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GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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Donald 's 'Glitch' During NRA Speech Raises Questions

“Trump sparked commentary on social media after he stopped speaking for more than 30 seconds during a speech.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-glitch-nra-speech-1902257

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@GottaLaff He was probably just taking a break to pee.

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Arizona’s attorney general says Rudy has been served an indictment in the state’s fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn ’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

Giuliani’s political adviser, Ted Goodman, confirmed Giuliani was served Friday night after his 80th birthday celebration as he was walking to the car.
https://apnews.com/article/86f4938ff4570a833dd4d1c44705460f

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff I hope Arizona sees him as a flight risk.

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Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy ’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years https://apnews.com/article/b41b6c776fb27f62913e3754afa1ceac

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@GottaLaff @Atticus1956
He's being charged in CA too, so no get out of jail free card for him.

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Via Kyle Griffin:

New: Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin is calling on Alito to recuse himself from all cases involving the 2020 election.

"The Court is in an ethical crisis of its own making, and Justice Alito and the rest of the Court should be doing everything in their power to regain public trust."

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
So should Clarence. Make it a 7 person court for those cases.

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🙄 Former Donald Trump lawyer John pleaded not guilty in Phoenix on Friday on charges related to allegedly participating in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in .

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/politics/john-eastman-arizona-not-guilty-plea?cid=ios_app

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@GottaLaff

II'm hoping he does time in humid Georgia prison, but I'll be okay if he's in an AZ cell in 110 degree heat.

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Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:

“Rep. Matt (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald ’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.

“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-stand-back-stand-by-proud-boys_n_66462d52e4b0dd63cd2ba653 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stand-back-stand-matt-gaetz-174110101.html

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@GottaLaff @Atticus1956

Given how many die hard Trump supporters have been protesting outside the courthouse on a daily basis for the last four weeks, I suspect outside of people criticizing him for trying to stir up shit with his choice of words, he will have little to no actual impact.

He's part of the clown show and deserves to be ridiculed and shamed for being the sunken eyed sexual predator that he is.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff @Atticus1956

I forgot about the 'it only takes one' part...

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Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

1/…

Tyler McBrien:

At 2:04 p.m., the prosecution strolls back in and lays out stacks of papers, binders, and other documents on the desk.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff Cross continues on Monday.

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1/… Via Rupar: Trump wraps up his morning rant by attacking one of the prosecutors, Colangelo, which is a flagrant violation of his gag order

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@GottaLaff
Daddy can't come to graduation because he's in Rikers.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
Trump hires only the best lawyers. He's probably trying to balance what was his strategy for cross with the marching orders Trump gave him before court this morning.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
They can’t get Cohen to break on the stand so they’re going to play tapes of him being animated to show the jury he’s an angry vengeance seeker.

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@GottaLaff Nice of Gaetz to incriminate Trump.

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CNN hosts Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump next month, the network announced today.

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Trump's already having second thoughts. MAGA hates the conditions...no way to sow chaos...and now he's asking for a FOX debate in October... with a crowd of course...

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Agree.

My take: This is not a debate, it's spectacle.

Via Jennifer Mercieca:

I mean, can debate him if he wants to, but authoritarians like don’t debate. Trump will be there for one reason: to humiliate Biden.

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@GottaLaff @northernlights @GGMcBG

Any debate is going to be a spectacle - but if they hold it in a studio with no live audience to distract and disrupt, then it will be much less so, and the differences in the candidates will be stark.

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@GottaLaff
I don't much care about the hard core Trump voters. It's the middle of the road 'independents' who don't pay a lot of attention and figure each guy is about the same...they need to wake up.

@northernlights @GGMcBG

darthstar ,
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You have to try. I think Dobbs may have woken a few of them up in the last two years...at least I hope it has.
@northernlights @GGMcBG

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Wow. Good for you @atrupar, who tweeted:

Nate, almost murdered during a last cycle by rolling up on the stage as a biological weapon. Norms and traditions went out the window long ago.

Nate Silver:

You're supposed to be the candidate who stands up for norms and traditions and now you're ducking this tradition?

"The President will not be participating in the Commission of Presidential Debates' announced debates."

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@GottaLaff @atrupar

Fuck Nate Silver and his 'hot takes' on polls.

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Biden and Trump appear to agree on a timetable to participate in two debates before November's general election. https://apnews.com/article/2024-election-presidential-debates-biden-trump-6b1d1dbb2ed61c7637041b23662d7da8

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Trump will try to back out, say it's rigged, or some other such crap.

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1/... Erica Orden:

Trump returned to courtroom accompanied by Eric, Lara Trump, + rest of entourage.

McB:

Back in overflow, the rules are as strict as ever—even Chris Hayes
gets ID'd.

"Press credentials?" a court officer demands, as another reporter gives a good natured, "You sure you're a member of the press, Chris?"

darthstar ,
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He won't testify. He's happier whining in the corral they set up for him.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
So the orange turd is being represented by a crying little shit.

Interesting.

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@GottaLaff Blanche is angling for a mistrial and wants Cohen to be the catalyst.

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@GottaLaff Shorter Cohen: Yes, I said mean things... what's your point?

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@GottaLaff
Pomerantz... didn't they try to subpoena him and get denied? I see more objections coming.

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1/…More color from Pagliery:

Eric Trump just swapped seats with Rep. Donalds just in time for the congressman to appear in photos behind Trump's defense table.

That's what this trial is now for Trump, a political photo opp.

More...

