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Matching Media Memorandum – VARIOUS OUTLETS
Reading the ruling was not as gripping as the melodramatic dissent.
That is not an air raid siren you have been hearing for the past 24 hours, that has been the mainstream press wailing over the SCOTUS ruling that the president of the United States has a level of immunity with Executive Branch actions. While this was a sound decision that essentially kicked much of the decision-making on the particulars back down to the lower court, by the sound of the journalists, this will lead to the level of authoritarian dictatorship rule they have promised Trump will deliver. Of course, you arrive at this level of hysteria by not actually reading the ruling.
What has the press all agog is in her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor drew up a nightmare scenario that would make for a good Netflix original film. Okay…a Netflix original film.
The dissent from Sotomayor is so out of pocket and untrue that I can’t help but think this was said to give the media something to get frothy about. pic.twitter.com/zP8B9vkSDz
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) July 2, 2024
Of course, the ruling does not say the president can use their powers in any way. This decision applies to the Executive powers, as laid out in the Constitution. But that detail was too much to digest for the hyperbolic media titans. They jumped immediately to, “The president can now murder anyone they choose!”
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MSNBC – Their legal analyst declared this allows a president to assassinate his enemies, despite the chyron displaying how this applies to “Official Acts Only.” Superb work, gang.
JAKE TAPPER – "Did the Court just say, 'Yeah – you can assassinate a political rival'?"
CNN – "This decision is going to make it much harder for the American people to protect themselves from a corrupt president."
"THE VIEW" – "(Biden) Could throw every Republican in jail."
AARON RUPAR – "If President Biden declared today's Supreme Court ruling to be an assault on democracy and ordered Chief Justice John Roberts imprisoned indefinitely, would that be an 'official act'?"
POLITICO – "The Court has sanctioned that a president can order Seal Team Six to assassinate his political opponent."
Anti-Social Media – BBC
Are we not doing that "violent rhetoric" thing anymore?!
At the BBC, radio presenter David Aaronovitch took this insane interpretation to the next level. The sound, rational, high-minded journalist went so far as to suggest Biden should go forward and have Donald Trump murdered.
Receipts kept @DAaronovitch
— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) July 1, 2024
Reported to the police and the US embassy.
You should lose your job for incitement to murder. @thetimes pic.twitter.com/Nv0W5khY0Q
Reporting on the Mirror – CNN
On "Anderson Cooper 360," he invited famed journalist Carl Bernstein on to describe how he has been hearing from various insiders from the Administration, from political donors, and even other reporters that Joe Biden has exhibited his issues for some time. Bernstein says it had been for at least 18 months that these issues have been witnessed.
What Carl seems to miss is that in his zeal to sound like he is breaking new information, what he is actually accomplishing is exposing how complicit the press and the power brokers in D.C. have been to hide this story.
Watergate Hero Carl Bernstein Confirms Biden’s Condition, Unintentionally Confirms Complicity to Hide Ithttps://t.co/JFxiFuSNed
— RedState (@RedState) July 2, 2024
DNC PR Firm – WASHINGTON POST
- Jenny is trying to drive down her paper all on her own.
Jennifer Rubin is still working through her fog of derangement over Trump, so much so that she has become reduced to making historical analogies regarding the Weimar Republic – because, of course she did. The problem: Jenny seems unclear about the history she is referencing.
Aw, Hindenburg is too old said some Germans before electing a monster
— Jen "I dissent " Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 2, 2024
To summarize: Her theory is that in order to avoid having a Nazi-like leader in Donald Trump, we should vote in the same manner that saw Germany pave the way for Hitler's Nazi regime.
Legalized Press-titution – VOGUE MAGAZINE
Shouldn't she be on the cover of the Laz-Y Boy catalog?
Even before the debate, Joe Biden's chances at reelection were fading, so the call has been going out to aid the administration. So – OF COURSE – Jill Biden is once again featured in the highest level of haute couture publishing, Vogue. Not that there is a concerted effort to give this desperate family any and all help they can use!
Jill Biden looking like a straight up, old school Soviet Union experimental scientist on Vogue... pic.twitter.com/5vqgRxbbVi
— Billy Lee | Freedom Fitness and Finance Newsletter (@ApexAlphaTrader) July 2, 2024
Let's be honest – she is not regarded for her fashion sense. When it comes to fashion, Dr. First Lady Biden has become known for her attire resembling furniture upholstery.
Aw, Hindenburg is too old said some Germans before electing a monster
— Jen "I dissent " Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) July 2, 2024
