Proud Boys Too Upset About Bud Light to Care About Trump's Indictment

[Daily Kos Morning Roundup]( A morning roundup of worthy pundit and news reads, brought to you by Daily Kos. [Click here to read the full web version.]( - [Proud Boys Too Upset About Bud Light to Care About Trump's Indictment]( Proud Boys Too Upset About Bud Light to Care About Trump's Indictment, Tess Owen, Vice Public-facing Telegram channels belonging to various Proud Boy chaptersbarely engaged with—or ignored—Friday’s news of the 37-count federal indictment accusing Trump of hoarding classified documents containing nuclear secrets in his Mar-a-Lago bathroom (among other locations). Over the weekend, the “Vice City” Proud Boy chapter in Miami reposted a flier advertising a protest outside the courthouse Tuesday. But by Monday they were back to targeting Pride Month. Cape Fear Proud Boys, in North Carolina, which has been one of the country’s most active chapters in recent years, were too busy posting updates about their protest outside a drag show in Winston-Salem over the weekend to even acknowledge the latest indictment against Trump. Proud Boys’ Tulsa chapter only paused their steady stream of anti-Pride memes to acknowledge the death of unabomber (sic) Ted Kazynski (sic), writing “rest in peace king.”...Overall, reports that Bud Light—which has been a major flashpoint for the far-right since partnering with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney—is co-sponsoring a family-friendly Pride event in Flagstaff, Arizona, is currently attracting more ire from the Proud Boys than the DOJ filing charges against Trump. - [How Screwed Is Trump?]( How Screwed Is Trump? Ankush Khardori, Politico ...Trump’s federal prosecution is inextricably intertwined with the national political process, and the text of the indictment makes clear that the special counsel and his team are acutely aware of the public significance of their work. That is no doubt why they chose to use what prosecutors call a “speaking indictment” — one that contains far more detail than is strictly necessary as a legal matter and that appears designed to send a message to the American public about the seriousness of Trump’s alleged conduct. During his brief public appearance on Friday afternoon, Smith said as much when he encouraged “everyone to read it in full to understand the scope and the gravity of the crimes charged.” There is no way to fully separate the politics from the law as the case moves forward. Trump’s best and simplest defense is to continue running for reelection and to win. Even setting a trial date — a relatively straightforward matter in the typical criminal case — will be complicated by the political calendar as long as Trump remains in the race. There is one more way that this prosecution is unlike any other, and this is that as a former president and current presidential candidate, Trump has a truly unique ability to affect the proceeding through his public comments (provided that the presiding judge or his lawyers do not prevail upon him to stop talking about the case, which seems unlikely). There is virtually no way to insulate a jury from those statements, and all Trump has to do is persuade one person who ends up on the jury that the case is illegitimate and that person can then hang the jury — which would result in a mistrial and a major political mess for the Justice Department. - [It’s brutal around here: Daily Kos revenue is down. Thank goodness for small donors like you, who have never let us down. Please chip in $5 today to keep us fighting Republicans.]( - [New poll reveals that anti-trans rhetoric isn't just affecting Republicans and white Evengelicals]( New poll reveals that anti-trans rhetoric isn't just affecting Republicans and white Evengelicals, Chrissy Stroop, Religion Dispatches It’s long been clear that the widespread use of false, inflammatory, and dehumanizing anti-trans rhetoric by right-wing activists and politicians generates a feedback loop that enables the proliferation and escalation of anti-trans legislation. And we’re now learning that the deluge of disinformation and hateful propaganda is also having a negative impact on trans acceptance in the general public—even among progressive demographics. That, at least, is my grim takeaway from PRRI’s new report, “The Politics of Gender, Pronouns, and Public Education.” The overall positions of various demographics are mostly what you would expect them to be. The report singles out White evangelical Protestants multiple times as, unsurprisingly, America’s most singularly anti-trans demo. In 2021, for example, 86% of White evangelicals said there are only two genders, with that number rising to 92% in 2023. The report also states, “Among White Christian groups, White evangelical Protestants (82%) and Latter-day Saints (72%) are much more likely than White Catholics (51%) and White mainline/non-evangelical Protestants (50%) to strongly feel there are only two genders.” None of this is