Blake

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I mean, should we talk about the, the Biden auto pen thing? We've, we've totally not talked about it, but now we can talk, we can talk about the Biden auto pen thing.

I mean, should we talk about the, the Biden auto pen thing? We've, we've totally not talked about it, but now we can talk, we can talk about the Biden auto pen thing.

Yeah, so this dropped last night, I think after midnight Eastern time. So this has been building up for a few weeks. You know, people on, you know, in the right-wing media have been talking about this, but I think it was something linked with Heritage did a review of Biden's executive orders or his pardons, and they noticed all of the signatures are completely identical.

Yeah, so this dropped last night, I think after midnight Eastern time. So this has been building up for a few weeks. You know, people on, you know, in the right-wing media have been talking about this, but I think it was something linked with Heritage did a review of Biden's executive orders or his pardons, and they noticed all of the signatures are completely identical.

He clearly signed them with an auto pen. And the follow-up You know, thought some people have had is Biden is signing all of these with an auto pen because he's totally out of it. So people are actually just signing things in Biden's name while he's not aware of it. And this led some people to follow up by saying, then if Biden wasn't aware this was happening, it's invalid.

He clearly signed them with an auto pen. And the follow-up You know, thought some people have had is Biden is signing all of these with an auto pen because he's totally out of it. So people are actually just signing things in Biden's name while he's not aware of it. And this led some people to follow up by saying, then if Biden wasn't aware this was happening, it's invalid.

And I didn't give too much thought to it. But one person who did is President Trump, who last night came out and said he's declaring Biden's pardons to be null and void on the grounds of Autopen. And as a result, for example, he suggested he could investigate the people on the January 6th committee.

And I didn't give too much thought to it. But one person who did is President Trump, who last night came out and said he's declaring Biden's pardons to be null and void on the grounds of Autopen. And as a result, for example, he suggested he could investigate the people on the January 6th committee.

My personal guess is this won't legally hold up because there are constitutional mechanisms for a president who is incapable. You can invoke, I think it's the 25th Amendment, and you can say, well, he's incapable, so the vice president is assuming the power of acting president or the cabinet is to declare this. And Congress can also act through, they have the power of impeachment for that matter.

My personal guess is this won't legally hold up because there are constitutional mechanisms for a president who is incapable. You can invoke, I think it's the 25th Amendment, and you can say, well, he's incapable, so the vice president is assuming the power of acting president or the cabinet is to declare this. And Congress can also act through, they have the power of impeachment for that matter.

So if the cabinet and the vice president are basically colluding to say the president is fine, I don't think there's a lot of room for the next president to come in and say, actually, he wasn't fine and it's null. Also, Biden's still around. He clearly, even though he's in bad decay, he's still capable of speaking. He did deliver a farewell address.

So if the cabinet and the vice president are basically colluding to say the president is fine, I don't think there's a lot of room for the next president to come in and say, actually, he wasn't fine and it's null. Also, Biden's still around. He clearly, even though he's in bad decay, he's still capable of speaking. He did deliver a farewell address.

I imagine he could show up in any court and say, yeah, I approved all of these things. They weren't exactly done in secret. Uh, but it'll be certainly another, you know, showdown for the courts to litigate. And like I said, I'm, I'm kind of glad if we're going to have a big showdown with the courts that we're having it over the trend day Aragwa thing, uh, rather than this.

I imagine he could show up in any court and say, yeah, I approved all of these things. They weren't exactly done in secret. Uh, but it'll be certainly another, you know, showdown for the courts to litigate. And like I said, I'm, I'm kind of glad if we're going to have a big showdown with the courts that we're having it over the trend day Aragwa thing, uh, rather than this.

Yeah, exactly. It's it's understandable. We lived, you know, the Biden administration was awful. We all hated it. There's a lot of grievances against it and there's a lot of bitterness over. It was very ugly. He went and he just pardoned his son in a flagrantly corrupt manner to make sure he couldn't be held accountable for stuff that we basically all know he did.

Yeah, exactly. It's it's understandable. We lived, you know, the Biden administration was awful. We all hated it. There's a lot of grievances against it and there's a lot of bitterness over. It was very ugly. He went and he just pardoned his son in a flagrantly corrupt manner to make sure he couldn't be held accountable for stuff that we basically all know he did.

That was incredibly corrupt and criminal. And that that stinks. But I think this is kind of grasping at something that we wouldn't, that wouldn't ultimately be productive. The best revenge is to govern well.

That was incredibly corrupt and criminal. And that that stinks. But I think this is kind of grasping at something that we wouldn't, that wouldn't ultimately be productive. The best revenge is to govern well.

And we're not, anytime we spend on basically trying to like re-litigate the January 6th committee when we already won the election, we already pardoned the people who were persecuted by that committee. The need to like go all the way and like, oh no, it's not over until January.