Look, I know how hard it can be. It can be a real nightmare, trying to determine which case is a real prosecution and which case is just to harass one’s political opponents. And it’s harder than it seems because deciding guilt based on whether you like the accused or not isn’t a very deliberative process. “My Precious would never…” is really bad law. It makes FAR more sense to decide a case on evidence. But how can a person know what evidence is real and what evidence is just made up out of whole cloth?

Maybe I can help. Let’s start here. You already know it’s a crime to falsify your business books, right? I mean, I’d call that common knowledge. So, IF authorities discover you’ve falsified your business books say, 34 times – for ANY reason, really – they might very well initiate an investigation. But how, pray tell, can you know if the prosecution is legitimate? Well, the case gets past the Grand Jury. That doesn’t mean much since we all know a Grand Jury can indict a ham sandwich.

But then the case gets to court. The court looks over what’s coming. The judge talks to the attorneys. The trial starts. The evidence is presented. Both prosecution and defense rest. A decision is handed down, guilty or not guilty. In a civil case the final step might be responsible or not responsible. But if a case goes through the entire process and comes to a verdict, one can safely assume the case was serious and legitimate.

On the other hand, if your case gets to the preliminary stages and gets tossed out of court due to lack of evidence or worse, exculpatory evidence that proves the accused didn’t do the thing they stand accused of, the case is probably just trumped up bunk. Say you accuse a one time Olympian of vandalizing a reflecting pool, only to have security camera footage prove the man did no such thing. The court will throw the case out with prejudice AND scold your prosecutor. That case was probably just a harassment prosecution.

This would be true if someone was accused of falsifying a mortgage application – or really, any other crime that can’t be proven. If the prosecutor can’t bring any valid evidence and/or if their case gets thrown out faster than it got filed, it’s probably a harassment prosecution. Think of that as a tell. Harassment gets thrown out quickly. Valid cases take time and usually finish the process, assuming the accused doesn’t have a couple of well-placed federal “judges” in his pocket, each thinking “My Precious would never…”

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Team Evil has demanded that California set aside something like 20,000 ballots of people they have “identified” as possibly not being citizens. In this case, “identified” means “wild guess at Hispanic sounding names.” It’s a lie, of course. More, it’s illegal. The federal government has very little say in elections. Elections belong to the states. The “request” is already in court and Team Evil will lose. They know it. They don’t care. It’s not the setting aside of ballots they’re interested in. It’s the claim.

Now that the claim has been made, it can be used to challenge the results of California’s election. That’s the real goal. Maybe they can even try to keep from certifying California’s outcome as a result of their claim. Understand, the claim is false. Team Evil is lying. Here’s one hint: they keep insisting cheating has happened, even though the election has only just begun. They STARTED claiming cheating was happening long before the election had started.

Oh, it’s important to note, when the DOJ leveled the accusation, they didn’t include any information supporting the charge. Nothing. Most likely, because they don’t have any information supporting the charge. Just, “We say so.” Only idiots and acolytes believe what Team Evil says these days. I’ll be needing some proof…

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Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow. It’s always tomorrow. Well, not always. When they’re on the campaign trail, it’s “Day One.” Remember 47 promising “Day One,” over and over again? Then, after the election, his position changed. “Hey, I just got here.” “This is hard.” “It’s going to take time.” Yeah, but that’s NOT what you promised. YOU said, “Day One” and insisted it would be easy.

Well, you’ve had your Day One. Hell, you’ve had your Day 635 and not only have you not solved even one of your economic promises, everything, everything, everything is worse for the working class. People are angry and ready to vote against your failed regime – so here come the empty promises again. “Oh, just stick with us. Everything’s juuuust about to bloom beautiful. Why, the day after the election, you’ll be fine. Everything will just…magically be fixed.” Promises. Empty promises…

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As 47’s human decency reaches new lows, so do his polling numbers. He’s down to 33% approval, with each person still approving representing an ostrich with their heads in the sand. 66% of Americans believe 47 is using the Presidency to enrich himself. That stuns me. Only 66%?!? How blatant does he have to be? If I may paraphrase Paul Simon a bit, I guess a person sees what they want to see and they disregard the rest…

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Wow. Did you know that no disaster relief funds have been released since Hurricane Milton in late 2024? There have been three major disasters since: the LA fires, a tornado in St Louis, Missouri, and flooding in Texas Hill country. Apparently, money is very hard to come by these days. Well, unless you want to destroy a reflecting pool. Or redecorate a White House, where some moron has spent nearly a billion dollars on gaudy glitz. Maybe you want to “renovate” a golf course, despite a judge’s order to stop.

Ballrooms? Sure, plenty of money for that. Multi-million dollar golf trips weekend after weekend? Gotcha covered. Money for dictator adversaries? Sure, we got that. There’s NO amount we can’t find for the Pentagon, the true black hole of the US budget. But if your house gets swept away in a tornado or a flood or burns to the ground? Oof, empty pockets, sorry. This country needs a better President…