You may or may not remember how the whole ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ thing started. You may or may not care. It was 2016. I’ve learned that insanity can move fast and 2016 seems like a long, long time ago. (No, not in a galaxy far, far away. My long, ‘long, long time agos’ are followed with “I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.”) You may or may not have ever known the actual way ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ started, most especially if you’re a consumer of MAGA media.

IF you’re a consumer of MAGA media, you’re convinced, certain, absolutely positive that it started when Dems started spying on Donny’s campaign for no other reason than they were so scared of him. That became part of the “Donny’s our hero” conditioning. It had the advantage of convincing MAGA that Donny was a target because he was such a threat to the status quo and the powers that be. That fact that it was a completely false narrative wasn’t – isn’t – relevant.

But for the rest of us, we remember that Donny’s campaign came under scrutiny for dealings with bad Russians because the FBI was monitoring the Russians – along with their contacts. There were known Russians of questionable character in the US. The FBI monitored their activities. The FBI was as surprised as anyone when their monitoring picked up a conversation between one of these known bad Russian actors and a representative of a Presidential campaign, George Papadopoulos, a low-ranking flunky on Team Trumpery.

Of course, like everything else Donny doesn’t like or can’t otherwise explain, it was rigged, or a set-up, or some other not-his-fault excuse. He has a LOT of those, doesn’t he? Nothing is EVER his fault – most especially when it is. As we all know, ANYBODY can use excuses to try and insist it wasn’t their fault. Many people do. The Felon, though, has enough money that he can follow through with lawsuits. He doesn’t even CARE that the suits are frivolous. He files ’em.

He did it again in 2022. Once he had convinced enough of the rubes that the whole thing was rigged and set-up “fake news,” he filed a suit against Hillary Clinton and some other Dems asking for $24 million dollars because apparently, he gets bored just stuffing money from the treasury into his pockets. No challenge, you know?

His attorney in this case is/was Alina Habba, an attorney with Halligan level qualifications and skills. I’ll cut to the chase, here. Halligan level qualifications leads to Halligan level results: Donny’s case was dismissed, thrown out like a dog. It turns out – and Donny’s lawyers never seem to grasp this – that one can NOT just walk into a courtroom, spew a litany of unsupportable lies and unfounded accusations, and expect to win their case. So, one cannot be surprised that that’s exactly what happened in this case.

Oh, but that’s not all. The case Habba presented was SO bad, SO poorly put together, SO full of unsupportable lies and unfounded accusations, the judge, U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks of Southern Florida, sanctioned Donny and Alina nearly a million dollars – $937,989.39 to be exact – for their “bad faith” arguments.

But Donny doesn’t just drop cases because they’re full of crap, nonsensical, and made up on the spot. How would THAT be harassing his target? When the lower court tossed out his frivolous claim and sanctioned him for wasting the court’s time, he appealed. Of course he did. That’s the process. Under all conditions he has to get the case to John Roberts so Roberts can make a fawning and supportive ruling that violates laws and common sense.

The lower court says, “Bullshit!” A three-judge appellate panel agrees: “Bullshit!” The full appellate court follows up with their own, “Bullshit!” Then he gets it to Roberts who simply coos, “Whatever our Precious wants.” THREE times, courts get it right before John Roberts brings shame and disgrace on himself, his court, and his family name.

Well, we’ve just passed the three-judge appellate panel agreement, “Bullshit, pay the money!” This is the part I enjoy: honest courts, getting it right. I’m rarely as fond of the final rulings from the Way High Court of Donny’s Last Resort. So, for today, I’m going to enjoy that fact that the law still exists in some form in this embarrassment of a nation. Donny being told he still has to pay $937,989.39 sure had a brightening affect on my day. I hope it does yours, too. My guess? Donny plans to let Alina pay…

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That’s all for today, something light and easy because it’s Thanksgiving. You’re probably too busy to read today anyway. So enjoy your turkey, if you could afford one. Enjoy the football, if you’re so inclined. Whatever it is you do, however it is you do it, Happy Thanksgiving!