Buckeye Butterfly

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Description and Identification

Caterpillar

The larval stage of the Common Buckeye can last between two and four weeks, during which the caterpillar can grow up to 1.5 inches in length. Its body is adorned with orange spots on a black base, highlighted by spine-like structures that protrude significantly. These spines have a striking blue hue at their bases, adding to the caterpillar’s distinctive appearance. Unlike many butterfly species, Common Buckeye caterpillars are solitary and do not engage in group behaviors.

Pupa

Transitioning into the pupal stage, the chrysalis of the Common Buckeye takes on a dark brown color, seamlessly blending into its surroundings like twigs and dry leaves for camouflage. This stage, lasting 1 to 2 weeks, features lighter brown patches and subtle dotted marks that enhance its mimicry of the natural environment.

Adult Butterfly

Sexual Dimorphism:
Adult Common Buckeyes exhibit sexual dimorphism, meaning that males and females can be distinguished by differences in their appearance.

Color and Appearance:
When their wings are open, the base color of both sexes is brown, with the forewings displaying two bright orange cell bars and two eyespots. The largest eyespot is found on the lower forewing. The hindwings feature two more eyespots, with the uppermost showing a magenta crescent. The underside of the hindwings varies seasonally in color from brown to tan in summer and to rose-red in autumn, with males sporting distinctive blue-to-black eye markings not present in females.

Average Wingspan:
The wingspan of the Common Buckeye ranges from 1.65 to 2.8 inches (4.2 to 7 cm), allowing for a swift and agile flight.

Flight Pattern:
These butterflies have a fast and periodic flight pattern, typically hovering around the low branches.

Eggs

The eggs of the Common Buckeye are tiny, green, and round, laid singly on the tender buds or upper sides of leaves, ensuring the next generation’s survival.

Identifying the Buckeye

Identifying the Common Buckeye Butterfly is a rewarding experience for any nature enthusiast. Look for the characteristic eye-like markings on the wings, which are the butterfly’s most distinctive features. The combination of brown base coloration with bright orange bars and eyespots on the wings, especially the large lower eyespot on the forewings, makes identification straightforward. Seasonal changes in the coloration of the hindwing undersides also provide clues to their identification. Observing these traits, along with the butterfly’s unique flight pattern, can help differentiate the Common Buckeye from other species.

Did You Know?

The striking eyespots on the Common Buckeye’s wings are not just for show; they play a crucial role in predator deterrence, mimicking the eyes of larger animals.

Migration is a behavior observed mainly in the southern populations of the Common Buckeye. During late spring and summer, these butterflies migrate northward in search of optimal breeding conditions.

Common Buckeye caterpillars have a diet rich in iridoid glycoside, a chemical compound that makes them less palatable to predators such as wasps, birds, and ants. This adaptation allows them to deter predators effectively, ensuring a higher survival rate.

SOURCE: BUTTERFLYIDENTIFICATION.COM

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    1. Morning, Pat! Still waiting for the tilling to get done – what is it with people that they seem unable to follow thru? SMDH – or is it simply unwilling? I’m so sick of the people in this fricking town!!!! Come on, PCH! Just let me win enough to shake the dust from this place!!! They are oh, so polite on the surface but it goes no deeper than that if you are in any way different from the “norm!”

      Starting to rain now but at least the temp is 54. Should have seen Wheezer last night – I heard Jake growling and turned to look out the patio door – there was Wheezer, up on the back of my chair, peering inside the house, looking around; then he got down on the floor and sat there and peered inside for a while. Really curious! He needs to be wormed again but the medicine I got from Michael has expired and he is scratching a lot at his ears. Can’t get much at the store and I’m not paying the outrageous prices at the vet because they would require that I bring him to be checked first. They’re as bad as human doctors now!!!

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            1. And they never let go of their neuroses….like Jake: no matter how many times I immediately shut him in the bedroom when he pesters me to come and watch him eat, he still does it EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! But he won’t do it again the same day once I open the BR door and let him out. Next morning: same thing, over and over and over and over, day after day after day….sigh. He makes these scratchy growls/meows as if he is absolutely STARVING to death…meanwhile, his bowl is at least half full yet….but there is that teensy, tiny hole in the center and he can SEE the bottom of the dish! That’s all it takes!

