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GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

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

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff NFL I haven't read Cohen's books, don't follow him on any SM and did not read deeply about his issues with the legal system. So why if the underlying facts of his legal troubles not in dispute, why does he believe he should not have been prosecuted?

GottaLaff, to random
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Biden asserts executive privilege in Robert Hur's classified documents probe

The White House told Congress that the president would be asserting executive privilege over audio recordings after a recommendation from Attorney General Merrick Garland.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/politics/house-panels-contempt-garland-biden-audio?cid=ios_app

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff If they really want the recordings, they can take their case to the courts. Or they can stomp their feet and hold their breath until the lose control of the House in November.

GottaLaff, to legal
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New 🧵starts HERE. 1/…

Plz remember to use "NFL" (Not For Laffy) & remember: typos are theirs, not mine. No time to correct.

Inner City Press (aka Press):

They're back.

Trump's lawyer Blanche: Half an hour ago, we learned who the next witness is - and we have some objections. Invoices from Michael Cohen are not business records of the Trump Organization. If she stamped them, sure

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff NFL That black sharpie gets a lot of work in Trump world.

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW 🧵 starts HERE: 1/...

Hope Hicks is back on the stand.

Merchan: "Good afternoon Ms. Hicks. Remember you're still under oath."

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff thank you. Wasn’t able to follow along today so you running updates help greatly.

GottaLaff, to legal
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Oh good lord.🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Via Katie Phang;

So at 11:00 a.m. ET, posts on Truth Social calling Judge Merchan's courtroom a "kangaroo court" and calling on Merchan to recuse himself. Trump also assails the gag order, (falsely) claiming that he cannot defend himself.

This while we await a ruling from Judge Merchan on Trump's 10 violations of the ...

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff NFL, he really wants to go to jail today.

GottaLaff, to random
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Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.

https://apnews.com/article/terry-anderson-dies-associated-press-c266353298c04dbf874ab4d94536f2b3?taid=6625831b1e96d500015d7f25&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Damn. My wife and I were based at the US Air Force hospital in Wiesbaden, GE. When he was released. He spent a week or so there before returning to the US. He would jog around the compound.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Lara Trump downplays hush money charges as simple 'bookkeeping error' https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hush-money-trial-2667809580/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

poundpj,
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@realTuckFrumper It didn't happen. If it happened it was just a bookkeeping error. It happened but he did it for us.

GottaLaff, to legal
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REMINDER: I can’t always reply/answer questions. Use NFL (Not For Laffy)

🧵Starts HERE 1/…

Pagliery:

Trump is sitting at the defense table, with Todd Blanche at his right and Emil Bove at his left, plus Susan Necheles at the far left.

Blanche is explaining something, waving his right hand around while Trump nods in approval.

Dozens called for jury duty are downstairs and going through metal detectors.

The judge just sat down. We begin.

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff A review of the glowing?

GottaLaff, to random
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Off I go for awhile. We drive home to California from BC today… first stop: Portland, OR.

We’re moving here permanently in May.

I’ll post news when I can. It gets boring in the car, so I’m happy to do that, but the connection often goes out, so…

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Safe travels.

GottaLaff, to oklahoma
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official with white nationalist ties is ousted in recall vote https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oklahoma-judd-blevins-enid-city-council-recall-election-rcna146029

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Great news. I’ve lived in Enid. Glad they tossed the guy out.

GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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Sentenced to 25 years in prison...

Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced ... for orchestrating FTX fraud https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced-20-years-prison-orchestrating-ftx-fraud-rcna145286

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Considerably more than I expected for him.

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Nor I. I really expected less than 10 years.

GottaLaff, to Georgia
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Say it with me: Everything out of their mouths is a lie and/or projection/confession.

“A judge ruled that the Georgia Republican Party’s first vice chairman, Brian K. Pritchard, violated state election laws when he voted 9 times while serving probation for a felony check forgery sentence”

Judge rules Party vice chairman voted illegally https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-judge-rules-that-republican-brian-k-pritchard-voted-illegally/M4A27QQNQJDW7MTI66MRF5B4EQ/

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff In this case he just assumed the felony conviction restriction applied to everyone but him because no one told him it did apply. JFC.

GottaLaff, to random
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Some of you Debbie Downers (very few of you) don't need to do that.
Why would you want to rain on my hopeful parade? How does that benefit you?

