Treason Thread #69: Stormy Weather

Michael Cohen's tell all testimony is tomorrow.

Heheh …. #69.

After lifting images of a 1994 Rod Stewart concern crowd, can the 1963 March on Washington be next?

Former Pres Bone Spurs is melting down right before our eyes.

Hannibal Lecter? 🤣

I'm going to post this again because it's just so emblematic...

MTG’s House partner in disruptions giving Mother’s Day greetings.

R5, most Republicans are dead on the inside already, so this is working out well for them

Ironically, she's the pro-life candidate, r5.

Trump's Mother's Day message:

"Happy Mother’s Day to ALL, in particular the Mothers, Wives and Lovers of the Radical Left Fascists, Marxists, and Communists who are doing everything within their power to destroy and obliterate our once great Country. Please make these complete Lunatics and Maniacs Kinder, Gentler, Softer and, most importantly, Smarter, so that we can, quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!:"

I just can't understand the mindset of people who think a man who spouts such petty and mean-spirited twaddle should be president (again).

Melanoma no-shows again at an event held in her dining room. "Just leave the mother of the year award by the door, and remember you can order my necklace online. Thank you."

Melania does not want to be Vairst Leddy ever again.

She shows her contempt for the American people.

That Mother’s Day message IS insane!!!

[quote] That Mother’s Day message IS insane!!!

As was his Easter & Passover messages.

[quote]Please make these complete Lunatics and Maniacs Kinder, Gentler, Softer and, most importantly, Smarter, so that we can, quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

Odd that there weren't any visible Communist flags carried by the vandals who smashed up The Capitol on J6.

He still seems to be able to avoid being held accountable…so unfair…

Well, R15, he DID lose re-election.

Will be fascinated to hear the impact—if any—on the jury of Trump’s frequent naps during the trial.

Cohen's been on the stand for a few hours now.

[QUOTE]I'm sitting next to a retired NY state criminal judge. Asked him what he thought as we broke. "Cohen's killing 'em"

Is he really farting in court?

Of course she did.

[QUOTE]Who came up with Trump’s “locker room” talk spin on the Access Hollywood tape? It wasn’t Hope Hicks. It wasn’t Kellyanne Conway. It wasn’t Steve Bannon. It was Melania Trump, per Michael Cohen. WOW.

She WAS/IS a glorified hooker - so she would be familiar with the ins and outs in all of this.

Faux Noise: Kamala SWoRe!!!

Everybody else: Fuck Yeah!

Good for her. Who doesn't know the f-word and sometimes it is the only word that works.

Locker room talk!

Hopefully it will soon be Prison Locker Room talk.

I told my President Trump, I don’t want hush money. I want Pecker’s pecker.

^I Hope for Pecker Hickeys

Bad day for Tweety.

Trump appears to believe that Hannibal Lecter was a real person - albeit a now-deceased one.

The commentary I've seen seems to say Cohen delivered for the prosecution today.

Same here, r30.

The Fixer

So curious how Trumpy has a bad weekend, word salad then praising Hannibal Lecter, among other things, then a horrific poll comes out making it seem Biden is losing women, young voters, and every swing state. I’m sick of the media’s shit. They aren’t even hiding it.

They're pretending as if Biden is running against a young, dynamic, charismatic Republican with brilliant ideas for the future. But there is no alternative to Biden. Just Trump.

So if you're mad about gas prices or food prices or Ukraine or Israel or immigrants or student loans or abortion or LGBTQ+ rights... I'm sorry, but Trump has no solutions.

R34 orange demon caused most of those things.

[quote] NEW: The world has known two Michael Cohen’s: the one who threw bombs for Trump and the one who throws bombs at him.

[quote] Today we met a third: Mellow, mild-mannered just-the-facts-ma’am Michael. Prosecutors need the jury to buy it.

I was watching a discussion on MSNBC and they pointed out something interesting. The book cooking that was done to hide the payoff to Stormy is a misdemeanor, but it needs to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. They probably will succeed in that. But if they do, the subsequent offense of election interference does not have to be proven to that same standard.

Call me crazy, call me irresponsible, throw in undependable, too, but r37's post reinforces a question I've had for a while.

Why isn't Trump cutting a plea deal?

If anybody knows (and the mofo is right about this) that he could get by with any amount of proven or pleaded to criminal activity and not lose support, at least among his moronic supporters, it's him.

And, quite frankly, and damningly about voting Americans, I don't know that it would matter to stupid USA! USA Americans.

That way Trump, that gelatinous, offensive, criminal, fetid agglomeration of shit cells can get out on the campaign trail and spew his nonsense.

After all, he's claiming the trial is preventing him from doing that.

Of course, even if Trump wanted to cut a plea deal he'd have to risk whatever sentence is issued by Judge Merchan.

Plea deal = almost immediate prison sentence and no grounds for appeal

I'm not as sure as you are about that, ElderLez.

True, I don't know enough about whether the prosecutor can offer a reduced charge of misdemeanors, if Trump would agree to plead.

As for a sentence, I think if Trump is found guilty by the jury on one or more charges, then yes, at sentencing, Judge Merchan would order some jail time, but not sure about actual jail time if Trump would plead to misdemeanors or even some felonies.

Merchan might order stayed jail time if Trump pleaded out. Given that Michael Cohen sat actual jail time for acts that were directly connected to these charges, I don't think Merchan would not order some form of jail time for Trump, even if it's stayed.

Trump has already said he's never met either of the women. Wouldn't even admit it to Cohen.

Turd is always covering his ass, as if he suspects he's being recorded. He says, "Take care of it..." without details.

I don’t see the prosecution agreeing to a plea deal without a felony and jail time.

Mike Johnson is attending Trump’s trial today. There has been a string of GQP politicians showing in recent days. I hope that tactic backfires or the judge intervenes in some way.

Good gosh, what repulsive politician will show up next?

[quote]Why isn't Trump cutting a plea deal?

He’s never been one to do the logical thing. He thinks that cutting a deal would make him look like a weakling and a loser. We all know that he dreads nothing more than that. He’s spent his life cultivating an image as a fighter who never quits, never gives up. Taking a plea would ruin that image.

I saw a movie where the defendant brought in a celebrity to impress the jury. I think it took place when a celebrity were considered movie stars but can't remember the name.

The Kennedy/Smith scion had lots of famous relatives in court with him when he was defending rape charges in the early ‘90s.

Yeah, and when Kennedy/Smith, like Trump did, sends his Flying Monkeys to the US Capitol to loot the votes of 80,000,000 Americans, wake me.

Speaker Mike Johnson is in court today to support Trump. I guess he has no work to do.

Mike Johnson is there to support a man who paid off a porn star to keep quiet about the sex he had with her.

Is his son's pornmeter going off the damn charts today?

Do these people not learn? EVERYone who attaches themselves to Trump goes down the shitter. And Turd goes golfing.

Manafort, Stone, Bannon, Weisselberg, Cohen, Navarro, Pence, DeSantis... FLUSH!

Swirling in the commode: Greene, Lake, Boebert, Johnson, Noem, Vance...

R46 r49 r50

r51

So sad, Taylor Swift turned Trump down to show up at his trial. She doesn’t want and certainly doesn’t need, any enticement money Pecker would offer.

Heck, even Kid Rock won’t even go.

Did they ask Lee Greenwood?

Rancid poseur Vance can’t be flushed soon enough.

What a fat, pig eyed lying ball licker

[bold]Appeals Court Upholds Gag Order on Trump[/bold]

“A New York State appeals court on Tuesday upheld a gag order imposed on former President Donald Trump in his criminal trial in Manhattan, rejecting arguments that the measure had violated Mr. Trump’s First Amendment rights,” the New York Times reports.

-Political Wire

How much money does Trump need to flush to the legal profession?

Did donald's Cavalcade of Losers stick around for the cross examination?

^MSNBC said they did not see the Trump politicians return for the afternoon portion.

Tommy Tuberculosis (R-AL) left after 90 minutes.

TB Tubberbum is living in Floriduh. Appropriately

Even if Biden wins, we're toast as a country. The fact this election is even close, that the media so easily plays with fire, that billionaires can easily cause huge disruptions to our lives, that voters are so lazy needing coddling and conjoling to vote, that 90 years of failed conservative economic policy ( when they're in charge) isn't enough for voters to vote D, we'd need a D supermajority to stack the SC to have any hope of turning this around. Even then, billionaires and the conglomerates they run will cause economic hardship to get Republicans elected helped along with a complicit media.

Vote, and convince every person you know to vote D.

r62 -You mean *when* Biden wins, FCI. Maybe I'm being a cock-eyed optimist, but I still don't think it's as close as we're being led to believe.

[bold]Michael Cohen Will Be Last Witness for the Prosecution[/bold]

Michael Cohen will be their final witness.

However, Trump’s lead lawyer, is planning to cross-examine Cohen into Thursday, possibly until the end of the day.

[quote] Vote, and convince every person you know to vote D.

At least in the battleground states. I have a Biden-supporting friend in California whose Brooklyn son is a far-left Democrat very unhappy with Biden. After first telling him he has to work on his son, I determined it was unnecessary.

I hope you're right, r63, but a lot of my younger coworkers claim they're going to vote 3rd party because of Gaza.

[quote]I hope you're right, r63, but a lot of my younger coworkers claim they're going to vote 3rd party because of Gaza.

Your only post, r66?

Oh those Bernie Bros! What are they up-to nowadays? Most now being ages 40 to 55 and still delivering pizza and demanding free tuition?

R66 is a troll (and its post is fiction).

[bold]DOJ requests judge order Steve Bannon to begin prison sentence[/bold]

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case to order that he begin his four-month prison sentence, after an appeals court last week upheld his conviction.

Prosecutors said there is no legal basis for Judge Carl Nichols to continue the stay on Bannon serving his sentence after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' conclusive ruling that rejected the basis for Bannon's appeal on all grounds.

"Consequently, there is no longer a 'substantial question of law that is likely to result in a reversal or an order for a new trial,'" prosecutors wrote in their filing Tuesday.

It's not immediately clear when Nichols will rule on the request.