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  8. The Vigilant Fox 🦊

    @VigilantFox

    RFK Jr. Reveals What the NIH Isn’t Telling You About Mass Shootings Why are there so many mass shootings? According to Kennedy, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is “not allowed to look for the answer to that question.” Why is that? “Because they’re frightened that there’s a big shot, a big food processor, Big Ag, Big Pharma that is going to be angry at them with the answer. So, they simply won’t do it.” Kennedy suggests that “something happened” around the time of the infamous Columbine High School mass shooting in 1999. That something, he suspects, is the use of SSRI antidepressants. “When Columbine happened, [families of the victims] sued [Luvox]. And there are SSRIs. I’ve talked about this. I’m not saying this is the answer. [I’m] saying it’s something that we should look at—that SSRIs have black box labels and benzos that say, ‘known to cause suicidal and homicidal behavior.’ It says that.”

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    1. Good grief! Anyone who works for a defense contractor has to sign a fricking NDA!!! I’ve signed a bunch of them in my career. It is as common as sliced bread!!! And, IIRC, an NDA is also included in the paperwork you have to sign to enlist in the service!!!

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  11. Charlie Kirk

    @charliekirk11

    BREAKING: Arizona’s Democrat Attorney General, Kris Mayes, who received just 280 votes more than her Republican opponent, is pursuing radical and unprecedented criminal charges against seven attorneys for Donald Trump over efforts to contest the 2020 presidential election in Arizona. She’s charging Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Boris Ephsteyn and Mike Roman, as well as Arizona’s 11 Republican electors. Those electors include my colleague and friend Tyler Bowyer, the National Committeeman for AZ and head of Turning Point Action. What are the charges for? For trying to follow the law, and following a precedent created by Democrats. In 1960, in the race between Kennedy and Nixon, Hawaii was very closely contested. While Hawaii certified Nixon as the winner of the state’s electoral votes, Democrats claimed otherwise. They assembled their own slate of electors and submitted their votes to DC to be counted while the state worked out the contest in the courts. Importantly, this worked. After initially cerifying Nixon’s electors, Hawaii’s recount concluded that Kennedy had won the state by just 150 votes. The state’s governor retracted the Nixon certification, and submitted a new one in favor of Kennedy. Kennedy votes were ONLY counted because the Kennedy electors acted BEFORE the courts had ruled. Here’s a quote from Politico when they wrote about this dispute: “Judge Ronald Jamieson agreed that the certified Kennedy electors were legitimate. But, more significantly, Jamieson said it was important that those electors met and gathered on Dec. 19, 1960, as prescribed by the Electoral Count Act. Rather than suggest the Democratic electors committed fraud, the judge pointed to their meeting as a key step that preserved their ability to be counted after the recount showed Kennedy had actually won the state.” The Arizona Trump electors were doing what they thought was a legally necessary step as part of a wider political and electoral dispute. They acted in the belief that Donald Trump was the true winner of Arizona in the 2020 election. They engaged in no fraud and no deception. In fact, they literally published a press release explaining what they were doing! These indictments, and this entire investigation, are a sinister effort to criminalize pursuing all legal and constitutional avenues for contesting a disputed election. AG Mayes and her national Democrat handlers want to criminalize and punish political dissent. Democrats have once again turned the justice system into their weapon for targeting political opponents. They are doing this because they have no accomplishments to run on in 2024 and are terrified of losing power, and see no option available except for jailing their opponents like some tinpot Third World dictatorship. I sincerely hope they pay for overplaying their hand in Arizona and beyond. We stand by Tyler Bowyer, and everyone else. They did nothing wrong. We will win.

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        1. Better – still sore throat, coughing. We are getting ready for me to take Sally to the clinic in town that took care of me on Tuesday evening.

