TWGB: Start the Steal, They Meant

 

So, let's start this TrumpWorld Grab-Bag with Jim Jordan, who was introduced into the conversation a bit ago when his text to Mark Meadows was revealed without attribution. To make this controversial, The Federalist leapt in to "help" by outing the originator of the text as Jim Jordan, so there, and obviously, not attributing Jordan was a kind of fuckery, are we doing this right? No, Federalist overpaid airheads, you are not. Yeah, we could have narrowed this down to the eagerest of beavers, and just because he was only forwarding yet another memo in the dark arts of how to steal an election because you are the president right now and maybe can isn't actually a better look. 

So, okay, Jordan was only passing on the legal opinions of Joseph Schmitz to add to the McEntee, Ellis, Eastman, Whosits, Whatsits, Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe memos. I was already familiar with this name because I do this thing. He was part of the Clinton email hunt way back as part of Trump's early foreign policy team in the 2016 campaign. I never forget anything--it's actually a passion of mine to never forget. And this is the sort of useful SOB who served Trump's putsch.

It was Jordan, not Schmitz, who got the Medal of Freedom for services rendered, but oh, well. Maybe next time, if as a country we are stupid enough to have a next time. (I know the Medal was supposedly for Jordan's defense of Trump during the first impeachment but actually, since Trump stays impeached and lost his election in part because he will never not be impeached, I prefer to believe it is for all manner of loyalty. All. Manner. of. Loyalty. An actual prize for most excellent ass-licking.) 

The Federalist thinks this is--okay? He was just passing on a thing he supposedly didn't think was a how-to about stealing the election?  So weird, because that's what throwing out uncounted votes would mean! 

So anyway, what else is news? Reuters did a piece on retired military folks (like, ahem, Flynn and Waldron) lending their credence and credibility to fake stories about voter fraud.  This reminds me of a couple of threads I have tried to follow on this blog, with varying success--the theocrats in the upper ranks, and the psyops perpetrated by military-affiliated people. It's astonishing to me that right-wing people would use their training to undergo a mission against the homeland for pay or whate...oh wait, I totally think that could be a thing!

In other news, Dominion wants discovery about the Murdochs' emails regarding the voter fraud lies that actually should destroy Fox News, because goddamn it, something should. Also, analysis has shown once again there really isn't any voter fraud to the extent that would move the needle for a national candidate. But for some reason, it's Republicans that think they will get away with it.