"I'm shocked they want to silence the voice of MAGA," Bannon told ABC News in regards to Tuesday's news...

Why does that matter, r67?

Sorry, r69, but I live and work in L.A. County, where there are multiple opinons, not whichever Flyoverstan you'reposting from. I don't need to make anything up, but continue to tell yourself whatever you need to feel better.

[QUOTE] Sorry, [R69], but I live and work in L.A. County, where there are multiple opinons, not whichever Flyoverstan you'reposting from

I’m posting from Washington, D.C. you dumb bitch.

Still not impressed by your childish name calling, nor your location. Just because you don't like a comment desn't mean it's made up, but you do you.

^your third post ever

George W. Bush won re-elect despite lots of pushback against the Iraq War. And that was a war that our troops were involved in. I find it hard to believe that a foreign war that our troops aren't involved in will affect many votes.

[quote]Sorry, [R69], but I live and work in L.A. County

So, r72? Many of us do.

Ever? Do you not know how to use the block feature to verify your silly claim? I've been posting for almost 20 years, not that it matters.

I merely said that my coworkers expressed a point of view, and here you are, busting a vein to discredit me because...? Me thinks thou dost protest too much and that your own posts must be false. Why else would you expend this much effort?

Enjoy your time on the Treason threads while you can, r78.

[QUOTE] Still not impressed by your childish name calling, nor your location.

Was I supposed to be impressed by you living in L.A. County? I love how you tried to make me into some middle America bumpkin (in your eyes) yet failed hard.

We already know how you feel about people who live in “Flyoverstan” (does anyone here even say that anymore?)

Journalists who have been in the courtroom have said that 80 to 90% of the time, Trump's eyes are shut. They don't believe he's sleeping the whole time, it's like he's saying he's bored. When the jury reaches a verdict you can be sure those eyes will be wide open.

[quote] a lot of my younger coworkers claim they're going to vote 3rd party because of Gaza.

And some will. But venting in the spring may not be the same thing as voting in the fall.

"Asked about Thursday's timing for the remainder of his cross-examination of Cohen, Blanche told the judge, "If I finish, it's at the end of the day."

Thursday going to be a looong day for Mikey.

[quote]Journalists who have been in the courtroom have said that 80 to 90% of the time, Trump's eyes are shut.

Combination of incantation and meditation. He is, after all, the Antichrist.

Pause with the fuss! Or, you get a dozen Miss Lindsey photos in a row. But don’t fret, they’ll be new ones.

Good idea, ElderLez? 🪭

R63 Will, but this should be a blowout. Regardless if it was Biden or not, it would be close.

I don’t believe the claims “a lot” of younger coworkers of a random person posting on DL in the Treason threads are voting 3rd party. In that fictional world, may they get every horrific thing a 2nd Trump term would bring. And it will be horrific. For most of us.

Our country is so bored, decadent, unserious. We’re too well off. We need drama because we’ve had a long stretch of relative peace and prosperity by most measures. Remember, most 1/6 participants are comfortably muddle class or above. We rage, yet most people would kill to live in this country. We may burn down a great, yet imperfect country for what? The silly foreign bots who seek to sow division here and in SM are pathetic, easily identified, and lazy. Many happily play into their bullshit because they want to live in their own reality show, be a part of something big. It’ll be big, alright, just not in the way they expect.

I think pausing with the fussy sniping is a great idea. And I am all for that drinky-winky in your sign-off R85. But please don’t make me look at Lady G’s newest photos.

People are addicted to drama now. They want their phones to blow-up every 15 min. with **BREAKING NEWS**. Joe Biden is too boring. They want Trump back.

R88 And everyone needs to be an over the top character like Vivek. It’s like the USA is now Gotham and everyone hates Batman and loves all the villains.

R80, then don't act like a bumpkin and people won't mistake you for one.

R88 Because Trump lied about COVID, about a half million Americans died needlessly. I want to shove that fact down every persons throat who plans to vote for Trump.

That's what I'm hoping, r82. I've been feeling apprehensive about even the remote possibility of that tub of orange lard getting anywhere near the Oval Office again.

Oops, sorry, ElderLez, I just scrolled back and saw the rest of the comments. No way I want you subjected to that! I'll block the other poster for a few days so I'm not tempted to snipe back any more. Carry on.

[quote] I want to shove that fact down every persons throat who plans to vote for Trump.

Please. As if it would fucking matter one iota. There's not one thing that this guy could do that would make them think twice about voting a third time for the peice of shit.

R94 Correct. Their depravity knows no bounds. It is almost supernatural. He gets many to abandon their professed deeply held values, principles, or to bend them sharply. If I believed in demons, I would say this is demonic. It is on a grand scale and happened so quickly.

r95 - So, FCI, why is it we love our country and they don't? Did they ever?

In a few of my relatives' cases, it was that they finally felt they had permisson to publically say what they'd secretly been thinking all along, or had at least limited to family gatherings.

R96 They loved a version of our country. Fear has taken over them. They see the browning of our country- whites will be a plurality for a looooong time so they need to chill- yet had no issues with Cubans flooding the country because they voted Republican. Our country never dealt with its racial hatred. It poisoned every facet of our lives. When Blacks were successful, they killed them, or locked them up, and changed the laws to make sure they weren’t successful. See Black Wall Street. Or like Killers Of the Flower Moon, which happened within 100 miles of Black Wall Street, they couldn’t abide Indians being wealthy having power. So, they were killed. This happened 1000s of times. Obama broke them.

Bird Flu lockdowns to steal your votes!

R100 We’re going to all die due to a pandemic because right wing dimwits will not take precautions. It is ASTOUNDING Republicans openly advocated to let the old, infirm, those with disabilities, and autoimmune diseases to die essentially so Trump could be reelected when all those fat orange demon had to do was respond to the pandemic appropriately and he’d have won.

This bird flu shit may be really bad. Remember, I told you all, before it was reported, that my friends in govt said Covid was going to be bad and we were preparing unprecedented measures.

[quote]Bird Flu lockdowns to steal your votes!

R100 I meant to add it’s astounding. Republicans advocated for those things and there was hardly a huge outcry. If any Democrat would’ve said that the whole party would’ve been decimated in elections. Hillary still gets shit from saying deplorable. She didn’t openly advocate to let huge swaps of people die so a Democratic elected official win.

FCI love.

Trump catching the Avian Flu has a nice ring to it. Certain types can be life threatening.

I just tuned into FOX because I grew tired of smug Ari Melber on MSNBC (I'll tune in again at 8). Laura Ingram and Judge Jeanine decided to give a synopsis of what went on today in the courtroom. I'm not convinced they were at the same trial as everyone else, since their take was widely different than the majority of the reports from today.

Bird flu won’t be bad. We have vaccines and tamiflu already.

Katie Phang (or as Sara Haines called her today on 'The View', "Katie Wang") made an excellent point last night: The fact that his own wife is not in the courtroom each day shows the jury she has zero support or belief in him. 'That speaks volumes' to the jury, she said. If she doesn't believe in his innocence, why should they ?

You didn't have to watch them to know that that would be the case, r105.

R108 I needed a laugh.

R105 seems very “Both sides!”, yes.

I predict Trump picks Noem as VP in order to humiliate his voters the way he humiliates the Republican Party.

You might be right Elderlez @r111. It's about as close as he can get to that "shooting someone on " whatever avenue.

R106 Curses, foiled again.

I hope a bird nests on Trump's "hair" and gives him bird flu

Mean happening

^ Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves

Yep, r116.

In the bigger picture this is a rather small thing but Trump while in the White House is sending the $35,000 checks to Cohen using the White House mailing system. So apparently we as taxpayers paid the FEDEX charges to send 34 checks from Trump to Cohen.

Brilliant r116

I still don't understand why the prosecution didn't call Karen Macdougall to testify. It's the same deal as Stormy, just a more convoluted route. It would have reinforced Stormy's sometimes wobbly narrative.

Ultimately David Pecker decided not to take payment from Trump, for reasons known only to him.

I don't know if it would have persuaded the jury to convict him, but a parade of bimbos might have served the purpose of swaying undecided voters in November. And it certainly would have been entertaining for us.

Tommy Tuberville admits that Republican politicians are showing up at Trump's trial so they can violate his gag order for him

Bless his heart.

Tommy Tuberville sounds like a Dickens character.

Tuberville acts like a Dickens character.

"Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?"

Tuberville was a mediocre college football coach that jumped from school to school whereby NCAA infractions followed.

Alabama has the worst Senator and there are some really incompetent and corrupt ones.

Alabama dumping Doug Jones for this fool is immensely disgusting.

When will the Trumpettes initiate Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Caitlyn Jenner into their elite group?

Is she promised a taste of the stinky stuff in Mar-a-Lago this weekend?

Am I the only one who thinks Mike Johnson is cute? Politics and immorality aside, he’s cute, isn’t he?

Sure. You should fuck him at your earliest opportunity r128.

Johnson couldn't hate you more, R128, but you go ahead and crush on him.

Trump's going to come up with some excuse not to attend the debates. There won't be any audience.

The Speaker prefers young and black.

[quote]Johnson couldn't hate you more, [R128], but you go ahead and crush on him.

I strongly suspect that any cute young male POC could successfully bed him.

Granted it would be 45" of shame-filled hate sex followed by 2 hours of prayer and sobbing, but still within the realm of possibility.

Our spitting image, R128!

Vomit

Jeez. The sycophancy is off the register.

[quote] Really?? Talking about he “let me talk” for 14 minutes… Sir! I’m the Ranking Member, I talk for as long as I want. I don’t need your permission. Am I supposed to act grateful that you let me do what the rules say I can do???

[quote] …..crazy ish..

[bold]House Reschedules to Allow Lawmakers to Attend Trial[/bold]

The House Oversight Committee pushed back their Merrick Garland contempt markup to 8 p.m. tomorrow so Republican lawmakers have time to attend Donald Trump’s trial in New York City, CNN reports.

Washington Post: Republicans flock to court to “kiss the ring” during Trump criminal trial.

r139, it's the Big Gulp. No spitting in public.

Trump Hit With New Investigation Over Extortion Deal With Oil Executives

Is the Saudi Crown Prince a gentleman caller?