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      1. disgusting–they have unlimited soreass’s $$ to waste, whereas defendants do not! and even if they wanted to sue to reclaim legal fees, they would most likely come up against a leftist judge who says no.
        the process is the punishment

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        1. We got back safely from the clinic – and they were great. Just gave her meds. Here blood sugar is way elevated, so I only gave her a little piece of cheese with the meds.

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  12. FFS!!! Deviants, every one of them!!!

    Just The News: “New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned the rape conviction of movie producer Harvey Weinstein.

    Weinstein was also convicted of sex offenses in Los Angeles and sentenced to 16 years in prison in the California city for those crimes, according to ABC News. 

    This is a developing story …“

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  13. EXCERPT: “Republican secretaries of state and state legislators are pushing back against “Bidenbucks,” what call the federalization of voter registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, claiming that the executive order is unlawful.

    West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner and Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson, along with Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature, are fighting President Biden’s Executive Order 14019 from March 2021, which turns federal agencies into “Get Out The Vote” (GOTV) centers across all states.

    The executive order is often referred to by critics as “Bidenbucks,” which alludes to “Zuckerbucks,” the approximately $400 million from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg widely alleged to have been funneled through left-leaning nonprofits to turn out the Democratic vote in the 2020 presidential election.

    According to the executive order, “The head of each agency shall evaluate ways in which the agency can, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, promote voter registration and voter participation,” including “soliciting and facilitating approved, nonpartisan third-party organizations and State officials to provide voter registration services on agency premises.”

    Similar to “Bidenbucks,” “Zuckerbucks” came to notice when the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) poured about $350 million into local elections offices managing the 2020 election, with most of the funds donated to the nonprofit by Zuckerberg. The nonprofit has claimed its 2020 election grants — colloquially known as “Zuckerbucks” — were allocated without partisan preference to make voting safer amid the pandemic….”

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/gop-secretaries-state-legislators-fight-against-bidenbucks-federalization

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  16. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/situation-unraveling-pro-palestinian-protests-erupt-across-americas-woke-colleges

    Our Take: “I recently attended a screening of The Coddling of the American Mind. It was put on by the Toronto chapter of the Heterodox Academy (A network of academics, post secondary professors, other faculty members and students fighting to counteract what they see as a lack of viewpoint diversity on campuses across North America).

    The film follows separate stories of different college students who were infected by the woke mind virus and subsequently recovered, after picking up the pieces. Some of the stories were heartbreaking. It was a moving example of how deeply damaging this web of Marxist ideologies is, backed by excellent research and compelling animations.

    But beyond the film, something even more compelling gave me insight into this massive explosion of post secondary pro-Palestine ‘protests/civil unrest/terrorism’: It was the actual university professors in attendance at the screening.

    They all described, in incredible detail, watching the youth at their schools slowly descend into this madness. As a most poignant example, every single professor in attendance described a sudden spike in students showing up with ‘Accommodation Letters’ demanding that this student be given more time than everyone else to finish this assignment.

    All these professors were describing the implementation into these kids minds of what the filmmakers called The Three Great Untruths:

    1. What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker
    2. Always trust your feelings
    3. Life is a battle between good people and evil people.

    The experience changed my thinking on what this mob mentality arising from leftists university students means.

    Yes, it’s tragic that our youth are being targeted by sophisticated fifth-generation PSYOPS. But, the flip side of this is that high minded intellectuals are beginning to wake up to the actual war. They are beginning to see that this is more than politics and activism. They are seeing that these kids are outright programmed. I even had one of the profs email me directly to explain that he feels ‘something bigger is going on.’

    The point is, the boomerang is always bigger. The whole reason Heterodox Academy exists is because academics across North America are putting some skin in the game and fighting for free thought.

    We should expect such academically-minded organizations to receive an influx of new members as the reality of a generation of students being under genuine mind control shatters old paradigms.” — Simon Esler

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  17. https://modernity.news/2024/04/24/australian-senator-says-elon-musk-should-be-in-jail-and-the-key-be-thrown-away/

    Our Take: “This isn’t about X or Elon Musk or hate speech or disinformation. It’s about control over the narrative.

