Kagro in the Morning - December 13, 2023

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin round up the election news, the court news, and everything in between.  The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to an obstruction law used on January 6th insurrectionists. It all depends on what their definition of corruption, is. Special counsel Jack Smith made a gutsy move to ask the Supreme Court to decide whether Donald Trump has absolute immunity before he spends any more time prosecuting him. It seems like a simple decision, but the Supremes could make it pretty complicated. Trump lawyers want to immediately halt, and/or immediately review any immunity decision, depending upon the immunity decision. Democrats lose some, win some with redistricting. Winning is better. Republicans do not want to talk about the Kate Cox abortion case. Everyone told Donald Trump about fake electors, now the fake electors have to tell it to the judge. Remember Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guard member who looked 12 years old, and who was trying to impress actual 12-year-olds by letting them peek at his collection of military secrets? If you are the kind of person who would read this summary you might, if you aren’t, you… would not. There are oh so many reasons to vote for Joe Biden in 2024. There are also, apparently a couple of reasons people have to not make that choice, including being as stupid AF. Perhaps voters need to be reminded that the other choice would be Donald Trump. Retired Republican members of Congress attitudes are unsurprisingly different from the idiots who used to pay their bills. Those who still need MAGA millions have to keep doing things like pretend to impeach Joe Biden, even if it means impeaching Joe Biden. Withholding funds on Ukraine might be an effective troll on Joe Biden, but Dems aren’t the only thing that might be triggered.