particularly surprising, but what I do find both surprising and troubling is the direction of the trend among more progressive demographics regarding Americans’ understanding of gender. Take Democrats, for example. In 2021, 38% of Democrats maintained there are only two genders; two years later, that figure has gone up to 44%. - [Inside the Implosion of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Legal Team]( Inside the Implosion of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Legal Team, Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley, Rolling Stone Recently, Trump has vented to several close associates about why “loyal” attorneys have been hard to find on this, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The former president has blamed some of the tumult among his higher-profile lawyers on clashing egos and certain individuals competing for limelight and power. But the internal conflict plaguing the legal team is a hallmark of the former president’s leadership, as Trump has continually fostered rivalries and hostility within his own teams. But familiar though it may be, the inner turmoil is unlikely to be very helpful to the former president as he faces a federal indictment his own former attorney general referred to as “very, very damning.” - [Show your support for progressive, independent news with a Daily Kos t-shirt—they're union decorated and made in the USA! Click here to get yours]( - [Discrimination isn’t just infuriating. It steals Black people’s time.]( Discrimination isn’t just infuriating. It steals Black people’s time., Sean Collins and Izzie Ramirez, Vox Research around discrimination in America continues to grow and capture attention. There are the big examples: Black people dying needlessly while giving birth, receiving smaller paychecks than their white colleagues, being excluded from certain neighborhoods and all the amenities and opportunities they provide. Discrimination steals their health, degrading their cells through a process known as weathering. It makes the American dream of embracing the freedom of the open road a nightmare. It prevents folks from accessing quality health care. It is buried in the code that powers the digital world. Each of those circumstances comes with its own anxiety and angst. The studies provided to Vox by the University of Chicago researchers — Pope, Oeindrila Dube, and Sendhil Mullainathan — illuminate the everyday experiences: having emails go unanswered, having trouble getting help in public, being undertreated when in pain. Those quotidian tasks make up the average American’s day, yet when tainted by racism, they can make daily life for Black Americans more difficult, with myriad repercussions. [...] Black life isn’t just unfairly strenuous; it’s also artificially short. The National Center for Health Statistics projects that the average life span for a Black American is 70.8 years. The projection for a white American? 76.4 years. That gap makes time all the more of the essence for Black people. Yet anti-Black discrimination wastes their time — a lot of it. - [Home to many a Proud Boy, Miami gets tested by Trump’s day in court]( Home to many a Proud Boy, Miami gets tested by Trump’s day in court, The Editorial Board, The Miami Herald Miami is on edge, understandably. Amid escalating threats online and defiance from Trump and his allies, Trump once again has egged on his supporters, posting on a social media account overnight: “See you in Miami on Tuesday.” There are plans for increased federal and local security for protests, including one outside the federal courthouse downtown on Tuesday. That rally might include the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group that has plagued the city for years. Will Miami become a shameful spectacle of violence and disorder, with Trump protesters allowed to create chaos downtown? Or will it be a moment when the city demonstrates its maturity and shows that, yes, it can handle such an extraordinary event? Much depends on the tone set by city leaders. Mayor Francis Suarez hosted a news conference Monday, reassuring citizens of Miami and across the country that security will be tight. He said the city has experience in handling large protests, citing the ones after the death of George Floyd. He wisely avoided questions about his rumored entry into the 2024 GOP presidential primary, which he’s supposed to announce Thursday. ICYMI: Popular stories from the past week you won't want to miss: - [Pence shoots self in foot with stupid answer on guns]( - [Why did Ukraine target the most heavily defended corner of the front?]( - [Marjorie Taylor Greene says because she was born in 1974, she doesn't know history before 1974]( Want even more Daily Kos? Check out our podcasts: - [The Brief: A one-hour weekly political conversation hosted by Markos Moulitsas and Kerry Eleveld]( - [The Downballot: Daily Kos' podcast devoted to downballot elections. 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