    This Australian Senator is calling for speech bans because people don’t believe her government’s central narrative any longer. It’s that simple. Trust in the government is dangerously close to becoming mandatory, not just in Australia, but everywhere. Those cheering to criminalize speech, particularly speech critical of the government, should not be so bold. But they are so bold. That’s interesting.

    Are the people of Australia so domesticated that their leaders can openly call to remove their rights without consequence? I don’t know, but the people of America certainly are. The awakening is not yet outpacing the spread of tyranny, which indicates an uncertain near-term future.

    In the end, liberty wins — I’m certain of it. But I’m equally certain the middle is gonna be bumpy, for Australia, America and the rest. How bumpy depends on us. Awakening accelerate.” — Ashe in America

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  18. This is something else, in addition to NDAs, that is universal in the defense contracting industry. Yes, even I, a lowly secretary, was required to sign this document.

    https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246655366/ftc-bans-noncompete-agreements-lina-khan

    The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own.

    The FTC received more than 26,000 public comments in the months leading up to the vote. Chair Lina Khan referenced on Tuesday some of the stories she had heard from workers.

    “We heard from employees who, because of noncompetes, were stuck in abusive workplaces,” she said. “One person noted when an employer merged with an organization whose religious principles conflicted with their own, a noncompete kept the worker locked in place and unable to freely switch to a job that didn’t conflict with their religious practices.”

    These accounts, she said, “pointed to the basic reality of how robbing people of their economic liberty also robs them of all sorts of other freedoms.” — NPR

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  19. https://apnews.com/article/airlines-junk-fees-baggage-delays-c4a93f9ee9a2bf7d9ee07394183a0374

    Our Take: “In back-to-back days, we’ve seen the Biden Admin scoring some rare wins in the public mind, specifically with regards to an FTC ruling against employee non-compete clauses and the DOT targeting airlines for their archaic refund policies.

    On paper, both of these things are largely good, in that they signal push-back on industries that have gone too far when it comes to stripping customers and employees of power projection capabilities … but I think there’s something more nefarious afoot.

    When it comes to non-compete clauses, I largely agree with the FTC’s stance that they should be rendered unenforceable, and I hate airlines as much as the next person.

    That said, I think the Trojan Horse inherent in both announcements is the tacit endorsement of the administrative authority of government agencies over private enterprise and the free market.

    If we had a truly free market divorced from administrative oversight … these issues would correct themselves.” — Burning Bright

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  20. Winston

    April 25, 2024 10:46 am

    Aaron Sibarium
    @aaronsibarium

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1783169503947305476.html

    NEW: UCLA medical school’s mandatory health equity class teaches students that weight loss is a “hopeless endeavor” and that “ob*sity” is a slur “used to exact violence on fat people.”

    The full syllabus has shocked prominent doctors—the former dean of Harvard Medical School.

    All first year students are assigned an essay by Marquisele Mercedes, a self-described “fat liberationist,” who “describes how weight came to be pathologized and medicalized in racialized terms” and offers guidance on “resisting entrenched fat oppression,” per the syllabus. 

    Mercedes claims that “ob*sity” is a slur “used to exact violence on fat people”—particularly “Black, disabled, trans, poor fat people”—and offers a “fat ode to care” that students are instructed to analyze, taking note of which sections “most resonate with you.” 

    The assignment shocked Jeffrey Flier, the former dean of Harvard Medical School and one of the world’s foremost experts on obesity, who said the curriculum “promotes extensive and dangerous misinformation.” 

    UCLA “has centered this required course on a socialist/Marxist ideology that is totally inappropriate,” said @jflier, who reviewed the full syllabus and several of the assigned readings. “As a longstanding medical educator, I found this course truly shocking.”

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  21. Alex1689

    April 25, 2024 11:06 am

    Good God.

    Dreeben just told SCOTUS that the reason there have been no prosecutions of prior Presidents is because ” there were not crimes”!

    The government’s position is that there is zero immunity even for clearly official acts. Thus is an extreme and radical position that would make the presidency more vulnerable to prosecution than even your average local cop.