Not a good day for the prosecution today. The analysis I've seen is all saying Cohen may be now discredited in the eyes of the jury.

R143 ‘s only other comment is the opposite:

[quote] The commentary I've seen seems to say Cohen delivered for the prosecution today.

R144 Yes... Cohen's testimony for the prosecution was well received but he got torn apart today on cross-examination.

The Defence has to convince the Jury that they are a bunch of fucking idiots if they believe the words if Trump's Fixer. We all know that Mr Cohen would have been it in witness protection had Individual 1 been brought to Federal Justice.

[quote][R144] Yes... Cohen's testimony for the prosecution was well received but he got torn apart today on cross-examination.

Did he though?

Cohen did fine today. Like all of Donald's attorneys, Blanche is a fucking idiot.

All of Cohen's testimony is corroborated by paperwork. Screeching "you're a LIAR!" at the witness over and over and over and over and over doesn't change that.

Is anyone surprised? Anyone? These guys like Alito think they’re invincible.

Lord! Houston just got walloped with storms. Widespread damage. The winds were howling. Apparently it was the widest wind event from a storm ever in Houston history. All schools closed.

r149 - Stay safe, FCI.

Alito is a cunt.

Thomas is a prick.

Fuck them both, the traitors

More Republicans are refusing to certify election results

One of the jurors has a commitment next Friday so no court, but the Judge asked them to consider meeting on Wed. for once.

The documents, tweets and phone calls will decide this case- not Cohen's moral code.

Jesus...

#TeamJasmine

r148 - I just found that and came here to post it. One of our Supreme Court justices is an *open traitor* to the United States of America and the Constitution upon which it stands.

Let this sink and soak in folks. There are *at least* two traitors sitting in our Supreme Court.

Alito and Thomas are scum. They are both vocal homophobes to boot

R147 Cohen changed his story from what he told the jury just a few days ago about what was discussed in the phone call though. In addition to admitting he has lied under oath before and the endless evidence showing how much he wants Trump to be locked up. And he's supposed to be the star witness for the prosecution...

r157, and they are married to insurrectionist sympathizers.

News coverage/spin of Cohen's testimony doesn't matter. Only thing that matters is how the jury takes the testimony and cross-examination.

Some of Donald Trump's allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department's independence and turn the nation's top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes, nine people involved in the effort told Reuters.

Governor Greg Abbott is keeping Houston safe and Ted Cruz will be quickly on the scene with federal aid. Then, President Trump, as soon as he gets a chance, will be there to console the victims.

Of course, r161. They’ve made no secret of this with their idiotic Project 2025 bullshit.

Love this

It’s not idiotic

It’s evil

One of the TV Lawyers said this and it is important to remember,

The judge will instruct the jury that statements or questions by the defense attorneys are not facts and the jury will be instructed to ignore them, so Todd Blanche saying Cohen is a liar is not evidence or fact.

[bold]Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years[/bold]

The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.

Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley handed down the sentence for David DePape, 44, whom jurors found guilty last November of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official. Prosecutors had asked for a 40-year prison term.

DePape was given 20 years for one count and 30 years for another count. The sentences will run concurrently. He was also given credit for the 18 months that he's been in custody.

DePape stood silently as Judge Corley handed the sentence and looked down at times. His public defense attorneys had asked the judge to sentence him to 14 years, pointing out that he was going through a difficult time in his life and had no prior criminal history.

Corley said she took into account when giving DePape’s sentence the fact that he broke into the home of a public official, an unprecedented act in the history of the country.

“He actually went to the home, that is completely, completely unprecedented,” she said.

Before sentencing, Christine Pelosi read victim statements on behalf of her father and mother, explaining how the violent attack changed their lives...

[QUOTE] Corley said she took into account when giving DePape’s sentence the fact that he broke into the home of a public official, an unprecedented act in the history of the country.

Is it really “unprecedented” though? I’m currently watching MANHUNT on AppleTV and just in the first episode, they have one of the Lincoln assassination co-conspirators knocking on the front door and then rushing into the home of Secretary of State William H. Seward and stabbing him in the neck. How is the Pelosi attack unprecedented?

Another hostage for Trump to pardon.

The account in Wiki is that the assassin was let into the house under the pretense of delivering medicine to Seward who hadn't been well. Seward's son became suspicious and wouldn't let him see his father. Then the assassin attacked the son and charged into the bedroom. So technically not a break in.

More bad news for state GOP committees. Running out of money or broke.

Mugshots from the fake elector plot in AZ

Weisselberg, Bannon, Navarro, Stone, Giuliani, Cohen, Manafort.... When will they learn?

Trump, if elected lord forbid, will have Jeffery Clark high in his administration, probably AG if he can. Trump tried it previously.

[bold]'Partygoers started screaming': Giuliani served with indictment during his birthday party[/bold]

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was officially served with a felony indictment on Friday night for allegedly interfering in Arizona's 2020 presidential election. Officials with the office of Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes served Giuliani in front of nearly 100 guests at his 80th birthday celebration in the Palm Beach, Florida area.

The New York Post reported early Saturday morning that the former personal attorney to Donald Trump was in high spirits when he was served around 11 PM on Friday at the Lake Clarke Shores home of GOP consultant Caroline Wren. Prior to being served with felony indictment paperwork, Giuliani reportedly "belted" the song "New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra in front of what the Post said was between 80 and 100 guests. Some of the more high-profile attendees of the party were longtime Trump aide Roger Stone and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.

"Some partygoers started screaming and one woman even cried as Giuliani was served," the Post's Lydia Moynihan wrote...

Giuliani looks much older than 80. I would've guessed he turned 90.

R177

[quote]'Partygoers started screaming': Giuliani served with indictment during his birthday party

Were the guests still able to take home the table centerpieces?

[bold]We asked ChatGPT to be a juror in Donald Trump's hush-money trial. It said it would find him guilty.[/bold]

It will be a jury of 12 ordinary New Yorkers that will decide the fate of former President Donald Trump in his ongoing Manhattan hush-money trial.

Unless Trump decides to testify, the trial is nearly over. Michael Cohen, the trial's key witness, is scheduled to wrap up his testimony on Monday, and the judge told lawyers to prepare for closing arguments on Tuesday. Deliberations could begin as soon as Thursday.

Prosecutors have brought 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, alleging Trump illegally disguised hush-money payments paid to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. A guilty verdict comes with a sentence of up to four years, though experts expect the former president would see no jail time...

...Gemini, ChatGPT, and Perplexity were prompted to imagine they were an ordinary Manhattan resident on the jury, responsible for evaluating the evidence in the trial. Each was asked to review the transcript and base their answer on the evidence and arguments presented. They were told to "choose now whether you would find him guilty or not guilty."

Gemini, Google's AI chatbot, said it "was still learning" how to answer the question.

But OpenAI's ChatGPT and Perplexity weighed in — and both said they'd find Trump guilty.

"I would vote guilty on the charges of falsifying business records," Perplexity responded definitively. "The prosecution has provided credible and significant evidence that proves beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in the alleged conduct."

ChatGPT initially hesitated to give a definitive answer, saying its decision "would depend heavily on the credibility of the witnesses and the clarity of the documentary evidence."

But after a follow-up question prompted it to "decide now," OpenAI's bot said its "decision would be to find Trump guilty based on the evidence provided in the transcripts."

That's delicious, #176. It's like they waited until his most euphoric moment to humiliate him.

I wonder who footed the bill for the bash- and why he's still hanging around Palm Beach now that Trump is ghosting him?

Trump lies and says he won Minnesota. He did not.

[quote]As with other recent speeches, Trump took personal and even profane jabs at Biden throughout the evening, at one point saying the president was "full of shit."

Ever more the inspirational statesman! Notable language for one whose devoted supporters wear t-shirts proclaiming, "Real Men Wear Diapers."

Trump projects, R183.

Trump brags about doing nothing to stop gun violence

More "immigrants are destroying America!" rhetoric

Trump almost fell on stage at his rally yesterday. He said the platform was badly constructed. Yeah, right.

r186...

After a classic Trump speech in Minnesota last night (pottymouth, empty promises, empty boasts, lies...) Turd shows up two hrs. late in Texas today. Hoarse, sweating, slurring, lying and swatting flies. What happened in 12 hours?

It's interesting, r189. The reports are he sounded less slurry in Minnesota last night when one would have expected him to sundown. He probably had a hell of a long nap in between Barron’s graduation and the rally. He was probably too keyed up to sleep afterwards and had little to no rest between gigs. I'll bet you anything it was hell rousting him and getting him ready this morning hence the 2 1/2 hour tardiness. He was basically sundowning in the afternoon.

[quote] "Some partygoers started screaming and one woman even cried as Giuliani was served,"

My joy is complete, my cup overfloweth.

This is the Lord's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes!

See those bitches surrounding Rudy and his birthday cake. Are they Trumpettes?

“Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body”

Isn’t that what Ted Cruz digs?

[bold]Trump at NRA convention floats a three-term presidency[/bold]

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday floated the idea of a third term if he wins in November.

“You know, FDR 16 years — almost 16 years — he was four terms. I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?” Trump quipped at the National Rifle Association annual meeting, speaking before a crowd of gun rights supporters.

Some in the crowd shouted in response: “Three.”

It’s not the first time Trump has mentioned extending his stay in the White House, an idea he suggested while on the campaign trail in 2020. His latest remarks provide more fodder for the Biden campaign, which seized on the comments as it tries to paint Trump as a threat to democracy and institutional norms.

But Trump has more recently shut down the proposition of seeking a third term, which is barred by the Constitution. And he told Time magazine in an April interview that he wouldn’t be in favor of challenging the 22nd Amendment:

“I wouldn’t be in favor of it at all. I intend to serve four years and do a great job. And I want to bring our country back. I want to put it back on the right track. Our country is going down. We’re a failing nation right now. We’re a nation in turmoil,” he said.

During a meandering speech in Dallas, Trump addressed thousands of gun rights supporters on Saturday. The former president spoke about guns and the Second Amendment, but also tackled immigration, foreign policy, the economy and abortion. He at one point slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as “radical left,” while continuing his attacks on Biden and CNN about the debates...