The rest of you: You make me feel like a million bucks.

Now I'm more determined than ever to make this happen. 🇨🇦

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff safe travels. Wave as you go by Tacoma

GottaLaff, to random
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Per L.A. Times, it’ll be Schiff vs Garvey in Calif.

I’m a Porter voter, will obviously support Schiff in the general, but Garvey shouldn’t even be in this damn race. He’s awful.

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Like you I can't believe Garvey is in the race.

emptywheel, to random
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David Weiss Is a Direct Witness to the Crimes on Which He Indicted Alexander Smirnov

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/16/david-weiss-is-a-direct-witness-to-the-crimes-on-which-he-indicted-alexander-smirnov/

poundpj,
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@emptywheel Interesting reading. Mr Garland has some work to do.

GottaLaff, to random
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Not from The Onion. For realsies…

Via Acyn:

“So Donald sent out a fundraising pitch that reads, Dear Melania I love you. Even after every single indictment, arrest, and witch hunt, you never left my side”

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff And the folks at “The Onion” are wondering if Trump actually gets satire.

GottaLaff, to random
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“#Saudi Aramco Abruptly Drops Plans to Expand #Oil Production - “The decision probably reflects a view that the world does not need as much Saudi oil as was previously expected,” said Neil Beveridge, an analyst at Bernstein, a research firm.

The government may want to free up money to spend on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitious development plans, as well as on alternative sources of energy like natural gas and hydrogen” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/business/saudi-aramco-oil-production.html

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Good news, or perhaps a realization that at this time US and Russian oil is tipping the market away from Saudi oil.

GottaLaff, to legal
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🔥HEADS UP. Verdict in case! Stay tuned! ( That was fast) 5 minutes!

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff No need to waste the weekend.

GottaLaff, to random
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FYI, in trial, they’re showing deposition.

I’ll check in when I can.

Not up to posting much today.

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Best wishes for a quick recovery.

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Chiefs-Bills Topped 50 Million Viewers to Become NFL’s Most-Watched Divisional Playoff Game Ever https://www.mediaite.com/tv/chiefs-bills-topped-50-million-viewers-to-become-nfls-most-watched-divisional-playoff-game-ever/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

poundpj,
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@realTuckFrumper So, Taylor Swift did not do damage to the game? Shocking.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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The authors are political science professors at Stony Brook.

Their point: The biggest divide isn’t by party.

The biggest divided is by involvement in politics.

The most vocal voices from social media, who are amplified by the mainstream media, come from a relatively small group.

Echoing what Dannagal Young had to say in “Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive our Appetite for Misinformation," the authors talk about 2 sets of relatively small groups of hyper-engaged partisans.

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poundpj,
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@Teri_Kanefield Keep in mind some of us have an issue with heights.

GottaLaff, to Michigan
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: 's campaign directly orchestrated the filing of the fake electors certificate, according to internal campaign emails

The docs =part of AG Nessel's ongoing investigation.

"The revelations provide further proof that the false elector certif’s advanced in 7 battleground states, incl Michigan, were not organic efforts by local GOP officials to ques election results in their states, but part of larger scheme by Trump's campaign to maintain power"

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/01/04/donald-trump-campaign-emails-guided-michigan-false-elector-bid-kenneth-chesebro-boris-epshteyn/72097051007/

poundpj,
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@GottaLaff Oh, you meant those emails? My bad.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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No, he's not denying. It's sort of hard to deny something when there is a tape recording.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/donald-trump-recorded-pressuring-wayne-canvassers-not-to-certify-2020-vote-michigan/72004514007/

Remember: "Lordy, I hope there are tapes."

poundpj,
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@Teri_Kanefield Thank you. TFG’s participation, IMO, was clearly outside the scope of his duties and probably unlawful. McDaniel’s participation may be seen as with in the scope of her employment with her standing in law TBD by people much smarter than me.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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Warning: Rant coming.

The doomsaying and cynicism in my comments over the past few days are annoying me.

I am addressing the people saying any form of: "Why won't the Supreme Court rule in Trump's favor?"

You are unhinged from the facts. Get a grip.

Here are the facts: Since Trump lost in 2020, the Supreme Court, and every other court, has consistently ruled against him in his immunity claims.

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poundpj,
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@Teri_Kanefield Thank you. Put me down for a unanimous ruling against Mr Trump's claim of absolute immunity.

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