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A reminder on the eve of day three of the trial, of Donald Abraham Jesus Mandela Trump. The gag order might be working if only because Trump decided to attack Kimmel for a bit from earlier this week, revealing that he’s still steamed over Kimmel’s...
by annieli
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 06:54 PM PDT
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12 to go, and the courtroom has already had some agitation by Trump. Judge Merchan brought in six jurors who made it through all the attorneys’ questioning to be sworn in. He said he would ask them to return to the courthouse Monday at 9:30 a.m. —...
by annieli
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on Tue Apr 16, 2024 at 12:57 PM PDT
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Apparently non-senior Biden staff have a nickname for Trump. as MSNBC’s Laurence O’Donnell reports that a Trump posting on Truth Social violated the gag order. Protesters shut down San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in both directions for hours Monday...
by annieli
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on Wed Apr 17, 2024 at 07:23 PM PDT
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Poor Donald now wants to attend things that his bail terms wont allow. Donald's delays failed and he’s forced to sit in a courtroom. What's your 2024 existential dilemma? Trump’s is being nominated for a Nobel Prize this year. NY judge Juan Merchan...
by annieli
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 05:42 PM PDT
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MSM floated a report that Trump might stand with counsel during sidebars, likely to close the nonverbal distance between him and potential jurors. Intimidation or getting “vibes” like a knowing wink? More stunts. Perhaps even clumsy micromanaging....
by annieli
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on Mon Apr 15, 2024 at 11:16 AM PDT
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Implosion ahead. There’s no drug he can take to make his accordion hands swell up. If the mushroom fits… there’s fungus among us. Softened, rather than ‘hardened’ criminal. Oh, I expect we're going to see a very professional, very compelling...
by annieli
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on Sat Apr 13, 2024 at 10:39 AM PDT
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"Donald Trump, a 77*-year-old Bible salesman from Palm Beach, Florida, has emerged as the nation’s most prominent Christian leader." Adult film star Stormy Daniels shut down a slew of Donald Trump's followers Friday with a burn against the former...
by annieli
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on Fri Apr 12, 2024 at 11:58 AM PDT
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The hush-money trial questionnaire asks about media consumed by prospective jurors and whether jurors have ever supported groups like the QAnon movement or Proud Boys. But jurors will be asked if they read the NY Times, and if they ascribe to QAnon...
by annieli
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on Mon Apr 08, 2024 at 07:45 PM PDT
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Mister Hankey, your next Secretary of Commerce. he’s had action taken against him 4 times since ‘15 by the DOJ and other regulatory entities, totaling in the neighborhood of $50 million in settlements, penalties, and fines. Providing Donald Trump’s...
by annieli
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on Thu Apr 04, 2024 at 11:15 AM PDT
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Neither Judge Merchan or his daughter are covered by the limited gag order, so The Donald attacks... Despite a gag order, Donald Trump has once again lashed out at Judge Merchan and the Judge's daughter, calling her out by name and referring to her as "Rabid." Neither the judge nor his daughter are covered by the limited gag order. Trump has launched...
by annieli
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on Thu Mar 28, 2024 at 05:34 PM PDT
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"We'll bring crime back to law and order" The Enthusiasms of a syphilitic, criminal folk-hero. Because Trump was overjoyed to get a $300M discount on his fraud appeal bond requirements while having to begin the Hush Money Trial in April. The shtick...
by annieli
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on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 12:13 PM PDT
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RE; Hunter Biden and Burisma connection to POTUS. All this trumpism is projection: falsely allege about your opponent what you know to be true about yourself; use lies about your opposition’s tactics to justify your own rule breaking. For the second...
by annieli
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on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 02:53 PM PDT
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This may have been reported already, but, here goes — According to a filing today in Trump’s NY state fraud case: www.cnbc.com/… Donald Trump cannot fully secure his $454 million civil business fraud judgment, his attorneys said in a court filing. The...
by Average Old Democrat
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on Mon Mar 18, 2024 at 09:09 AM PDT
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During the 2022 redistricting saga, when the Special Master appointed by the New York State Supreme Court, Dr. Jonathan Cervas, drafted an initial remedial map that almost evenly divided Saratoga County between the 20th Congressional District currently...
by Upstate Blue
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on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 06:35 PM PST
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The broader plan is to sow chaos and dysfunction — and it's being driven by Trump as his main campaign strategy. But now the Jury is having lunch. Donald Trump got up and walked out in the middle of E. Jean Carroll’s attorney’s closing argument making...
by annieli
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on Fri Jan 26, 2024 at 10:48 AM PST
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Fake News indeed, because of its continuing insignificance, the Iowa primary caucuses did get over-analyzed by MSM and only signals the 2024 electoral extremes that may deflect from a long-term restoration of democracy. Trump diehards think Iowa caucus...
by annieli
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on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 04:24 AM PST
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Apparently Judge Cannon’s hubby worked for the mob, also. Donald Trump and his lawyers are making an extraordinary demand in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals: They want Trump granted immunity from criminal charges related to his subversion of the 2020...
by annieli
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 02:26 PM PST
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Trump claims that when AG James was in college, she made Exxon leave NY. President Trump: Letitia James should be criminally liable for this. She did this to Exxon & they drove Exxon out of New York. Other companies are going to be moving out of New...
by annieli
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on Thu Jan 11, 2024 at 11:39 AM PST
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Judge Engoron Rakes Trump's "Expert Witness" Over The Coals For His Testimony In Trump's Fraud Case. I had to laugh when I read the following from Business Insider: Trump judge slams credibility of paid expert in fraud case, suggests fee influenced testimony SPOILER ALERT: Judge Engoron basically calls Eli Bartov a lyin’ piece of shit. The judge...
by Merlin196360
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on Tue Dec 19, 2023 at 05:54 AM PST
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If Trump were directing the Watergate break in, he would have sued Frank Wills. The filing was part of the special counsel’s opposition to a bid by Trump to access a broad swath of classified intelligence as part of his defense against charges that he...
by annieli
34 comments
on Sun Dec 10, 2023 at 02:42 PM PST
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