Funny that third term and Republicans put the two term limit in the 22nd to prevent Democrats from running the board.

The 22nd needs to be amended to include ONE AND DONE.

^^It should also exclude criminals and insurrectionists.

Maybe Trump could have used the “my wife did it” defense?

Wonder how Melania would respond to that?

Jake Tapper and Dana Bash are the moderators for the debate on CNN. Both, particularly Bash, are not unfriendly to Republicans.

[quote]Wonder how Melania would respond to that?

Eet is djust loaker room talk.

Andrew Weissmann:

[QUOTE]Michael Cohen cross: all the pearl clutching over the cross about 10/24 call. Normal defense tactic is to claim any mistake is an intentional lie even when there is no reason to think it’s anything but a mistake. That is best retort to such claims.

J.D. Vance says we should learn from Viktor Orban.

Scary.

Morehouse Man here 👋 Quick thought's Biden commencement address 🧵 1/ Biden met the moment. Authentic remarks. He kept the focus on the grads, while weaving in his personal narrative and how his Administration is improving people’s lives...

2/...This is key for a generation who doesn't fully know Biden's backstory thanks to their media diet and age [want to feel old: they were born *after* 9/11!].

3/ On Gaza, Biden spelled out his vision clearly - one that aligns with what young people want, even if they haven't necessarily heard it directly from him before (see above on media silos and disinfo). Minor protests, but mostly a warm welcome. Apparently there were chants of "4 more years!" at the end, per a friend who was there. 4/The campaign has more work to close the gap between who Biden is and who young people thing he is, and how he's delivered for Black/Brown communities.

Next 6 months are crucial for sharpening that contrast with Trump AND persuading voters to ditch the couch.

[quote] The home used by 2024 presidential wannabe Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his voting address is in foreclosure proceedings for non-payment, records obtained by the New York Post show. The luxury Westchester County residence is not owned by Kennedy and the independent candidate’s name does not appear in resident searches, the Post reported, adding neighbors–and even cops— were “shocked” to find out Kennedy was attached to the residence. “No … he doesn’t live here,”

He’s probably living in a van down by the river.

^ The Los Angeles River, apparently

Pretty is...

"Eet is djust loaker room talk. —Vairst Leddy"

She had to explain why his philandering left her emotionless. I doubt if there were even any behind the scenes fights. She just smiled her fake smile and said she believed him 110%. She's not forfeiting his fortune to strippers and centerfold bimbos.

A billionaire Trump cultist who helped bankroll "The Apprentice," a movie starring Sebastian Stan as young Donald Trump, is "furious" with the film's portrayal of his Orange God, and pressured filmmakers to make changes. The film debuts at Cannes tonight.

^ I hope they make the movie as nasty as possible

Truth Social continues to bleed money

Devin Nunes, former dairy farmer turned CEO wants a Congressional investigation why TS sock is losing money. He really should stick to the bovines.

If he wants to know why Truth Social is losing money, he should look in the mirror

I'll go with Glenn's take...

Is Nunes panicky again?

In support of Trump today at his trial Ex-Hells Angels Leader Chuck Zito And Alan Dershowitz South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, real estate investor Steve Witkoff, former Trump administration intelligence official Kash Patel and former New York City police commissioner Bernie Kerik, as well as Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga.; Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo.; Rep. Mary Miller, R-R-Ill., and Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas.

[QUOTE]Ex-Hells Angels Leader Chuck Zito

A meth dealer who attempted murder. Great.

Already fighting dozens of indictments and an ongoing hush-money trial in New York, Donald Trump wants to head back to court over the movie that took Cannes by storm today.

Chuck Zito is no stranger to Mansex.

r218 - Will Donald testify under oath that he didn't do it?

[quote] South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson

He’s the ambitious son of Congressman Joe Wilson.

Remember the Congressman blurting out “you lie” at one of Obama’s SOTU addresses?

Here you go DLers: a 2024 update on ex-county clerk Kim Davis.

If Trump is unfortunately elected, will Trump nominate her as Secretary of Health & Human Services? James Comer may recommend her.

^Is she on here fifth husband yet?

Trump=Joachim Von Ribbentrop 2.0.

As the title of one of my big sister's YA novels stated, "If You Don’t Look, It Won't Hurt."

Nah, r223. Cletus is a keeper. That's why she married him twice.

Trump wants a "unified reich"

Clear the courtroom!

I want to hear more about the company Cohen was supposed to reimburse for falsifying poll numbers that he pocketed the funds for instead.

This thread should explain it. R228

Trump hired Red Finch for $50K to try & rig a CNBC poll of the most influential businessmen of the last 50 years because he wanted to be #1. CNBC later canceled the poll & he refused to pay. Cohen paid them out of pocket, but only $20K. He later got Trump to reimburse him $50k.

Is there any credible evidence that he’s paying companies to rig polls now?

Trying to share the Lincoln Project's latest, for it isn't working.

Scroll down a little on the Lincoln Project's tweets to the Dictator Video. Pretty powerful.

Here, r231...

Trump the Pussy Ass Bitch refuses to testify

Now Trump is trying to blame the "Unified Reich" stuff on an unnamed "staffer"

Of course he is, r236.

It’s how these assholes roll. If no one would’ve called him out, he would’ve started saying at his hatefests.

Now that he’s been called out, he blames someone else. But make no mistake, that IS what he wants.

How anyone can seriously think this orange traitor is the answer to ANYTHING is beyond me.

[quote]How anyone can seriously think this orange traitor is the answer to ANYTHING is beyond me.

I know, r237. That disconnect is still amazing to me. I watched Fani talk to Rachel and I thought *this* is what a true patriot looks like.

Fuckface von Clownstick went back to Hitler this morning. That Nosferatu motherfucker Stephen Miller's fingerprints are all over it. He put it up for shock value and then took it right down again.

Hitler. He wants to bring back a unified reich. Yes - REICH. I know that he does it for shock value and I don't care. I still want to punch him in his fat orange face. Really what I want is for him to stroke the fuck out the next time he's on the golf course.

In the immortal words of Patsy Stone - For God's sake JUST DIE.

Trump constantly lied that the NY trial was contrived by crooked witch-hunter sleepy Joe Biden. Yet given the chance to speak for himself in open court, Trump declined. The world was waiting, but no great slam-dunk corrections emerged from the stable genius.

It's greatly to be hoped that Trump's mysterious uncharacteristic silence is extensively mocked. At very best, the insulted Biden will allude to it with a killer aside to get under Trump's baby-thin skin.

Those Trump turdettes showing at the criminal trial is immensely disgusting. Now, if Miss Lindz showed and delivered one of her cussing hissy fits, it would be very entertaining. A big plus would be if she is wearing a hoop skirt with tasteful lady accessories.

What does "Fuckface von Clownstick" mean? I have not understood its use here since 2016.

Fuckface von Clownstick was the old original name that Jon Stewart had for Trump. Other than what it means on its face, it doesn't have a hidden meaning. It's just Fuckface von Clownstick and I've always been fond of it.

At the link is the dialog between Jon Stewart and Trump.

[quote]...Fuckface is a strong insult for a “fool” dating back to the 1960s, von is a signifier of nobility in German surnames and alludes to Trump’s German heritage, and clownstick a mocking nonce word.

Wasn't it taken from a boat naming contest?

Thanks for the answers.

The orange con man menace is a Putin plant, asset, loyalist, and agent. The horror of this is that the media, the Congress, and the Judiciary, have chosen to ignore it, dismiss it, or fear tackling the matter in a serious way. Those stolen classified documents were for Putin’s benefit and to sell to other foreign sources for DJT’s personal profit.

And Aileen Cannon is overseeing the delayed and delayed documents trial. DJT will slide again in the face of overwhelming evidence.

When there are breaks during the trial, he goes out to talk to the press with a prop of papers in his hand. He is such a fucking moron I can't stand it.

Thanks R244 and R245, I had no idea and obviously never looked it up.

The final chapter... Court adjourned til next Tuesday.

Okay - how many crazy Nazi tweets will we get between now and Tuesday? I'm thinking 304 but I've been wrong before.

Shocker! Hoarding even more classified documents

^The Rosenbergs got executed for such. With judges such as Aileen Cannon, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas, such is excused for Trump.

[quote] The final chapter... Court adjourned til next Tuesday.

Enjoy your weekend, Donnie

C U Next Tuesday

I just caught this on my YouTube feed. If it wasn’t bad enough yesterday, On cross examination, Robert Costello got his ass handed to him by the prosecuting attorney.

You have to hear to believe it. Evan Weismann was shocked.

Cross Samuel Alito off as being a gentleman caller.

Lá Sènatrice doesn’t approve of his behavior with flying the American flag.upside down.

Miss Lindsey needs a haircut judging by that picture at R256. He’s such an unkempt, pasty sow of a “man.”

Alright, there's the depraved spectacle of little Trumpistas wandering around the trial in red ties.

Then there's....this.

[quote]Among the big entourage, Sebastian Gorka carries a metal briefcase with what appears to be the U.S. presidential seal on the side.

Gorka's wandering around in his mini-Trumpista suit with a [bold]FAKE NUCLEAR FOOTBALL[/bold].

Fani wins her primary, as did judge Scott McAfee.

I hope once this case is over we no longer have to deal with Arthur Aidala's shouting and interrupting other guests on CNN.

^ But immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country!

But I am loving Lisa Ruben's baroque pearl necklace.

Wake up DLers to a new brand of fresh, drip coffee.

^Rudy should advertise on Truth Social. It needs the revenue.

Rudy could provide revenue?

They really missed their opportunity to market Rudy's coffee as "Grounds Zero".

The GOPig plan is to repeat 1/6. They have NO plans to try and win the election, they are all in on stealing it and they have all the people in place to do it this time; election officials, state reps, congress, federal judges and the Supreme court, and they're all armed and have been given immunity from prosecution, in advance.

Rudy is going to have to sell an ungodly amount of coffee just to pay his $148 million civil judgement to Ruby and Shaye, to say nothing about the money he owes his lawyers and the other people suing him.

Cannon will hear arguments today on whether to dismiss the entire documents case.

