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Botany

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4. Cannon is part of the coup.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:40 AM

Jul 12

Just seven days after Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, the Senate rammed through Judge Aileen Cannon—a Federalist Society loyalist—to the federal bench, again via the nuclear option. The seat? It would later oversee Trump’s classified documents case.

Think about that. Before he even walked out of the White House with stolen materials and a failed insurrection attempt, Donald Trump had already secured the judge who would protect him. He wasn't just breaking the law—he was fortifying his legal escape route in advance, with an assist from Senate Republicans.

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-part-ii-seven-judges-direct

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Judge Cannon reminded a second time that she's been sitting for months on request for Jack Smith's full report [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 12 OP

Post removed Post removed Jul 12 #1

That's an odd way to think of rape. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 12 #2

Okay, maybe I should just have called her a "transactional whore." SalamanderSleeps Jul 12 #3

Cannon is part of the coup. Botany Jul 12 #4

Yep - it was orchestrated from the get-go by Federalist Society and others FakeNoose Jul 12 #6

This Fascist Coup is wide and deep and has been ongoing for years. Botany Jul 13 #20

any normal and ethical congress would have done something about her mdbl Jul 12 #15

Supposedly she was chosen at random from the roster of eligible federal judges to oversee that case. TheRickles Jul 12 #18

It's on her desk kacekwl Jul 12 #5

Until it isn't BoRaGard Jul 12 #7

Her reply, dudes, go pound sand. republianmushroom Jul 12 #8

She's waiting for her appointment to the Supreme court or at least a Federal Appeals Court.. Or , if the angry mob of Marie Marie Jul 12 #9

Stepford Wife ain't remotely qualified for the bench. But we got no mechanisms for recourse? Evolve Dammit Jul 12 #10

If things were reversed BumRushDaShow Jul 12 #12

Repubs have introduced impeachment resolutions against at least a half dozen judges onenote Jul 12 #13

That's because they have had that "BBB" to finish up BumRushDaShow Jul 12 #14

Assuming we have elections. Not so sure. Evolve Dammit Jul 12 #17

If they think they "have it in the bag" BumRushDaShow Jul 12 #19

good point. Evolve Dammit Jul 13 #23

We are still on the precipice though BumRushDaShow Jul 13 #25

It is what it is, as they say and this person is clearly in 45/47 's pocket. Accountability went by the wayside. Evolve Dammit Jul 12 #16

I wonder if Jack Smith has a copy? kimbutgar Jul 12 #11

By now he has probably changed his name and moved out of town FakeNoose Jul 13 #21

I remember asking AG Merrick Garland to release it. Kid Berwyn Jul 13 #22

I think they still wanted to carry the case forward for Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira BumRushDaShow Jul 13 #24