Well, I was certainly surprised to hear that the President of the United States of America is NOT an officer of the United States of America. Are YOU surprised? Is the CEO of a company NOT an officer of the corporation? What IS the President’s classification, if NOT an officer of the country? But, apparently, that’s the case.

People in three states that I know of (Michigan, Minnesota, and Colorado) have filed suit trying to keep Donny off the ballot via the 14th amendment, section 3. It says, “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

So, then I looked up ‘Officer of the United States.’ Admittedly, I used Wikipedia. This is what it says; “An officer of the United States is a functionary of the executive or judicial branches of the federal government of the United States to whom is delegated some part of the country’s sovereign power. The term officer of the United States is not a title, but a term of classification for a certain type of official.”

So, this Judge, Sarah Wallace, has ruled in the Colorado case that Donny did, indeed, engage in insurrection but said the 14th amendment does not apply to the President of the United States because the President of the United States is not an officer of the United States. Sure, he’s a functionary of the executive branch and he certainly has been delegated some part of the country’s sovereign power – more than anybody else in the country at any given moment – but he doesn’t fit the description. Both Michigan and Minnesota have also ruled that he can stay on the ballot but they limited their decisions to the Primaries and not the General election.

It should be noted that the judge was appointed by a Democratic governor, but conservative brain-rot can hit anybody, at any time. It should ALSO be noted that the Chief Kangaroo in our corrupt Supremely Kangaroo Court, the dishonorable John Roberts, has already gone on record saying people don’t vote for Officers of the United States. Officers are merely hired workers. That’s why Senators and Representatives are named specifically. All of this means we already know how the corrupt court will rule once the case gets there. The traitor Trump gets to stay on the ballot.

So, because the Congress Critters of the day failed to write the word “President” in their Amendment, likely because they considered the President of the United States a natural officer of the United States, being the main representative of the United States and all, the tools Americans were given to try to stop known traitors from becoming President of the United States…simply don’t apply. Isn’t THAT lovely? Our once-great nation is going to become a Fascist authoritarian…um…”Shithole,” I believe is the term Donny used, because of a stupid loophole. I don’t like it any more than you do but the 14th isn’t going to keep Donny off the ballot in any state.

I’ll tell you this: The words of John F. Kennedy just keep ringing in my ears: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

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It’s called ‘Stochastic Terrorism.’ Again, from Wikipedia, “Stochastic terrorism refers to political or media figures publicly demonizing a person or group in such a way that it inspires supporters of the figures to commit a violent act against the target of the speech. Unlike incitement to terrorism, this is accomplished by using indirect, vague, or coded language that allows the instigator to plausibly disclaim responsibility for the resulting violence.”

It’s how Donny worked his self-blinded acolytes into a frenzy enough to attack Congress, assault people, and go to prison for him. After his New York fraud trial got going, he started in on a law clerk, Alison Greenfield. The presiding judge in the case, Arthur Engoron, issued a gag order tying to protect his staff.

The gag order was temporarily stayed on Thursday by one Judge David Friedman of the state’s intermediate appeals court, pending appeal. Judge Friedman is apparently more concerned about Donny’s freedom of speech than he is Mrs. Greenfield’s freedom to not be murdered by a nutball. I presume Friedman would have a different understanding if the threats were aimed at him or his family. He could have left the gag order in place while the appeal processed. That was an option. But he didn’t.

Donny didn’t waste one minute. In exercising his “free speech,” he immediately began posting new threats to Ms. Greenfield. Cue the crazies. I wonder if Mrs. Greenfield’s family can sue Judge Friedman if/when some trump-loyal nutball harms her because Donny wants them to. Small comforts, I guess…

Two big wins for Donny this week. Two BIG loses for the United States of America. Rational Americans thought (hoped?) we could resolve this nightmare peacefully, but it’s looking more and more like lawyers are going to keep that from happening…