This is what we're up against. A huge swath of the American public believes things that just aren't true:

72% wrongly believe inflation is increasing.

55% wrongly believe the economy is shrinking.

56% wrongly believe the US is experiencing a recession.

49% wrongly believe the stock market is down for the year. (It's up more than 12%.)

49% wrongly believe unemployment is at a 50-year-high.

All of these are easily verifiable as false. I don't know how to cure rampant stupidity in this country.

Until the price of bread, eggs, meat and gas come down, I don’t believe price gouging is under control, either, r271.

It’s not “inflation”, it’s price gouging GREED.

Epoch Times?

Mike Johnson is asked why a religious man like himself would support Donald Trump

^ My thoughts exactly, R273. At least treat it here like the Daily Mail.

Feds have photos of Walt Nauta moving boxes of classified documents

[quote]Mike Johnson is asked why a religious man like himself would support Donald Trump

Manu Raju should have asked a follow-up question: "Would you also not comment on the matter if Joe Biden had paid hush money to a porn star?"

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) made a statement in the House today:

"We have a presumptive nominee for president facing 88 felony counts and we are being prevented from even acknowledging it. These are not alternative facts. There are real facts. A candidate for president of the United States is on trial for sending a hush money payment to a porn star to avoid a sex scandal during his 2016 campaign, and then fraudulently disguising those payments in violation of the law. He is also charged with conspiring to overturn the election. He is also charged with stealing classified information. And a jury has already found him liable for rape in a civil court. And yet, in this Republican-controlled House, it's okay to talk about the trial but you have to call it a sham."

The Republicans had it stricken from the record, because facts are offensive.

[quote]Shocker! Hoarding even more classified documents

[quote]Question: How Many Stolen American Secrets Is Donald Trump Still Harboring?

[quote]Was Donald Trump Masturbating On These Documents?

New Randy Rainbow number.

Ohio Republican legislators remove Joe Biden from the November ballot on a technicality.

Assholes!

Ossoff makes me weak in the knees.

Love him. He's great.

I fear he's gonna be a one-term senator. Especially if Kemp runs against him in '26.

R285 I’m not worried. A lot can happen. If not, he’s destined for other things. He’s presidential material. He’s very JFK-ish.

And the rumors are true- BWC. He’s straight as an arrow, unfortunately.

The good news for Ossoff is that for the past few years Georgia had been gaining more Democratic voters

Ossoff - and Bush - benefitted greatly running with Warnock on the ballot.

R288… Bush?

^ My bad. I meant Biden.

Ohio is going to get sued. And lose.

But watch cuntflap LaRose try to drag his fucking feet.

What a pack of rancid pricks

Traitor Trump.

Can we frame this correctly, American "news" media?

Trump reveals he's been in direct or indirect contact with Putin and has convinced him to continue to hold an American hostage in Russia and interfere with our sovereign elections in order to try to elect the traitor Trump

[quote] “We need to stand in solidarity with our fellow tribes in South Dakota, the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ,” Tyler Rambeau, executive administrative assistant of the FSST Homeowners Assistance Fund, told the Argus Leader, referring to the collective Sioux groups from the Great Plains region.

[quote] “We do not want to come up on the wrong side of history in this moment,” he added.

[quote] Noem had been considered a contender for Trump’s running mate this election, but may have damaged her chances with her descriptions of shooting the animals. She claimed in March that tribal leaders were “personally benefiting” from international drug cartels, in remarks that quickly sparked outrage.

[quote] “We’ve got some tribal leaders that I believe are personally benefiting from the cartels being there, and that’s why they attack me every day,” Noem said. “But I’m going to fight for the people who actually live in those situations, who call me and text me every day and say: ‘Please, dear governor, please come help us in Pine Ridge. We are scared.’”

[quote] In separate comments, Noem also alleged that Indigenous children struggle more in school because their parents do “not show up” for them,

[quote]“But I’m going to fight for the people who actually live in those situations, who call me and text me every day and say: ‘Please, dear governor, please come help us in Pine Ridge. We are scared.’”

Gee, who does *that* sound like?

[quote] Trump reveals he's been in direct or indirect contact with Putin and has convinced him to continue to hold an American hostage in Russia and interfere with our sovereign elections in order to try to elect the traitor Trump.

He got that idea from me!

Who was inspired by Nixon.

Really despicable people. There have been many in history, but Dump might as well say, “vote for me! I’m despicable! I’ll be despicable for you!”

[quote] Who was inspired by Nixon.

Bebe Rebozo

Re R281

The comments from Republicans about GOP Governor DeWine are...not kind...

Trump brings an indicted murderer on stage with him

Dewhine knows the state is going to get sued and LOSE, making Ohio look like the shithole, backwards, mouth breathing idiocracy it is.

^

About the same turn-out for his inauguration in DC, then.

...too bad James Baldwin didn't convince him BEFORE he refused to vote for Hillary Clinton...

Isn't Eddie Glaude a resident of New Jersey? If so, Hillary didn't need his vote.

She could have used the votes from some of his 318.9K followers

Does Eddie S. have ~ 10K followers in Wisconsin where Hillary failed to campaign more aggressively or the Florida panhandle that went full tilt for Trump? So sure they would have made the difference.

[quote] 12,800 / 4.5 = 2,844 people in attendance when this photo was taken. Let's be generous and round it up to an even 3,000 people.

[quote] Trump had already taken the stage at this point, so you can't argue that it was taken before most people had arrived. I'm willing to concede that there may have been some latecomers. Let's call it perhaps 4,000 attendees at its peak.

[quote] And again, this assumes that 100% of the crowd was "tightly packed" which it clearly isn't.

[quote] It could easily be as few as ~1,500 or so.

Trump seems convinced that if he wins another four years in the White House, state prosecutors will still be waiting for him on the other side of his term — ready to put him on trial, or even in prison, just as they are now.

To avoid such risks, the former and perhaps future president of the United States wants Congress to create a very specific insurance policy that would help keep him out of prison forever. Trump has spoken to several GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill, attorneys, and other associates about the possibility of Republicans passing legislation in a second Trump term that would shield former presidents (i.e. Trump) from non-federal prosecutions.

R311, unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court has the pro-Trump votes to uphold any passed legislation from Congress intended to help Trump escape justice on any level.

Thus, Trump can rob a liquor store in Virginia, shoot and kill the store clerk, and not be prosecuted.

If Trump is elected, he can steal money, land, other assets, from any company or individual in any state. He’ll have political foes murdered. Such legislation would be insane, and Trump will exploit it 100% and then some.

It's sickening to have daily fights about objective reality where we have to defend the fact that 3k is not 10k and 10k is not 100k and, and, and, infinity.

the Jackson Sisters...

I don't think Rep. Crockett should let herself be dragged in to the sty by that sow, leave the satire to others.

She should never pretend it wasn't done, unless that's what you're asking for, R316.

As revolting as the verbal exchanges became, the worst one was a male, Congressman James Comer. He’s a terrible Committee Chairman. He failed to call MTG out of order from the get-go, and lost control of the room.

.

R316 is a closet MAGAT.

R315, I love it!

CNN: Special counsel’s office prosecutors have asked a federal judge in Florida to place a gag order on Donald Trump that would limit his ability to comment about law enforcement that searched his Mar-a-Lago resort.

The request – a first in the classified documents mishandling case – comes after the former president has been repeatedly and falsely criticizing the FBI for having a policy in place around the use of deadly force during the search and seizure of government records at his resort in August 2022.

1. Passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to combat COVID-19 and support the economy

2. Launched a massive nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19

3. Rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement

4. Canceled the Keystone XL pipeline permit

5. Reversed the Muslim travel ban

6. Ended border wall construction

7. Rejoined the World Health Organization

8. Extended student loan payment freezes

9. Passed the CHIPS and Science Act to boost U.S. semiconductor production

10. Passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety legislation

11. Appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

12. Brokered a prisoner swap bringing home Brittney Griner

13. Announced historic student loan debt relief of up to $20,000 per borrower

14. Imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine

15. Provided billions in military aid to Ukraine

16. Released over 180 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

17. Signed an executive order to advance racial equity

18. Revoked the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline

19. Reinstated COVID-19 travel restrictions

20. Extended the existing pause on student loan payments

21. Mandated masks on interstate travel

22. Reversed the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military

23. Ended the national emergency at the southern border

24. Revoked the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline (again)

25. Paused new oil and gas leases on federal lands

26. Launched a special health enrollment period due to COVID-19

27. Reversed the decision to have a garden at the White House

28. Imposed a temporary ban on most non-U.S. citizen entry from South Africa

29. Extended temporary status for Liberians in the U.S.

30. Proposed an immigration reform bill

31. Rejoined the UN Human Rights Council

32. Pledged to admit more refugees after Trump capped it at 15,000

33. Imposed sanctions on Russia after the Navalny poisoning

34. Ended Trump's 1776 Commission aimed at promoting "patriotic education"

35. Reversed the ban on diversity training for federal agencies

36. Signed an order to promote voter access

37. Revoked ethics orders that had allowed many former workers to avoid ethics rules

38. Overturned a ban on green card applicants from entering from certain Muslim countries

39. Revoked the Trump administration's order to exclude non-citizens from 2020 Census apportionment counts

40. Worked to reunite families separated at the border under Trump's "zero tolerance" policy

41. Re-established the White House office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

42. Rejoined the UN Population Fund which supports reproductive health care

43. Signed an executive order to increase federal food assistance and strengthen SNAP

44. Signed 17 executive orders in the first few days reversing Trump policies

45. Signed ethics executive order requiring appointees to take an ethics pledge

46. Increased pay rate for federal workers and contractors

47. Required masks and physical distancing in federal buildings

48. Revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline again

49. Ended funding for the southern border wall construction

50. Imposed a temporary ban on oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Two criteria to determine whether this is the correct approach to take or not: 1) if MTG shuts her yap; and 2) if Rep. Crockett raises campaign funds for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Her material is self-generated. She's not shilling uncopyrighted bibles or generic gold sneakers at a bazillion percent markup.

NO! Not that ambitious, arrogant Queen, Miss Tommy Cotton.

