Just Ask The Question Newsletter - 6.14.24
The Felon, The Press, and All the Rest
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The mistake of conflating historic criminal convictions: Donald Trump and Hunter Biden are not equal
Two different juries may be pointing to the same coming reckoning for both Biden and Trump
Tuesday was an odd day at the White House. Press secretary Karine-Jean Pierre originally scheduled a press briefing for 2:30 p.m. However, a short time after the noon hour, she canceled it. We were told that President Biden’s scheduled speech at the Washington Hilton about matters grave and somber precluded the need for a briefing that day – though originally both were scheduled to occur.
It was no big deal we were told. Situation normal. Nothing to see here. Move along. The truth was President Biden’s son, Hunter, had just been found guilty of the felony purchase of a handgun that morning, and there was no way the press secretary wanted to face an hour’s worth of questions about that.
The president didn’t either. When he showed up in public, though he spoke for more than 15 minutes, he made no mention of it and took no questions from the in-town press pool. Fox News, Newsmax and every Republican congressman on Capitol Hill (in no particular order) called the president and his administration a bunch of cowards for failing to address the historic turn of events; a son of a sitting president found guilty of a felony. These were the same people who, just last week, didn’t want to talk about the historic turn of events that led to a former president being found guilty of a felony. But since hypocrisy is as common as narcissism in D.C., it is no longer newsworthy to point this out – though we should.
I made it to the briefing room Tuesday only to find Jeanne-Pierre had canceled the briefing, so I headed to the Upper Press offices of the president to find out why. I offered my usual cheerful greetings and turned to see the press secretary at her desk eating something. “Good afternoon,” I said, and before I could ask for a response to the administration being called cowardly by its opponents, a young press assistant jumped up, and closed the door to the press secretary’s office…
The press is the problem
It’s all a stage show folks, and those who call it out will suffer
Jeff Bezos is reorganizing the Washington Post. The New York Times is a pale shadow of its former self. CNN pays known liars and reporters call them “colleagues.” Most news organizations are in a crisis of conscience amid economic ruin.
I take no joy in saying this. The media sucks.
Not “mainstream” media. All media; corporate media, social media, local media, national media, state media, non-profit, for-profit and the tattletale kid down the street.
The biggest problem we have is that we put profit ahead of content, we have no idea what we’re doing and we shout at the top of our lungs while doing it. We try to predict the future, don’t understand the present and misinterpret the past. Sometimes at press conferences, we sound like bleating sheep. Other times we sound, even as we report on everything from natural disasters to policymaking, as if we’re calling a horse race.
The guardrails have been removed and thus we have two major political parties that fail to represent the majority of citizens. One political party consists of criminals, seditionists, rapists, con artists, liars, misogynists and authoritarians while the other party consists of weak-kneed do-gooders restrained by woke culture and too afraid to call it all out for what it is. The media, meanwhile, plays along…
Ep: 270 - Tom Arnold - Comedy, Addiction, and Politics: A Candid Discussion
On this episode of Just Ask the Question the conversation covers a wide range of topics, including Tom Arnold's career in comedy and film, his experiences with addiction, his childhood trauma, and his journey to healing and self-discovery. It also delves into his family life, relationships, and the impact of his past on his present. The conversation is deeply personal and insightful, offering a candid look into Tom Arnold's life and the challenges he has faced. The conversation covers a wide range of topics, including personal experiences, family relationships, politics, and comedy. Tom Arnold shares personal stories about his family, his relationship with his mother, and his journey towards forgiveness. He also discusses his involvement in politics, his interactions with Donald Trump, and the importance of humor in society.
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They Blinded me with . . . SCIENCE!
Trump is just a symptom of a far greater problem and its growing worse
Joe Biden went to France and praised the sacrifice of World War II veterans on D-Day.
Convicted felon Donald Trump went to Arizona, said he was in Texas and complained that his trial was rigged.
Every time Trump loses, it was “rigged”? He cannot accept responsibility for anything he’s done and his fans love him for it.
