I have a doubt. I doubt that even if Alito resigned today Trump would still not be able to browbeat enough Republican Senators to confirm Judge Cannon.

Some who can are already jumping ship because of Trump's declining approval numbers . . . at last report have dropped into the teens.

Just a thought.

DARDVADER

It's like CORKY said.

Cannon still thinks Trump is going to show his gratitude by appointing her to the U.S. Supreme Court.

But there's only 8 months to go before he loses support in the Senate and she can't get confirmed. Plus, Alito has to be the sacrificial goat.

Trump is walking a fine line and daylight's burning.

Sending a "boat?" (how typical)

It appears that Trump doesn't know the difference between a "boat" and a ship.

Nonetheless, and knowing Trump's penchant for lying when it's easier to tell the truth, my guess is this announcement was made purely for effect. He wants to change his image from a ruthless murderer to a humanitarian.

Too little, too late.

Once again, on topic, it's possible that the Supremes feel that Trump is treating the overthrow of a democratic republic like it's a sprint. The Supremes know, in fact, it's going to be a long and arduous trip.

Therefore, they haven't turned over a new leaf. They only yanked on Fido's choak chain.

IDEPENDANT

Get used to the idea that not all posts are a response to you.

As it was, I barely scanned your post because it was too long and, presumably, boring.

I'm not convinced the Supremes have turned over a new leaf yet.

They're known to have as many ulterior motives as Trump himself. This could be a means of shortening the leash on a President who wasn't smart enough to know he was blowing the whole "Plan" apart with his illconceived, ego-driven, bombastic rush to autocracy.

IOW, the death of democracy is a long haul project. An ego-driven Trump was treating it like a sprint.

The Supremes just yanked his choak chain.

Will Justice Alito retire?

Somebody has to. To make room for the infamous, ever so patient Judge Aileen Cannon of Florida.

Remember her?

I'm with YODAGIRL

I'm sticking with my trusty 2005 with a Power Control Module that still works like a charm.

I don't care what they say about P.T. Cruisers.

I had to laugh when a commentator brought up an oldie but goodie on the news tonight.

He said about Trump: "Give a child a hammer and everything starts looking like a nail."

Obviously, two of Trumps appointees have just been added to his enemies list. Trump is so predictable, we almost know what he's going to do next.

So, the questions still unanswered are:

When is Trump going to start building a case for impeachment? (my guess, immediately)

Which justice is it going to be?

Conned???

In the beginning of the Epstein/Wexler relationship one has to wonder if Mr. Wexler was forking over excessive amounts of money to Epstein for something a lot more carnal than what Mr. Wexler is remembering (or misremembering) in his testimony.

Epstein is suspected of wholesale blackmail of some of his VIP associates.

Where are the photos that Epstein had locked in his safe?

Anybody know?

Trump still thinks his name has a high dollar value.

That's funny.

Trump's name on anything these days is the Kiss of Death. I can envision ghostly tumbling tumbleweeds blowing about on the empty runways.

I wonder how many airlines will remove Palm Beach from their flight schedule or home port for fear of losing business because of the foul name association?

NIXON

By now most of those fools who believed Trump's lies are regretting the huge mistake they made in 2024. Thus, Trump's poll numbers have reached the impeachment stage. If that fails after the midterms, we won't have to worry about an election in 2028 because there won't be one ~~ at least not one that we'd recognize or one that leaves the opposition candidate alive.

So far, we haven't even seen the depth of Donald's depravity yet.

And we can all say goodbye to the Constitution and our Civil Right.

MODER8

A better idea would be to help these underdeveloped countries rid themselves of the reason their citizens feel the need to escape their own country.

This isn't a new idea. The United States has known about the criminal element and gangs that has been stifling economic opportunities in these third world countries for years. What could be done about it is above my pay grade. It just seems to me that if immigration is a problem, the United States is big enough and powerful enough to fix the problem at its roots.

Russia poisoned opposition politician."

Trump is taking notes for use in 2028 when all else fails.

Trump cuts off his nose to spite his face ~ repeatedly. There's something mentally wrong with him that he can't resist these impulses to alienate the support he needs the most, not just in the U.S. but internationally as well.

Obviously, power has gone to his head, but I think it's going to take a fleet of psychiatrists to figure out the reasons for his petty hatreds and revenge, if anybody even tried.

My opinion is Trump is going to take his mental illness with him to his grave.

Psst, psst

(Calling Karma . . . Calling Karma . . . Where are you?)

Melania's life as the First Lady probably isn't all that glamorous with the exception of unlimited credit cards and wardrobe designers. She's sort of locked in a prison of her own making at Mar-a-Lago with no place to go and nothing to do when she got there.

She called the White House executive apartment a "dump" so that's out of the question.

None of her business ventures have been successful. End of story is that she's just a prop for Donald's illusion of himself as man enough to have a beautiful wife. As for son, Baron, it's rumored that her marriage contract called for "one and done." which she has strictly enforced.

I think she longs for the good ol' days at Trump Tower and the freedom to shop-till-you-drop on 5th Avenue.

I doubt that they even see or talk to each other except when she has to trot herself out for public display. After which, the media reports, she makes an immediate fast getaway to her plane waiting on a runway

ZED

I really don't know anyone who is not waiting for Trump to die."

(Including Melania but that's another story.)

I doubt if his body even makes it to the Capitol Rotunda so people can come and pay their respects.

OTOH, somebody might write a book called "2026 ~ The Year Democracy Almost Died."

ZED @ #26

That's no doubt true. But just because WE know that doesn't mean Trump knows it.

Remember, he's like a rat backed into a corner fighting for his life.

Trump will stage manage any distraction he can think of to give the media something to chew on, i.e. Los Angeles, Venezuela, Minneapolis, a stab at Cuba, etc., etc. .... and now a fake war on Iran. In my opinion, we're being gaslighted.

While the Epstein story won't go away, Trump could at least make it drop down to the number two or three spot in the daily news cycle.

It was only a diversion. He thought he was a genius. Trump had no idea it was going to cause his downfall.

Now it's time to move on to a war with Iran to divert the media from the Epstein files once again.

This is Trump's way of killing time before the midterms.

That's not a bruise. That's a blood vessel leaking thin blood from a puncture wound caused by a doctor (or himself) injecting whatever it takes to keep him alive and upright.

If overused, the vessel will eventually collapse.

Who's going to stop him. Trump has surrounded himself with "Never say no to Trump" people. Certainly not our kiss-ass Congress.

What will Trump do to divert attention away from his bungles?

The answer is . . . Start a war. Probably with Iran.

He knows that voters are reluctant to make big changes in the middle of a war.

It might not work. America is usually against senseless wars. And Trump's reputation as being tetched (unstable) in the head precedes him.