Right Wing Wisconsin Justice Throws Rocks From Her Glass House

When the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided to accept the first of two cases regarding the gerrymandered districting maps, Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote the dissenting opinion. It would be an understatement to say that her opinion lacked in professionalism, much less maturity. Her opinion read, in part:

REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J. (dissenting). The outcome of this original action has been predetermined. Nevertheless, the majority forces the parties to expend considerable resources—including taxpayer money—to respond to a petition everyone knows will be granted by Ann Walsh Bradley, Rebecca Dallet, Jill Karofsky, and Janet Protasiewicz. Despite receiving nearly $10 million from the Democrat Party of Wisconsin1 and declaring the maps "rigged,"2 Protasiewicz has not recused herself from the case. These four justices will adopt new maps to shift power away from Republicans and bestow an electoral advantage for Democrat candidates, fulfilling one of Protasiewicz's many promises to the principal funder of her campaign.

To understand just how breathtakingly hypocritical this is, we need to look at how Bradley even got to be a Justice in the first place.

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Fox News Hosts Blast Matt Gaetz For 'Impeachment' Calls

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade rebuked Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for having unrealistic expectations about impeaching President Joe Biden.

During a Wednesday discussion on the network about a possible impeachment inquiry, co-host Ainsley Earhardt noted that Gaetz was "threatening now to force an impeachment vote."

"He wants Joe Biden impeached, and he says he will oust Kevin McCarthy if he continues to slow walk," Earhardt reported.

But Kilmeade was not impressed.

"Who would he put there?" he asked. "[House Majority Leader] Steve Scalise, who's dealing with blood cancer right now? Is there anybody else?"

"Matt Gaetz is just speaking into the wind," Kilmeade added dismissively. "Have Matt Gaetz pick up the phone and call some moderate Republicans and see if he can switch to his side. McCarthy would be more than happy to let him do that."

Co-host Steve Doocy recalled that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) failed to kick off an impeachment effort earlier this year.

"That wound up, those articles of impeachment wound up in a committee where they are sitting," the host observed.

"Don't you think that Republicans would be for this if there is more information, if they can get to the bottom, if [Rep. James Comer] can get proof and he can get to the bottom of that, then Republicans would be all for it?" Earhardt said. "But they definitely need that proof in order to start an impeachment."

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FCC finally gets its 5th Commissioner in Anna Gomez

The FCC is whole again with the Senate’s confirmation of Anna Gomez as the agency’s 5th Commissioner, empowering it to take more and faster action regarding all matters regulatory in communication and, increasingly, space. Gomez was nominated to the seat in June after a year and half of Republican resistance to the previous candidate, Gigi […]

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Korea Blockchain Week focused on web3 gaming, institutional involvement, investors, regulation…and more

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Annyeong, or hello, friends! While I’m typically based in New York City, this week I’m reporting from Seoul, South Korea for Korea Blockchain Week. The week […]

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Alito And His Big Mouth Violated Ethics Rules

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island lodged a formal complaint against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday, urging Chief Justice John Roberts to investigate Alito for “violating several canons of judicial ethics.” The complaint stems from Alito’s highly political and unprecedented public relations campaign against Senate Democrats’ efforts on a bill that requires the court adopt a code of ethics since the justices refuse to do it voluntarily.

In July, Alito was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, following the passage of Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act in the Senate Judiciary Committee. In the interview, Alito declared that Supreme Court justices are, basically, above the law. “No provision in the Constitution gives [Congress] the authority to regulate the Supreme Court—period.”

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Hyperspectral startup Wyvern signs on to fly with Loft Orbital next year

Hyperspectral imagery startup Wyvern has booked space on a Loft Orbital satellite bus that will launch next year, a move that the company says will boost the capacity of its Dragonette satellite constellation. Wyvern, which graduated from Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort, has launched two hyperspectral imagery satellites since it was founded in 2018. But […]

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Mr. Lock-Her-Up Demands Republicans Help Him Get Revenge

Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to lash out at the world. Mike Pence, the man that Trump wanted to die, was targeted in two of the four times indicted former President's posts. Then he regurgitated some of his old talking points, including "the Russia, Russia Hoax, the Fake Dossier Hoax, FISA Fraud, Election Fraud, and the "No Collusion" Mueller Hoax."

"They spied on my Campaign, Impeached me twice, had the Russia, Russia Hoax, the Fake Dossier Hoax, FISA Fraud, Election Fraud, the "No Collusion" Mueller Hoax, and so much more," he screamed into the void. "I was innocent on all counts. If I am elected, they will be brought to JUSTICE, something that Republicans have always been afraid to do."

He concluded his five-post temper tantrum with a call for Republicans to save him as he is teeming with legal troubles.

"Right now Republicans in Congress and the Senate have to get tough, and put everything together in one big, neat package, because I will be President in one and a half years, and we will pick the strongest, toughest, and most respected Attorney General, and if guilty, we will put them all in jail where they belong, just as they are trying to do to me based on NOTHING," he added.

Wait, Mr. Lock Her Up just called on persecuting his political opponents. All of Trump's legal issues are self-inflicted wounds. Trump has just never had to face consequences before. Fred bailed him out numerous times. Fred is gone, and Trump is on his own.

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