Tom Cotton? Tim Scott? Trump loves him some closet queens :-)

Tom Cotton? Lord, please spare the nation that. We've been through enough.

Chicken Tom? 🤣🤣🤣🤣. All Dems need to do is show him running on Jan. 6.

I’ll be sure to take a lunchtime poll today about Tom Cotton at JRs. He’s “known” there.

I've seen him next to the definition of Pencil Necked Geek.

The smile at R329 is that of a man who is either receiving surprise anal or who is just about to receive a piece of Mee-Maw's award-winning Possum Pie

[quote] 56% of Americans think the US is in recession

But also

[quote] Busiest travel day ever for Atlanta's airport yesterday.

[quote] And "the record may hold for only a day."

[quote] Tom Cotton? Tim Scott? Trump loves him some closet queens :-)

I know absolutely nothing about that.

Wasn't that Josh Hawley, r328? Did they both run?

I was thinking the same thing, R334. It’s funny that Hawley’s name never gets mentioned as a possible running mate. The video of him running on 1/6 & his crazy wife dooms him.

Trump wants a loyal, sycophantic Pence type; but unlike Pence, has zero red lines to cross in following Trump’s demands.

Also, Trump does not want to be upstaged by ambitious attention whores such as JD Vance, Tom Cotton, Ron DeSantis, Rick Scott, Kari Lake, and dog & goat killer, Kristi Noem.

Adversary Niki Haley is too threatening and competent for Trump. She’s a very experienced and effective campaigner, though.

I'm hoping a miracle happens and Colin Allred somehow manages to defeat Fled Cruz.

But can you imagine what the Senate would be like if we could have Crockett instead?

R338 with the Post Roe Texas legislature actively at war with women, Texas flipping Blue is a likelyhood.

Don't pray for miracles, work hard for a Democratic Super Majority in the Senate.

^Our Senate Democratic Super Majority poster!

^^^.

^ Just read about this. Awful. The Texas GOP platform is anti-gay as well

R340, yes I am. Republicans took 25 years to poison the Senate and the Supreme Court.

We do not have the luxury if 25 years to undo their crap.

I have r340 blocked for being anti-Biden in other threads.

The the list at R322 of Biden accomplishments I would like to add the release of Trevor Reed a former Marine who was imprisoned by Putin while Trump was President along with Paul Whelan. Trump didn't life a finger to get either man released, Putin probably expected Trump to ask for their release, probably napped them so he could release them to his good buddy Trump and make Trump look like a great negotiator but since Trump didn't care about either man he never asked.

[quote] I have [R340] blocked for being anti-Biden in other threads.

Wow! I know that R340 won't be able to see this post, but s(he) could not be more mistaken. I may not be besotted with Joe Biden (although I am a committed Biden voter & even contributor), but I passionately hate Donald Trump. And I have the DL receipts to prove it. But yes, I'm a realist & the idea of a Democratic Senate Super Majority is sheer lunacy when you consider all the small ruby red states whose population combined is a mere fraction of California.

Is this how they plan to avoid Speaker Jeffries?

Is no one vetted anymore?

^ She's running in a safe Republican district. They probably figure her views don't matter since she won't win anyway

A MAGA carpetbagger huz-sow moves to Cherokee County in Georgia to run for Congress.

How about finding a Native American from there to run?

Trump's Memorial Day message to the nation is characteristically inspiring in its gratitude to the military veterans who've given their lives for our country:

“Happy Memorial Day to All, including the Human Scum that is working so hard to destroy our Once Great Country, & to the Radical Left, Trump Hating Federal Judge in New York that presided over, get this, TWO separate trials, that awarded a woman, who I never met before (a quick handshake at a celebrity event, 25 years ago, doesn’t count!), 91 MILLION DOLLARS for ‘DEFAMATION.’

^ Time for E. Jean Carroll to sue again

Lady Lindzebelle is cursing, yet again.

She’s been around too many sailors, construction workers, auto mechanics, and Trumpettes.

[quote]“Happy Memorial Day to All, including the Human Scum that is working so hard to destroy our Once Great Country

Oh, that Trump. Always making everything about himself.

Can one HAVE imagined?

DJT intends to generate a bloodbath with his rhetoric. That pleases Alito and Thomas. MAGAs think they will win beautiful things in the aftermath. They are nothing but foolish,, gullible pawns. Only the favored, establishment rich profit with few regulations and absent oversight. Financial crimes will be the norm by the uncouth.

Jarvanka was the VP last time- not Prance- but so far it looks like they're no longer on board. Trump doesn't want to be President, so he will look for a VP to do the heavy lifting while he goes golfing.

I think it's Mike Pompeo.

"Some of those 88 counts aren't valid..."

I get this same stupidity from my MAGA co-worker.

Howsabout if ONE is valid?

I can’t wait for the campaign ad with Gen. John Kelley, Trump’s first HHS secretary & then his longest serving chief of staff, proclaiming that Trump is the most damaged individual he ever encountered & more evil than any terrorist he met on the battlefield.

[quote] Former president Donald Trump promised to crush pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, telling a roomful of donors — a group that he joked included “98 percent of my Jewish friends” — that he would expel student demonstrators from the United States, according to participants in the roundtable event with him in New York.

[quote] “One thing I do is, any student that protests, I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave,” Trump said on May 14, according to donors at the event.

Agree, r360.

Maybe some of those dumb twat college kids will wake the fuck up when they hear how dump wants to raze Rafa, the West Bank and ALL Palestinian areas to the ground by way of BiBi.

But probably not, because they’re in denial.

On Fox News's Special Report - its hour of so-called straight reporting - which I force myself to watch, senior political analyst (& former anchor) Britt Hume said, in his trademark sneering fashion, the Democrats in this campaign will be trying to make voters think Jan. 6 was about something that happened in "your house." I shouted back, "But it was in our house." The House of Representatives, that is.

Biden campaign has Robert DeNiro, Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn giving a presser outside of the tRump trial

[quote] Robert De Niro: Donald Trump doesn’t belong in my city. We New Yorkers used to tolerate him when he was just another grubby real estate hustler masquerading as a big shot. A two-bit playboy lying his way into the tabloids. He’s a clown. But this person can’t run the country. That does not work, and we all know that

[bold]Judge Cannon rejects request for gag order against Donald Trump in classified docs case[/bold]

Federal Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday rejected special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a gag order against Donald Trump in the classified documents case, saying that prosecutors’ request was “wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.”

This story is breaking and will be updated.

@ R363 love seeing and hearing De Niro's speech rhythms and pauses as relished in so many movies, now deployed for a crucial cause. That exasperation bordering rage all the sane feel, just about kept in check. Where such an icon leads, may many luminaries follow.

The Politico article is based on two anonymous sources and draws inferences from the fact that the governor of Massachusetts asked campaign donors to donate more...

“Professional courtesy?” WTF is Cannon talking about?

R368, sycophancy.

R369- sycophancy ^^^

[quote] The best that Biden can do is roll out a washed up actor.

^ Says the spokesperson for a washed-up reality tv show host.

Is there a more useless twat whistle than Aileen Cannon? Seriously. Even the stupidest, most fucked up clown celebrity has nothing on this bitch.

So can’t Jack Smith finally go to the court and get that bitch removed?

I love De Niro getting into the fray. He’s hardly “washed up.” He’s starring in a huge Netflix linited series called Zero Day coming out by the end of the year.

Professional courtesy = breaking the rules for someone with whom you share a professional affinity. She’s criticizing him for being unbiased and stating her position in favor of unequal justice.

Stick a fork in her. She’s toast.

Burnt Offerings, I hope.

“wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy.”

Sycophancy and public felatio.

Swallow the hypno jizz, bitch!

Smith knew she would do this. Now he goes over her head and asks for it.

Dump has proven, IN WRITING, that he has no qualms about threatening the FBI or the local police with violence from his cult if they carry out their job duties.

So there is no reason for this rancid cunt to deny the gag order. She will get cunt punted again. At some point in time the 11th circuit will get tired of her asshattery and jerk her off the case or reprimand her. And it will be delicious.

She needs to be prosecuted for aiding and abetting then fucking deported.

[quote]The best that Biden can do is roll out a washed up actor.

Another way of framing De Niro is double Oscar-winning Hollywood legend, but it's a law of nature that Magas don't do respect or facts.

DeNiro's washed up but Scott Baio and Kevin Sorbo are riding high on the A-list!

Have closing arguments started yet?

Sorry, I'm at work and haven't had a chance to read through everything.

Good for DeNiro for speaking out against Trump. Hey, whatever it takes.

^^^.

Various reports:

[quote] There's one juror that people are worried about and I share the worry. can't identify her or him per judge's orders but seems less engaged and slightly irritable.

and

[quote] “There are eight people on that jury who definitely hate Trump. If there’s one person who doesn’t, it’s [this] juror,” said an ally who attended court & took note

Ken Burns gives commencement address at Brandeis University, about a week ago but getting a lot of attention today.

MAGA is not happy.

Thus eliminating the Ohio legislature's attempt to curtail ballot initiatives

^^^.

Of course! Ohio tryna be Floriduh of the north.

They’ve dug in like ticks by gerrymandering to hell and back and they’re not about to give that up until FORCED to do so.

And if they can keep Biden off the ballot, they think that will drive their maggots to turn out.

[quote]MAGA is not happy.

Are they ever?

Judge Juicebox is one of the main players behind the Tunnel To Towers project to support the families of 9/11 first responders

DeWine doesn't deserve the blame for Ohio. He was the one who called for a special legislative session to ensure Biden was on the ballot.

Rachel and the gang are having a 2 hr special on the trial tonight. Recaps of closing arguments

Per Rachel, closing arguments are over. Judge will start proceedings at 10am tomorrow.

FCI,

Did you get to vote for this lady? She won and that seems like a very, very good thing.

^^^.

If they are to dub Michael Cohen the G.L.O.A.T. (Greatest Loser of All Time), then donald must bear the label B.L.O.A.T., the Biggest Loser of All Time.

GLOAT is for greatest liar of all time - a phrase of course with Trump's sticky little fingers all over it. Everything and everyone in his child-like view is the best or the worst. And as always, in this case the projection is worthy of NASA.