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  24. OK, talked to Chad – he was short on gas for the tractor and couldn’t get any by the time he got done at his auto shop. He apologized and said he would have called me but didn’t have my # since I had called him on his business phone. Now he has my # and I have his cell # – he will do his best to get it done today yet before the heavy rain arrives. Cross your fingers that it holds off until then!

    I’ve also found some affordable 6′ tall wooden trellis panels at Menards and the only other thing I still need to get is a few more t-posts. And the mulch, of course – I’ll be getting a lot of that this spring since I also need to re-mulch under the Willow tree after I plant the new bulbs. Once they arrived, of course, I discovered the bulbs are supposed to be pulled for the winter in my zone. I have always been careful NOT to order bulbs like that but I got fooled this time. So, I’ll plant them – if they don’t come back next year, oh, well!

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  26. NF: I certainly wouldn’t want this freak working for me in a public position! Good grief!!!

    “Of course she’s from California. The story would almost be too unbelievable if she wasn’t from the land of fruits and nuts.

    ‘TikToker’ (the new phrase for someone who’s totally self-absorbed and attention-starved) Ash Putnam was frustrated after T.J. Maxx denied her application – and she thinks her tattoos were to blame. Some of her visible designs include a skull with horns on her neck, solid black patches on her arms, and a pattern on her forehead. Putnam, 23, also has multiple facial piercings, including a large silver ring hanging from her nose. “I hate that my tattoos are such a defining factor for me getting a job or not,” she said in a recent TikTok. “Just because I have tattoos doesn’t mean I’m not going to be a good worker.”

    You look like the devil’s retarded niece, but sure – you’d be a good worker. Are the sideshows still hiring?”

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    1. whoa…showed hubby and asked about the prices. he said that last one? only or so were ever made–if it’s original and in mint condition, it could go on the car auctions for MILLIONS

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  29. long thread by Julie Kelly on the SCOTUS immunity arguments

    Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

    @julie_kelly2

    3h• 22 tweets • 5 min read •

    Read on X

    John Sauer, representing Trump, gives opening statement. Already answering questions posed by Chief Judge John Roberts.

    Says indictment uses vague statutes (2 of 4 in this indictment relate to 1512(c)(2) to criminalize “core authority” of the presidency.

    Sotomayor already arguing what Trump did was for “personal gain” unlike what Obama did–one example used by Trump’s team is could Obama be indicted for drone strikes that killed an American–bc Obama did it “to protect the country.”

    “The president is entitled for personal gain to use the trappings of his office without facing criminal liability.” She mentions “creating false documents” as an example of committing a crime outside of scope of authority.

    KBJ: Claims presidents since the beginning of time understood they could face criminal prosecution.She then says the understanding stems from presidents being prosecuted “after impeachment.”Which is exactly what Sauer/Trump argue. Whoops.

    Gorsuch seems to suggest what is the most likely outcome. SCOTUS kicks this back to Chutkan to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine what elements of the 4-count indictment represent “official” acts v personal.

    Sotomayor back to alternative electors. “What is plausible about the president assisting in creating a fraudulent of electoral candidates?”

    Sauer disputes her description as he should. Calls it a “mischaracterization” of the indictment.

    Can’t help but think this is Sotomayor’s way to support 1512(c)(2) in Smith’s indictment.

    Sauer admits some of the allegations in the indictment (he also disputes the allegations) would be considered private–such as working with private attorneys on alternative slate of electors.

    Thomas raises Meese amici that argues Smith is unlawfully appointed as special counsel.

    Sotomayor asked a question and I have no idea wtf she just said. I don’t think Sauer does, either.

    Kagan joins ACB in parsing the indictment to ask Sauer which allegations represent official v personal.

    This really can be such a slippery slope–sort of mind blowing to consider

    OH FFS Kagan asks Sauer “How about if a president orders the military to stage a coup? Is that immune?”

    Kagan: Is it an official act?

    Sauer answers, it sounds like it.

    Kagan: The answer sounds like to me it’s like, oh it’s official but sounds really bad.

