Guilty!

On 34 counts.

Donald Trump is now a convicted felon in the eyes of the state of New York.

Trump got convicted for falsifying 34 records as way of interfering in the 2016 election to hide his sexual transgressions from the voting public.  He will be sentenced on July 11.

Trump's lawyers hoped that the case against him would be undermined by the lack of credibility of his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who did tim in prison for perjury.  And while the boy who cried "Wolf!" was not believed when he cried "Wolf!" for real,  Michael Cohen was believed when he told the truth, and for one simple reason: the facts.  Cohen was supported by documentation, corroborating circumstances, and witnesses, including a porn star, who, like the late Mary Jo Kopechne by the extreme right-wingers in Orange County, California and Cobb County, Georgia, will be toasted by Upper East Side limousine liberals and Lower East Side bohemian progressives as "The Savior of Her Country."  

Alas, this does not make his chances of returning to the White House haven't diminished.  In act, they may have increased.   Trump's Website crashed from to many MAGA Republicans trying to donate t his campaign online.  Several Republican members of Congress condemned the verdict as a political persecution and a travesty of justice.  Also, pro-Trump demonstrators converged in Manhattan while Trump was in the hideous tower building that bears his name violating the gag order still imposed on him while ranting against the judicial system.  Like the wild animal that he is, Trump is vicious when wounded, and now he's out for even greater revenge against his detractors than before.  And if he is President again, revenge to him won't mean eating a Pop-Tart in victory. 

Again, the courts won't save us from Trump.  Vote.

The Alex Murdaugh Trial

Now that Alex Murdaugh has been tried, found guilty and convicted of murdering his wife and son, I have drawn three conclusions:

Rich white men do go to prison after all.

The system works.

We can now go back to worrying abut the debt ceiling.

Well, I'm glad that's over with!

If You Blinked, You Missed It

Steve Bannon was found guilty of contempt of Congress late last week.

It took forever to start the trial, but it only took a couple of days to end it.  The Justice Department had an airtight case, and the defense had no case at all.  Bannon had promised to "go medieval" on the prosecution - whatever that means - but the iron maiden never came out.   

Bannon plans to appeal his conviction, but he's likely to lose in an even quicker trial.   

Sentencing - which could be two successive one-year prison terms - is currently scheduled for October 21.  Uh, maybe they could delay the sentencing until, say November 7?  That way, if Bannon does get two successive one-year prison terms, he'll be in jail until just after the 2024 presidential election is over.

And when he does get out after two years, he'll have lost his right to vote.

Oh, the irony! 😃