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Conservative icon and former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig yesterday surprised Ali Velshi with his argument that special counsel Jack Smith should still attempt to still bring Donald Trump to trial in the former president’s election subversion case before the presidential election. Via HuffPost: On the eve of the U. S.

It was Sherlock Holmes who said, "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?" And that's how I assess the media, as uncomfortable as it is for a former journalist. It seems crazy that the most prestigious publications in the country would be looking to build a case against the incumbent president, just as crazy as it seemed when they made (literally) a federal case about Hillary Clinton's emails.

A piece on MedPage Today by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, DBA, MBA, and Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM entitled, "Did Cold Medications Affect Biden's Debate Performance?" seems to answer the questions: In response to a question about abortion, Biden hesitatingly offered jumbled canned lines about immigration while staring dazed, mouth agape during breaks. This is not the president we have seen in the last 3 years or even the last few weeks. As time passed, the fog lifted.

Both NBC and ABC News decided it was appropriate to interview jailbird Steve Bannon, on the day before his incarceration, while he still faces state fraud charges related to the Build The Wall scheme that Trump pardoned him for on federal charges on the last day of his term. Bannon was involved in supporting the fake electors scheme and did his best to stir discontent, urging Trump supporters to try to stop the counting of the electoral college and have Mike Pence install Trump as president after he lost the 2020 election. Bannon is going to jail for refusing refusing to provide documents related to his involvement in the Republican ex-president's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. The attack on the US Capitol on January 6 with the treasonous acts by all those involved, but ABC and NBC News decided to reward Bannon interviews anyway.

2024 being a leap yr., the exact middle of the yr. will be at noon today. And the Mets finally played their 81st game yesterday, so everyone's season is half-done. All downhill from here!! A GLASS OF WINE ON THE PORCH notices some abject bee ess published by Newsweek about Taylor Swift not breeding. Tom Sullivan at Hullabaloo examines the (damaged) military mind w/ help from The NYT.

Dana "It's not my job to fact check anyone" Bash strikes again while Lindsey Graham went on a lie-filled diatribe threatening Biden and other Democrats if Trump lands back in the White House. While discussing the presidential "debate" debacle on this Sunday's State of the Union on CNN, and allowing Graham to rail on and on about Joe Biden supposedly being "compromised" with zero push back, Bash asked Graham about Trump's response on whether he'd accept the results of the election or not.