    Gorsuch expressing concerns about precedent of incumbent presidents always considering criminal liability when making decisions in office.

    Kavanaugh and Sauer discussing exec privilege protections and the broad scope of the 4 charges in Smith’s indictment–again, 2 1512(c)(2) and 2 similarly vague “conspiracy” charges.

    KBJ asking why the president should be making official acts without a responsibility to follow the law. She’s arguing that other “high powered people” also have to follow the law.

    This is silly–the president has powers that no one else has. So now the president is comparable to, what, a mayor or judge?

    “When we are talking about liability, I don’t see how the president stands in any difference” than anyone else.”

    HAHA OMG KBJ wonders aloud about turning the oval office into “the seat of criminal activity in this country.”

    Michael Dreeben now up for Jack Smith.

    MY GOD WHY DO ALL THESE FED PROSECUTORS SOUND LIKE WOMEN?

    Dreeben served on Robert Mueller’s team.

    Thomas asks Dreeben if there no immunity even for official acts? Dreeben says yes.

    Thomas asks why no criminal prosecution of past presidents for military operations such as coups. Dreeben argues bc they were not illegal lol ok.

    Roberts asking about circuit court general conclusion that a president can be prosecuted because he’s been prosecuted. That logic “concerns me.”

    Roberts criticizing circuit court for not considering what was official and what was personal. “They had no need to look at what courts normally look at when you talk about questions of privilege or immunity.”

    WOW.

    Roberts describes circuit panel’s reasoning as “tautological.”

    Not a good sign for the 3-judge panel.

    Kavanaugh again turning back to separation of powers issues related to Congress passing laws and which ones apply to the president.

    “It is a serious Constitutional question whether a statute can apply be applied to the president’s official acts.”

    Argues Congress needs to speak with some “clarity.” Now again discussing how vague “obstruction” and “conspiracy” laws can easily be applied to a president.

    Kavanaugh: Especially “risky” in the hands of a “CREATIVE PROSECUTOR WHO WANTS TO GO AFTER A PRESIDENT.”

    Gorsuch gets Dreeben to agree there are specific core functions of the presidency that Congress cannot regulate.

    He says yes, Gorsuch suggests that in itself is a form of immunity. Now asking about 1512c2.

    Can a president be prosecuted for obstruction of an official proceeding if he led a civil rights protest in Washington that delays a government proceeding?

    Dreeben tries to say no and tries to rely on intent and “corruptly” elements. Gorsuch tells him to assume both elements are met–he meant to do it.

    Dreeben did not answer that one well.

    Alito presses Dreeben on the idea that the president is like everyone else in terms of following the laws.

    Alito calls 371–conspiracy to defraud the US– a “peculiarly open-ended statute.”

    It would apply to any fraud in any government function, Alito suggests.

    Dreeben counters that presidents have no official role in certifying the election.

    Alito: “Whatever we decide will apply to all future presidents.”

    Dreeben unconvincingly argues that future presidents won’t violate the law bc they have the best lawyers and an attorney general who will steer him properly. Alito counters that is not always the case.

    Alito: “This case will have effects that go far beyond this prosecution.”

    Alito very skeptical of Dreeben’s position that oh don’t worry about the slippery slope here because an attorney general will give the best legal advice on whatever he is going to do.

    Alito generally asks, “What is necessary for a stable democratic society?”

    Asks if permitting criminal prosecution of a president will “lead us into a cycle that destabilizes our country?”

    Sotomayor retorts that a stable country relies on the “good faith of public officials assuming they follow the law.”

    Sotomayor: “No man is above the law either in his official or private acts.” Just blabbering nothingness.

    Kagan asking about official v personal acts in the indictment. Dreeben again goes back to working with “private lawyers to gin up fraudulent slate of electors is not part of a president’s job.”

    It is to achieve a “private” end–argues what Trump did was in his role as a candidate and this was campaign-related.

    Which is something presidents do every single day.