They are wearing his losses like a thorny crown, literally; comparing him to Jesus, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln to name but a few. He's the victim, but he's a savior. His acolytes send memes and litter the internet saying they'll proudly vote for a convicted felon.
By now we’re so lost in the mire of a political dystopia that it isn’t worth discussing any more. Donald Trump is a convicted felon. His supporters say he's not. Donald Trump is directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people during the Covid Pandemic. His supporters say he is not. Donald Trump paid off a porn star he never met, though in closing arguments of his felony trial for trying to cover it up, his attorney admitted he did - he just did it to protect his wife. His supporters say he never knew the woman. When the FBI raided his Pigeon's Nest at Mar-a-Lago, he said there were no documents. Then, he said it was a set up and the FBI planted the documents. Then he said he had the documents but it was divine right as a King to keep them. He's a habitual liar, his supporters still love him and the rest of the world needs to move on. Every conviction is a toy he’ll manipulate to bilk his followers, so why bother?
Ep: 272 - Just Ask the Press - Contrasting Leadership Styles: Eisenhower vs Trump
His bottom-feeding is spreading across politics
This episode of Just Ask the Press discusses the contrasting weeks of Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the legal cases involving Donald Trump and Hunter Biden, and the potential expansion of presidential powers by Trump. The hosts analyze Biden's speeches on the D-Day anniversary and his message of preserving democracy and resisting authoritarianism. They also discuss the Hunter Biden case and the parallels between the Trump and Biden cases. The conversation then shifts to the potential vice presidential picks for Trump and the implications of Trump's desire to expand presidential powers. The conversation covers various topics including the abuse of executive power, the clash between expanded executive powers and the power of the legislature, the potential impact of a second Trump presidency on the Supreme Court, and the urgency of addressing climate change. The hosts discuss the contrasting leadership styles of Dwight Eisenhower and Donald Trump, with Eisenhower taking personal responsibility for the success or failure of the Normandy invasion and Trump refusing to take responsibility for anything. The conversation ends with a discussion about the upcoming Father's Day and the White House congressional picnic.
Donald Trump up close and personal: A president convicted by a jury of his peers
A Manhattan jury does what Democrats and Republicans couldn’t do
In the end, it was a jury of ordinary people who brought him down.
Convicted felon. Donald Trump, the twice impeached, former president sat through the reading of the verdict in his New York felony case, floored. According to witnesses in the courtroom, he was stunned – almost unable to believe what had just occurred. Guilty on all 34 felony counts.
This was the only trial scheduled before the November election and Donald Trump went 0 for 34. A massive downfall. But, look at it this way, Donald Trump always wanted to make history. Now he has.
Trump is the first former president to be tried and convicted of a felony. He has set a record that hopefully will stand for eternity. Outside the courtroom, he lashed out with his usual conspiratorial venom, claiming the Biden administration was after him, insisting that he was an innocent man and complaining that our “whole country is being rigged right now.”
But somebody finally held Trump accountable. His victimhood sounded hollow…
‘Dumping ground’: Trump echoes conservative ‘Project 2025’ at first rally as a felon
U.S. has ‘a dysfunctional asylum system,’ Democratic lawmaker says
Donald Trump used his first rally since his criminal conviction to rail against migrants entering the United States illegally, echoing harsh characterizations in the “Project 2025” policy blueprint for a second term drafted by some of his allies.
The political world was watching the former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee closely Sunday as he rallied loyalists in sweltering Las Vegas for the first time since a jury in New York found him guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Trump, at an outdoor rally in the desert city with temperatures over 100 degrees, mostly played his hits — but he also dropped clues about a potential second term.
Trump and President Joe Biden are locked in a tight battle nationally and in battleground states such as Nevada. Biden won the Silver State four years ago, capturing 50.06 percent of the vote to Trump’s 47.67 percent. A Beacon Research-Shaw & Company Research poll conducted for Fox News June 1-3 showed Trump leading there by 5 percentage points; a RealClearPolitics average of six recent polls put Trump up 5.3 percentage points.
In a throwback to his successful 2016 White House bid, the likely GOP presidential nominee hit one issue harder than others on Sunday: immigration…
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