"... Democrats in this campaign will be trying to make voters think Jan. 6 was about something that happened in "your house."

Like the Repugs try to make immigration matter beyond Texas? Most Northerners have never seen a Mexican in their town.

Sad!

[quote] Yesterday, Michael Fanone — the former police officer who was nearly killed by Trump rioters who actually believed the former president's lies about the 2020 election — called Donald Trump an "authoritarian" with "a violence fetish."

[quote] Hours later, his mom was swatted.

[quote] "This is the reality of going up against or challenging Donald Trump... These swatting calls are incredibly f---ing dangerous..."

[quote] “All I do is go out there and talk about what happened to me and so many other police officers, like I always have, and this is the recourse,” Fanone said. “This is the direct result of that.”

Now that the case is going to the jury, those of you that are watching the news need to keep the rest of us updated.

Nothing new so far, R402...

[quote]GLOAT is for greatest liar...

Oops! Thanks for the correction, R398; I was typing and posting before coffee this morning.

11:28AM - "Jurors, I am asking you to step out to begin deliberations. Six alternates, please step to the side."

And so it begins...

I think it's fab that Trump can't leave the courthouse while the jurors are deliberating. Maybe he can send Don Jr. to the McDonald's on Canal Street for meals.

11:40AM ET - donald leaves courtroom and, playing air accordion, berates Judge Merchan:

[quote]...listening to the charges from the very conflicted and corrupt judge ... Mother Theresa could not beat these charges ... the whole case is a mess ... judge is so conflicted he can't breathe ... Joe Biden ... rigged ...

SAMO SAMO

[quote]the whole case is a mess

So why not testify inside the court with the vigour and confidence with which you complain outside it.

R407, he must k kw he’s doomed if he’s raising the name of mother Theresa. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So much for having a gag order. Think that jury will be sequestered overnight if deliberations run multiple days?

R406, didn’t realize that. So he’s stuck in the courthouse for now?

Imagine being stuck with donald in a small enclosed room with for the duration of deliberations?!

I may be mistaken, but I believe the NYS defendant is restricted to the immediate vicinity for easy access when the verdict is reached. I believe he can go outside, etc. but must stay close.

I hope the verdict is guilty and the jury makes it snappy. I don't care if they don't want to return to work yet.

I hope as I type this the potentially dissenting juror is getting intellectually bitch slapped by the two lawyer jurors.

What's to say the "mole" juror isn't one of the two lawyers, R415?

On a light note: I can imagine all kinds of face-slapping going down in that jury room before it's over.

[quote] To convict, New York law requires that jurors must find that Trump falsified business records

[quote] AND

[quote] that he attempted to commit one of three underlying crimes.

[quote] Falsifying must be unanimous. The second crime can be any of the three.

I'd be worried about #8

Some entertainment.

Lady G. in Tel Aviv.

She met with gentleman caller Netanyahu.

Another ‘bill the taxpayers’ excursion.

Again, for the people in the back:

3:03PM ET - The jury rang the courtroom; DA team has entered the courtroom. This could mean a question or a verdict.

^ this is why donald must remain on premises as he and defense team must attend every jury request.

^^^.

3:15PM ET - These transcript readings could take some time, possibly past the scheduled 4:30 end of day.

Instructions.

Macdougal not testifying was the prosecution's fatal flaw. She proved a pattern of affairs and payoffs, without the accusation of 'extortion'.

MacDougall not testifying was brilliant as it would have given Trump a basis for appeal. Unnecessary.

The best part of the trial was the one day Trump shit his diaper and stank up the courtroom.

And, remember:

Th jurors are going to be terrified that MAGA will hunt them down and terrorize them. And that Trump will become President and lock them up

No more Federalist Society judges. They are not hiding their fondness of fascist ideology.

[quote]The best part of the trial was the one day Trump shit his diaper and stank up the courtroom.

Just the one, dear?

Fuck SCALITO. he’s an arrogant prick who will be undone by his gross hubris

R395 She’s awesome, but I’m not in her district.

Please find this Orange Demon guilty.

I'm not sure where to post about jury deliberation commentary..

[QUOTE]If I were in the DA’s office I’d be giddily bouncing off the walls right now

"Keep my name out of your mouth."

^ I've never seen his hair look so deflated.

r433-

[quote]We know who wears the flags in *that* family.

Trump conveys he is absolutely innocent. Then why didn’t he put his poopy ass on the stand and testify what he cllaims Siri to be the truth? He feared being cross examined.

His vicious comments outside the courthouse and on true social are not subject to cross examination. He can lie in those formats at will. Such are not even interviews.

^claims to be…..

oops

Alito said he had nothing to do with the flags it was entirely his wife's idea. What a prince.

"We'll see how we do...". You're on trial, Turd- no one else.

And he doesn't even know who Mother Teresa is. Totally canned response.

Ari had on a guest who said the jury is hanging if there's no verdict by tomorrow.

Maybe I am being overly optimistic, but the records the jury requested seem to me to indicate that they’ve already resolved the falsification of business records part and are on to second part of of whether it is for a secondary criminal purpose.

R445

I think he's going to be found guilty. I followed the trial and don't see how he can't be.

R401, That is hilarious.

That seems to be the general consensus, r446

LOL @ the Mother Teresa comparison

My own dead mother couldn't Truemeby, right?

Mean Mr Orange you'll get yours yet.

While I'm not one of those despairing about Biden's electoral chances, I've never believed he could get convicted anywhere in this country - except maybe in front of a DC jury - so I've always thought a hung jury was the most likely result. I so hope to be proven wrong.

I hate the kind of tweets at R451. Just tell us why!

Why do you think, R456?

I refuse to believe in a hung jury. Some counts proven and some not but still enough to fuck him up good and proper. I want to see his fat ass in Rikers.

He will never be elected in 2024, I don't care how much he screams and shouts about it. It's his grifting retirement plan. He doesn't want to work he wants to play golf until he eats enough junk food to stroke out. He needs to grift the social security checks from his "fans" in order to do that.

We wish him godspeed on that quest.

r455 r457

R455, R457, R455, R457, R455, R457, R455, R457

r460

R461

Can't r460 just go to his ignored list and peek FFS?

I think the poster is just intentionally being annoying to get the thread greyed out in advance of the verdict. I am ignoring (IRL ignoring not DL hitting the ignore button ignoring) rather than FF’ing.

No, the poster I have on Ignore is anti-Biden in other threads. Crazy pro-Hamas poster.

My theory is that the mystery number poster is just too fucking stupid to check his ignore list, and too fucking rude to stop posting response numbers.

R460, who has posted several other times in this thread, posted in "Trump can't win" the following comments:

"Look how severely Biden has deteriorated since. And the American people are being asked to re-elect him for another four years?

At the insistence of the Biden campaign, the two candidates will be seated so Joe will not have to walk out to a podium.

He gets worse by the day."

THAT'S who you are defending here.

That’s pretty rich, r467, since you’re the one posting the random response numbers

Nobody’s defending r460. But you are the main asshole here

“Look how severely Biden has deteriorated since. And the American people are being asked to re-elect him for another four years?

At the insistence of the Biden campaign, the two candidates will be seated so Joe will not have to walk out to a podium.

He gets worse by the day."

Every single word above is accurate and true.

For the record, r460 is an asshole too

R468/R470 is a seriously infected cunt.

Make way for popcorn and rejoicing.

[quote] At the insistence of the Biden campaign, the two candidates will be seated so Joe will not have to walk out to a podium.

Nope, your misinformation appears deliberate and too obvious. Biden can amble much better than Trump. They are sitting because hand shakes are out of the question. They sit because Trump will try to invade the opponent’s space. Mics get shut off due to one going over the time limits, and Trump’s impulsive interruptions. Trump will not remember well talking points given to him be Bannon.

[quote]Look how severely Biden has deteriorated since. And the American people are being asked to re-elect him for another four years?

Trump's cognitive decline has been meticulously described and itemised by an eminent mental health practitioner, and validated by equally distinguished peers (see the 'Who's That Girl" thread). Trump's gait is plausibly mentioned as among his scores of symptoms.

Damn it, the trolls have invaded the Treason threads. I’ve blocked and FF’d. How do we get rid of these assholes?

If there are too many ff’s on this thread I think it gets greyed out. Either IRL just ignore or temporarily block to see their posts elsewhere, ff them there and then unblock.

MAGATs are nervous, very, very nervous.

Thanks ElderLez. I’ve been on the Treason boards since 2017 (and am the OP of a few), and they were a bastion of common sense and troll-free. It’s just annoying to see them invaded by Dump trolls. I’ve noticed that I already have blocked a few anyway (the ones right before my post at r479 for example). So I don’t see them at all (their comments are worthless anyway). It’s just that I feel it’s the end of an era.

r460 is a Biden basher and the Laura Osnes troll.

Is this the infamous “N” word tape?

^ That was a good read

Excellent article @ R483, very well-written. I never knew NDAs had time limits. The long fermentation, while observing all that's transpired since, only adds to the account's weight.

Someone somewhere has or had access to the recording of Trump using the n-word. But it wouldn't surprise me, if or when inquiries are made about said recordings, that any such requests are met with the dismissal that all show archives were routinely destroyed.

Move your thread watcher to Asbestos Eyeballs and then see if the grayed out disappears.

Bill Pruitt is to be commended. That piece needs to be read by ALL voting Americans.

Still, my knowledge of the ingrained bigotry and misogyny within Americans leads me to know, that, for them, Mr. Pruitt's revelations recommend Trump, rather than be cause to condemn him.

Trump had a tv brought into the room he's waiting in at court.

Leaked audio of Trump campaign staff debating how to spin the tape of him saying the racist comments

The fast food commercials must be making him salivate.

Karl Rove thinks a guilty verdict could be dispositive in the election.

We have a verdict! No hung jury (as I always suspected would be the case).

There's a verdict.

It must be guilty.

That's my thought, r494. Wow.

I'm so nervous 😓, yet hopeful.

^ Me, too.

Hold me, somebody!

I'm...

I heard something on the escalator, please let it be true

Guilty on all counts.

Omg, Doris!

34 guilty felony verdicts.

