THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CATS
EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CAT
RULES IN THE DIARY
WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that you LIKE
YOU CAN REPOST IT AS COMMENT in the DIARY
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From this morning.
Now: Trump's head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head doops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.
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“I’m imagining myself in a place far, far away…legit winning my 200th club championship…surrounded by people who think I’m smarter than Obama…receiving real awards like the Green Jacket or the Nobel Prize, not ones I have to make up…facing no criminal trials…raking in trillions with Truth Social…adored by everyone, even my wife…”
Next time he falls asleep, wheel him into a holding cell.
Let’s all watch his expression when he wakes up.
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Oopsie!
Wait, is Ingraham admitting that Trump had the affair?
Because Trump certainly hasn't admitted that.
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Ingraham: Stormy Daniels thought she had leverage over trump back in 2016 and she used that leverage to extract the money. Like other politicians who had made embarrassing mistakes, Donald Trump was apparently trying to get that episode behind him
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I know some people are against IDJT having microphones and free air time before and after the trial each day. The upside? IDJT having microphones and free air time…
I'm not a lawyer but did he just corroborate the basic facts of the accusation?
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Trump: I was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. Some accountant, I didn’t know, marked it down as a legal expense. That’s exactly what it was… So check it out. It’s called legal expense
Note:
When Trump referred to "paying a lawyer" and having "some accountant" mark it down as a "legal expense," that appears to be a direct reference to his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, paying Daniels and McDougal with Trump reimbursing him and the payment to Cohen being labeled as a retainer for legal services. Cohen — who served a three-year federal prison sentence for his role in the scheme and other crimes — has said there was no legal retainer and that he was explicitly paid back for fronting the hush money. www.rawstory.com/...
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Lev has a point.
How ironic that Donald Trump is so concerned about attending Barrons graduation, when he had no regard for his son or his then pregnant wife while having sexual escapades with @StormyDaniels and god knows who else !!!
(IDJT wants a day off from his criminal trial to attend Barron's high school graduation).
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Here's the thread unspooled (thanks TCG!)
Smith's indictment works EVEN IF the Supreme Court decides that some presidents have immunity for some official acts because the charges are against him as a CANDIDATE for office, not as a sitting president. 2/
The indictment also works EVEN IF the Supreme Court decides that 1512(c)(2) can only be charged if the defendant tampers with or impedes a document because the fraudulent elector certificates and the certified legit elector certificates are documents. 3/
Oral arguments for 1512(c)(2) are before SCOTUS tomorrow, and the immunity arguments are April 25th. EVEN IF SCOTUS guts 1512(c)(2), and EVEN IF they decide that some official acts are immune, Jack Smith's indictment stands. 4/
Having the foresight to fortify the charges based on these two potential threats to the rule of law is pretty damned ingenious. END/
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I just can't.
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Mayorkas: You should’ve deported Laken Riley
Laken Riley is the American nursing student allegedly murdered by an undocumented foreign national.
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Rep. Garcia walks us through us the GQP's understanding of geography:
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Can any legal scholars explain this to me
I'm starting to think the Underpants Gnomes have a better business plan.
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In good news:
Isn’t it nice to have a president who releases his tax returns and makes them subject to public scrutiny? “President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden paid $146,629 in federal income taxes in 2023 after reporting income of $619,976, according to their joint tax return released Monday to mark the federal tax-filing deadline. The first couple paid an effective federal tax rate of 23.7%. It marks the 26th year that Biden has released federal tax returns during his public life.” www.msnbc.com/...
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Evening Shade Seekers, Happy National Orchid Day!
And Happy National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day!