    Gorsuch: “Every first term president, everything he does, can be seen through the prism of his personal interest in re-election.”Asks if removing an appointee is core power–this speaks to Smith’s allegations that Trump’s attempts to replace Jeff Rosen with Jeff Clarke is somehow a crime.Dreeben says depends on motive. HUH?”Everything he does…he wants to get re-elected. If you are allowing motive to color that, I wonder how much is left. Presidents have all matters of motives.”

    Gorsuch reminds Dreeben “we are writing a law for the ages.”

    He also hints that SCOTUS will soon address the definition of “corruptly” in 1512c2.

    Kavanaugh joins Gorsuch in expressing concerns how this case/decision will affect the future.

    This precedent will “cycle” back over and over.

    Kav asks about a president making false statements to the public and whether prosecutable.

    Dreeben says that has never happened so basically no. THAT IS THE EVER-LOVING POINT.

    ACB seems to agree absolute immunity is not a thing.

    But she asks Dreeben to drop official acts from indictment and only prosecute on personal/private conduct. Dreeben basically argues all the allegations work together as evidence in the indictment.

    KBJ seems to agree with ACB that whatever is deemed personal/private isn’t protected by immunity.

    Lots of back and forth btw absolute immunity v core duties or outer perimeter of authority.

    All done.

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  30. Julie Kelly

    @julie_kelly2

    Rereading (again) unredacted motion in classified documents case. One of Biden’s top WH lawyers conspired with NARA atty Stern to circumvent laws related to notification of holder of records (Trump) under Presidential Records Act. Now this is a legit criminal conspiracy…

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  31. whoa…

    Mary Frost

    @MaryyFrost

    BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Alito just asked the following question. Alito: “If an incumbent who loses a very close, hotly contested election and knows that a real possibility after leaving office is not that the president is going to be able to go off into a peaceful retirement, but that the president may be criminally prosecuted by a bitter political opponent, will that not lead us into a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy?”

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    1. more from Alito

      🇺🇸Travis Media Group🇺🇸

      @TM1Politics

      JUST IN: Justice Alito just blew up the entire argument by the DOJ. Alito: “If the president gets advice from the attorney general, that something is lawful, is that an absolute defense?” Dreeben: “yes” Alito: “Wouldn’t the President just pick an AG who’ll let him do whatever he wants?” Dreeben looked stunned Apparently the AG can provide absolute immunity, but the President who is his boss can’t.

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  32. NE legislature had it’s last day of this year’s session on the 18th. They adopted the Foreign-Owned Real Estate National Security Act, which will help ensure that NE can divest foreign-owned adversaries who own land that constitutes a threat to national security or food/water security. Passed unanimously 46-0! The personal property tax bill stalled so Gov. Pillen will be calling a special session to find an alternative means of property tax relief. And I will remain ever so grateful for the Homestead exemption!!!

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  33. johnny maga

    @_johnnymaga

    Neil Gorsuch has a “facts over feelings” moment with Jack Smith’s attorney, explains why Trump’s ‘motives’ must be taken out of the equation “It didn’t matter what the president’s motives were… That’s something courts shouldn’t get engaged in… I am concerned about future uses of criminal law to target political opponents based on accusations about their motives.” So good. Easily Trump’s best SCOTUS appointment

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  34. LOL – Brook, the owner/publisher of our newspaper, needs a better proof reader! He has pics of the RR crossing that is closed but under the picture, he’s got 9th Street on the East end of town and my street on the West end of town when they are the opposite!!! SMDH

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    1. was it you (or maybe it was me–i forget) that posted how many of the maggot’s administration didn’t have loyalty oaths on file?
      what about congress? anyone seriously check theirs????

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      1. The color is gorgeous but I’ve never been fond of the low-rider style, which I think I’ve mentioned before. Part of the beauty of a truck for me is the higher clearance.

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  43. Dang, it’s really windy! I’d already taken the jelly feeder down yesterday but I had to take the 2 seed feeders down, too. Also had to go out and add a bungee to one side of the glider out front since the old one had broken. Still in the 60’s at least, mostly cloudy. We had a little bit of light rain early in the morning but none since then, thankfully. Wheezer showed up and chowed down at some point but didn’t hang around. Still waiting on the tilling….

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  44. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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