’ETAT IN AMERICA
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“It’s been two years since 51 intelligence agents interfered with an election — they still won’t apologize”
“Exactly two years ago, on October 19, 2020, one of the dirtiest tricks in electoral history was played on the American people by 51 former intelligence officials, who used the false alarm of “Russian interference” to stop Donald Trump winning a second term as president.”
“Using the institutional weight of their former esteemed roles, they signed a dishonest letter to mislead voters 15 days before the election, claiming that material from Hunter Biden’s laptop published by the New York Post ‘has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.’
“In their expert opinion, ‘the Russians are involved in the Hunter Biden email issue.’”
– Miranda Devine, NY Post
All 51 signatories should be deprived of their security clearances. They should no longer be allowed to trade on their access to classified information.
Daniel, On what basis or standard are you applying?
In the olden days traitors who did an attempted coup would be executed. This MAGat should be lucky he got such a light sentence.>/i>
In the olden days, Sammy and her fellow violent communist Soviet Democrats would have been shot down in the streets they were burning, pillaging, looting, and burning by the occupants during their Election Season Of Mostly Peaceful Insurrection, Rioting, Pillaging, looting, burning and murder.
Sammy’s last words as she bled out in the streets would have been “Not Fair! We were mostly peacefully looting, rioting, pillaging and burning….” Violent communist insurrection is not a legal defense.
Sammy is a perfect example of why families like hers should be required to pass a test and be licensed before engaging in cousin breeding experiments.
Goodwyn was not some innocent bystander who simply walked into the Capitol. In order to go inside he had to push through the throngs of people who forced their way past barricades meant to restrict access which the government CAN do. Once you force your way past the barricades using violence and assaulting law enforcement it’s trespassing. It’s a felony to those who engaged using force and assault.
He didn’t just innocently go inside. He knew he wasn’t supposed to be there but he went in anyway. The act of entering when nobody had permission regardless of to time inside is the crime. Trespass is trespass.
Goodwyn did not make any offer to disabuse the judge of the motion that he is remorseful and acknowledges why he was charged. By posting online that he intends to go back and insinuates that he will do it again gives the judge a reason to impose restrictions on him. Goodwyn IS a criminal in the eyes of the legal system. One that committed a federal offense during a violent riot.
“Once you force your way past the barricades using violence and assaulting law enforcement it’s trespassing. It’s a felony to those who engaged using force and assault.”
What a spastic fvcking two faced hypocrite.
You’re the idiot that claimed that trespassing was free speech and resisting arrest was civil disobedience.
You had NO problem with protestors VIOLENTLY attempting to prevent police from making an arrest at UCLA.
You’re such an assclown, and have no shame about it.
You prove you’re ignorance again and call assaulting police “trespassing”. You must have serious reading comprehension issues.
Trespassing is defined differently in states. The protests at college campuses were state matters, not federal.
Students weren’t forcing their way into campus. They were students who were allowed to be there and protest until they were told to leave.
Its funny we didnt see George calling for felony charges for Hamas supporters assaulting police who were attempting to make arrests, after they broke into and occupied a college building.
there is a reason for that. George believes Hamas supporters are well hung. Since George hasn’t gotten topped in decades, if you don’t count the Trans MTF who mistook George for fresh meat due to smoking crack, George needs to believe that Hamas supporters will be his lucky break
Jeff, they weren’t Hamas supporters. Those who interfered with arrests were charged. But a felony? Depends on what exactly did they do.
State and federal charges differ greatly on punishment.
Or climate goons closing bridges.
“Where is your proof he had to ” to push through the throngs of people who forced their way past barricades ?” You have none. You make things up or lie. You are untrustworthy.
Where is your proof I didn’t read the Doha Accord? You lied and made things up. When I proved you didn’t know what you were talking about you ran away. You are a snake.
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/08/08/the-justice-department-makes-the-case-against-hunter-biden-and-itself-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2432584
https://jonathanturley.org/2024/08/08/the-justice-department-makes-the-case-against-hunter-biden-and-itself-in-california/comment-page-1/#comment-2432977
One cannot listen to anything George-Svelaz says. He is a liar and a coward.
S. Meyer, what are you yapping about?
“ Where is your proof I didn’t read the Doha Accord? ”
You didn’t. I know because complicated texts like that are too much for your mind to grasp.
@ George-Svelaz: You prove that you are a liar and never looked at it. I copied a portion for you, which should have told you I read it. But you needed to be more competent to research it yourself. You would rather be ignorant and make up stories than look them up yourself.
It is a simple document that is quite smartly written using simple language and likely had a lot of Trump input.
George-Svelaz, you’ve been dishonest and foolish. Now that I’ve proven I read the document, it’s time for you to do the right thing and apologize.
“The day the spastic Svelaz-George does the right thing is the day l’m a goddam astronaut”
—-Lt Dan
Whats hilarious about George is that its always apparent from his posts that he thinks he is clever, but he doesnt see the obvious reply coming thats going to make him look so dumb.
You gotta hand it to him though, he ismt easily embarrassed. It’s like he enjoys looking like a fool.