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@GottaLaff
Nice of the RNC co-chair to show up and see how their money is being spent.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
He probably thinks anyone agreeing to be his surrogate also agrees to serve any jail time he gets for him so he can do important stuff like pretending to be president.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
Eric gets a shout out while he's in the room! Lara punches him in the arm and whispers, "Idiot."

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🤦🏻‍♀️House Speaker Mike Johnson will join #Trump at the New York courthouse for his criminal trial, -CNN

darthstar ,
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He's also a guy who has his 17 year old son as his integrity buddy to make sure neither is overly tempted by porn online or something freaky like that.

I wonder if hearing a litany of documented factual evidence about Trump will enlighten him.

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1/… First, via Lawrence O'Donnell:

J.D. Vance was on the phone the entire time. He wasn’t taking in a word of testimony. Tuberville, to his credit, looking straight ahead, taking it all in as best he can, whatever sense he can make of it

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@GottaLaff

"delaying at Trump's behest"...

So in 2006 he has an affair with Stormy which by her telling was unremarkable, and 10 years later he tries to stiff her?

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@GottaLaff
Expect the cross to be combative...fingers crossed Cohen doesn't take the bait and comes up with a rote response such as, "I went to prison for him and you question my loyalty?"

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@Wileymiller @GottaLaff

It's going to drive Trump fuckin' nuts, watching Cohen calmly responding to the cross attempts at drawing him out. Just as it did with Stormy calmly denying the accusations they threw at her for three days.

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@Wileymiller @GottaLaff

I'm just wondering how many horse tranquilizers they had to give Trump to make him sit quietly through Cohen's first day.

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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller
mmm....paste.
:Blobhaj:

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1/… more preamble, via Rupar:

Trump this morning printed out new NYT poll showing him ahead in swing states+ some Fox columns for good measure.

"A legal expense is a legal expense. It's marked down in the book, 'legal expense'" --Trump still pretending he doesn't understand why he was charged w crimes re Stormy payment

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@GottaLaff
Talk about a criminal mind set.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
We'll hear him say this line a lot.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff

He's talking about Melania like she's a rental.

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FYI, is still trending on Xitter.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
Saw a cute pro-choice meme with said turd but won't post it today as it's a day for moms.

Happy Mother's day.

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Via Pagliery:

We wrapped up the day with some news.

The hush money trial now features... yet another hush money deal.

Prosecutors say Allen Weisselberg is getting $750k this year to keep quiet about his former boss.

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@GottaLaff It's hush money all the way down.

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Trump wants to:

Extend his tax cuts — which have made billionaires $2 trillion richer

Cut Social Security — which working people pay into for a lifetime

Would you like to keep your retirement money? Or would you like to gift it to billionaires?

That is your choice in 2024.

darthstar ,
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@rbreich he wants a lot of things... but he's not worth the risk.

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People should have "radios, batteries and a generator" ready in the rare case of disruptions to the power grid, advises NOAA.

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@w7voa
If the sun explodes do I still have to pay both of my mortgages? Or do those evaporate with me?

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1/

Pagliery:

Today's session starts with prosecutors asking for a sidebar with the judge. Lawyers on both sides are now discussing something in hushed tones.

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@GottaLaff

Other presidents didn't have this problem because other presidents weren't leveraging their office to benefit their private companies, so 'getting things' to them wasn't an issue.

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Via Kyle Cheney:

BREAKING: Judge MERCHAN has just quashed 's effort to subpoena Mark Pomerantz, former prosecutors in Bragg's office. https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/DM-PomerantzSubpoena.pdf

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
Trump's so desperate to attack someone he'll ask his lawyers to subpoena the jury.

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"The first invasive brain chip that Neuralink embedded into a human brain has malfunctioned, with neuron-surveilling threads appearing to have become dislodged from the participant's brain, the company revealed in a blog post Wednesday."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/elon-musks-neuralink-reports-trouble-with-first-human-brain-chip/

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Now all the Elon fan boys are going to want one.

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1/

McB:

...At 2:14 p.m., Trump walks in, entourage in tow.

Boris Epshteyn just handed a piece of paper with a photo on it to Kaitlan Collins.

I thought he maybe said "Conway" to her, but I'm not exactly sure.

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@GottaLaff the orange turd has left the building.

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starts HERE.
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1/… Bower:

Trump enters the courtroom. Before arriving, he lingered for a moment in the doorway, talking to his lawyers, Emile Bove and Todd Blanche. He had a piece of paper in his hand, which he waved around as he spoke.

Wait for it….

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@GottaLaff
There will be no fandom in the courtroom.

darthstar ,
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@GottaLaff
"orange turd" has entered the court record and Trump's own defense attorneys tied it to him. Win-win!

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@GottaLaff 'and I pay my bills '... that's a shot at Trump

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🤦🏻‍♀️ Lawyers for Donald asked a New York appeals court to rule on their challenge to the limiting what the former president can say about witnesses in the criminal hush money trial, according to people familiar with the matter.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/politics/trump-gag-order-appeal-new-york-appeal?cid=ios_app

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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller

The other tooting.

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Via Pagliery:

So, actual brain worms.

NYT reports RFK Jr. had previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite in his brain. “I have cognitive problems, clearly,” . said in the 2012 deposition. “I have short-term memory loss, and I have longer-term memory loss that affects me.” https://nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/rfk-jr-brain-health-memory-loss.html

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@GottaLaff

I find this news surprising. --said nobody.

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