Wow!

Usually when someone is found guilty, they're not allowed to make statements to the press, are they?

But what does Merriam-Webster say?

Oh happy day!

Also he’s a major flight risk now.

Trump is to be sentenced on July 11th, 4 days before the RNC Convention.

r503 - Yep, ElderLez. I'm as gleeful as everyone else, but as Rachel reiterated earlier, this is a very somber moment for the country.

Oh this is so delicious it just has to be fattening!

On this, I fear I must disagree with Rachel.

This is the lord's doing, it is marvelous in our eyes.

(Okay, it isn't, but it is wonderful that after all the pearl clutching, a jury stated the obvious: bitch is guilty as sin!)

[quote] Also he’s a major flight risk now.

Have to admit, I'd be okay with that. Flee to Russia you sad old fuck and never be heard from again. I'd settle for that.

[quote] There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box. Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.

R513 maybe it is.

R514 sharing a small, single bathroom apartment with Snowden in a brutalist apartment building outside of Moscow with a non-working elevator.

Time to pop that champagne, ladies!

Miss Lindsey has the vapors! Poor thang.

That fainting couch is gonna get a hell of a workout this week!

[quote] I'm as gleeful as everyone else, but as Rachel reiterated earlier, this is a very somber moment for the country.

No, it's not. It just isn't.

[quote] this is a very somber moment for the country.

I remember that being said the night Nixon announced his resignation. As the masses danced in the street.

Yes, very, very somber, but also ...

How’s Elie Honig going to spin it now on CNN?

Elie Honig, who breathlessly reported that the defense on cross was going to have a field day with Michael Cohen's secret taped recordings ... & all his erasures.

Covfefelon

Can't wait to see how Doonesbury covers this. They've been mocking Trump for many years. (Though this is from the Watergate years, but appears fitting.)

I think if I was on that jury, I'd be looking into quickly moving to Canada. You just know that someone will release that list.

Michael Cohen coming up on Rachel for an interview. Must watch TV.

Large Marge is having a meltdown

I'm pretty sure that either A) the judge is going to have an attempt on their life this weekend or B) FOX is going to name the jurors and as soon as that happens, they will be threatened/SWATTED/potentially injured or killed.

you seem like you're drooling r530. Do stop.

You all need to report on this tomorrow.

R531 Umm, no. I just think this is what's going to happen. Drooling over violence? No. Violence is never right, but with the MAGA crowd, it's to be expected.

R532, I'm betting it won't be a real press conference, unless only Fox flunkies are going to be there and their questions are vetted in advance. He can't deal with the questions he'd get from real reporters. If it's multiple press outlets he'll stand there and say the same things he's been saying every day during trial breaks, then he'll walk away without taking any questions.

RIIIIGGGEEEDDDD! Press conference over.

I went by TT tonight (10pm) and...crickets.

New York, I am most disappoint in you.

Goddammit I want airhorns keeping him awake for the next five nights. I want police whistles, I want NIN playing at 120 decibels, I want thousands of people reminding Donny just how much New Yorkers fucking HATE him.

Nobody should show up to his “press conference”.

Fuck him. He’s yesterday’s cat diarrhea.

They all out drinking and celebrating, r536.

I imagine you're right, R538.

Why didn’t the orange turd testify rather than ranting after the fact?

It would've been a disaster r540, but I bet he's screaming at everybody that he should've. Cause I'm sure he believes he could've won over the jury with his charm and brilliance

Sure he wanted to testify, they just stopped him. Just like he wanted to join the insurrectionists on Jan. 6! If only his handlers would let him be himself!

What a giant turd.

Republicans are evil. Saw 30 seconds of the presser this morning. Ridiculous lies as usual.

Wow, he had a total meltdown live on camera

The insulted judge's summation before sentencing will be quite the good read.

Trump saying Hillary shouldn't be allowed to run because she was being investigated for her emails

That repulsive Lyin’ Rafael Cancun, booger eating, Lucifer in the Flesh, Cruz! His defense of Trump is nauseating.

Adulterous, far right wing GQP politicians are beloved by MAGAts who identify as evangelicals.

His fucking “hair” in that clip , r544! LMFAO! Is it trying to crawl away and hide in shame?

I can’t listen to this bloviating fool, but I can pint and laugh at his pathetic sniveling.

He looks like he’s rapidly decompensating 🤞🏻

I'm out of the country but hot damn for the rule of law. NYC's crime rate plummeted the minute that demon left for FL.

Trump supporters are trying to doxx and threaten the jurors

Because of course they are

His "press conference" was even worse than I imagined it would be. He looked like death, was unkempt and low energy, and spent a whole hour free-associating nonsense. Apparently that is all he is capable of any more. It was watched, at least partially, everywhere, and really did him a lot of harm. He's circling the drain. Every public appearance is going to be like this from now on.

Melania, Ivanka, and Jared won’t appear in public with Trump. They didn’t show at any part of his trial and don’t go to his rallies.

He didn't promise Melania some more jewelry to show up and support him? Or is he too broke to afford any?

We’re gonna need another thread soon. Things are just starting to get good!

r552, Cohen said it was the Ozempic.

Exclusive: One in 10 Republicans less likely to vote for Trump after guilty verdict, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Wha...what?

[quote]Trump supporters are trying to doxx and threaten the jurors. Because of course they are.

I swear to God if Merrick Garland had even an ounce of courage he'd officially declare MAGA a terrorist organization. Because that's exactly what they are.

Interviewer: Why didn’t you call the witnesses that would have helped your case?

Trump Stooge: Because we live in America! We don’t have to put on a defense.

[bold]Ohio passes bill to ensure Biden will appear on state's general election ballot[/bold]

Ohio’s Republican-controlled state legislature has approved a bill to secure President Joe Biden’s spot on the state’s November ballot, ending weeks of political gamesmanship over a deadline that in past years was relaxed without drama.

The measure, which passed Friday in a special session of the state Senate, now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican. DeWine, who called the special session to resolve the Biden issue and tackle unrelated campaign finance legislation, is expected to sign the bill.

“I don’t think anybody on this side of the aisle really feels like they’re going to be voting for President Biden, but at the same time, Ohioans deserve a choice in this election, and that’s what we’re seeking to give them today,” state Sen. Rob McColley, a Republican, said Friday in supporting the measure.

The bill’s approval is not expected to halt a push to nominate Biden by a virtual roll call vote well ahead of a late August convention...

If you haven't read the "34 Lowlights from Convicted Felon Donald Trump's Press Conference" that the Biden-Harris team put out, it's well worth it!

Bleach blonde bad built butch body.

[quote]"By the way, and nothing ever happened. There was no anything."

To be fair, this would work well in a Samuel Beckett play. But from a Convicted Felon sneering at the vocal performance of the sitting President, it's not so impressive.

Brilliant fact-checking @ R563.

Poll: 49% of Independents think Trump should drop out post-guilty verdict

Boebert gets grilled

[quote]Boebert gets grilled

That's gonna stink.

[quote] Pearls and Irritations

That’s a perfect name for a journal doing a featured article on Lindsey Graham.

R549, it also looks like he's rapidly decomposing.

Thanks for posting this, R567. That man must be fielding offers right and left since then.

"There's a call from the network on line one, Kyle."

[quote] Caitlyn Jenner’s recently launched Solana meme coin has dived 66% in price over the past 24 hours after the former Olympian announced a new token on Ethereum—this time with the goal of donating a share of fees to support Donald Trump’s presidential campaign efforts.

Trump needs money. Caitlyn will generate it.

Will Trump make Caityn his VP running mate? Step aside JD and Tim Scott.

Gee, what are Gaetz, Mike Lee, Don Jr, and Kimbo be doing at the El Salvadoran president's inauguration?

[bold]Elon Musk Is Absolutely Raging About the Trump Verdict[/bold]

Elon Musk criticized the verdict that made Donald Trump the first former American president to be criminally convicted Thursday, with the Tesla boss claiming that the trial had been politically motivated.

After Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in relation to a scheme to silence a porn star and unlawfully influence the 2016 election, Musk moaned that the history-making outcome of the trial is bad news for all Americans. “Indeed, great damage was done today to the public’s faith in the American legal system,” he wrote in a post on X.

Musk’s comment came in response to another user who bemoaned that the first conviction of a former president had occurred not because of the “Iraq or Afghanistan wars, illegal CIA coups, drone striking weddings, or spying on Americans” but rather because “Trump misclassified a $130,000 payment for a porn star’s NDA.”

Musk apparently also saw Trump’s crimes as insignificant and questioned the legitimacy of the prosecution. “If a former President can be criminally convicted over such a trivial matter—motivated by politics, rather than justice—then anyone is at risk of a similar fate,” he wrote...

Cry harder, Apartheid Clyde

We’re getting close to needing a new thread—not sure if OP is here, but here are some suggestions. Any preference? Or if OP is here, feel free to create a new one!

Dump Goes to Jail

Treason Prison Blues

Jail House Blues

Melon Husk has to stick up for his fellow entitled man baby.

He hates it when the Entitled Class gets held to account.

Of all the people who DON'T need to weigh in on how the rich and powerful should be treated, Elon Musk is top of the list. We know where you stand, Elon: rich fucks should do whatever they want. Got it, now shut the fuck up and sit down.

Musk has gone full MAGA in the past couple of months

Sounds like Elmo has something to hide.

r577, when the time comes, any of those 3 is fine with me. We are approaching a "Speak now or forever hold your peace" moment. If no one comes forward you get to choose. Number it.

R577, looking up prison songs the names that get my attention are "Chain Gang", "Riker's Island", "Locked Up", "I Found Jesus On The Jail House Floor", "Prison Cell Blues", "Way Too Pretty for Prison" and "My Home Is A Prison".

Maybe, "Treason: My Home Is A Prison"

The Clash via the Bobby Fuller Five?

Like Trump's sentencing, the moment gets closer.

I created thread #70. Thanks r582, appreciate the suggestions but my muse inspired me to write a ditty to Jailhouse Blues.

Trump wanted to shoot protestors, now that the Supreme Court has given him immunity from actions taken while President his next term in office will be the blood bath he predicted if Biden was reelected.

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