Acting Attorney General Refuses To Rule Out Vacating Insurrectionists' Convictions

As we discussed here, "Rep. Jamie Raskin, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, scorched Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Justice, now led by his own former criminal defense lawyer, for asking a federal appeals court to vacate the Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. In other words, to erase the record altogether."

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was asked about this latest attempt at whitewashing this administration's vile history by CNN's Dana Bash this Sunday, and Blanche refused to rule it out, and when asked whether he was comfortable personally with vacating their sentences, basically said his job was to bow down to Dear Leader.

BASH: Before I let you go, sir, do you plan to vacate convictions of members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers who were involved in the January 6th attack on the Capitol?

BLANCHE: So that's ongoing litigation that, as you know, the Supreme Court recently sent the case back to the district court judge. I expect you'll hear from us in the coming days about how we're going to proceed. Their sentences were commuted by President Trump on January 20th, and we'll go from there.

BASH: You're not ruling it out?

BLANCHE: I didn't hear that. Say it again. Sorry.

BASH: So you're not ruling it out, vacating their convictions?

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Amazon’s new podcast strategy: Monetize everything

Amazon's podcasting business seems to have transformed over the past six months.

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What Tim Cook built

On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss how Apple has changed since Cook became CEO in 2011, and what challenges incoming CEO John Ternus will be facing.

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Wants Trump To Pardon Soldier Involved In Betting Scandal

Wingnut GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna made an appearance on Laura Ingraham's show on Fox this Friday, and as Mediaite reported, defended a special forces soldier accused of profiting off bets tied to the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, asking for Trump to pardon him, and using his crimes as an excuse to go after Nancy Pelosi.

As they discussed:

Federal prosecutors allege Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who has since been arrested, used nonpublic knowledge from the planning and execution of the January operation to place a series of bets on the prediction market Polymarket, turning roughly $33,000 into more than $400,000.

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Maine’s governor vetoes data center moratorium

L.D. 307 would have imposed the country’s first statewide moratorium on new data centers — lasting, in this case, until November 1, 2027.

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OPEN THREAD: Good Samaritans Help Another Runner Finish Boston Marathon

Aaron Beggs, of Northern Ireland, and Robson De Oliveira, of Brazil, put their personal best on hold to help Ajay Haridasse, a Massachusetts native and student at Northeastern University, after he collapsed on Monday just 305 metres from the end of the Boston Marathon course.

Beggs, who was also feeling sick and exhausted, reminded himself of all the people in his running club who might never get to experience the Boston Marathon.

“We were shaking hands as we were running, and was like, ‘We’ve got this. Let’s do this together,'” he added. “It’s not like in shorter races where you’re head-to-head trying to beat people. In the marathon, you’re cheering each other on and encouraging everybody.”

Haridasse told the Boston Herald that he was “getting ready to crawl” to the finish line after falling down for the fourth time.

Okay, now I'm crying--a young Massachusetts native fell as he neared the finish line of the Boston Marathon. He tried to get up 3 times, falling back down to the pavement. One runner stopped and helped him to his feet, another joined, and he finished, arms over the shoulders of his two rescuers. 🥹💙

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Idiot Tom Homan Invites Pope Leo For An ICE Ride-A-Long

During a Turning Point USA event, U.S. border czar Tom Homan invited Pope Leo on an ICE ride-a-long to show the head of the Catholic church that he's clueless when it comes to ICE operations.

Not to be upstaged by every other Trump official, 'General Zod' Homan attacked President Biden during his lame-brained monologue

Russian asset Benny Johnson conducted the interview.

JOHNSON: Is this your invitation to the Pope for a ride-along with ICE?

HOMAN: Yes. And I said that.

I said, I would sit down and talk to them, because they're talking about something they don't understand.

Again, I'll explain to them what happened to the Biden administration. An open boarder is the most inhumane thing you can do, because when you make a promise to the world like Biden and Mayorkas did, you can enter your country illegally, it's a crime, don't worry about it.

Homan then went on to glorify Demented Donald for another 90 seconds.

Has there ever been a more clueless invitation given to a Pope by the USA?

Pope Leo is highly educated and knows what he's talking about before he says something. He doesn't run to social media to spew lies, conspiracies, and nonsense when his fee-fees are hurt. The Pop doesn't need to set up propaganda events for photo-ops,

He would never lower himself to meet with miscreants like Homan.

These creeps treat the first US Pope in history like he's part of a "Cops" episode.

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