Trump stands up and walks out during Roberta Kaplan's closing. “The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose & walked out of the courtroom,” #JudgeKaplan says. This is an unusual breach of decorum, & Roberta Kaplan continues as though nothing unusual happened.
Julian Assange’s moment of truth has arrived – and the stakes are high
#Assange is a #criminal arse (#rape) and a self important one. Selective revelations were misguided and damaging to all. BUT amongst WikiLeaks material, 'These revealed details of US activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, including attacks on civilians. They also revealed details of the US treatment of prisoners in Guantánamo Bay’
Experts Said for Weeks That Trump Might Get Bonded By Kremlin Allies. Now It’s Happening— National Security Threat—So Why Is Media So Silent About the Greenberg Family?
The adjudicated rapist & adjudicated fraud somehow got a bond, and he is a significant national security risk, and we should know who he’s beholden to. Donald has no unencumbered assets, everything has debt and loans. And who owns the criminal?
In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday.
Why are works of #fiction (books, comic, animation, film) depicting #rape or #pedophilia more offensive to more people and cause more calls to boycott or censorship than fiction depicting extreme #violence or #murder, when killing someone is universally regarded as worse than raping someone (morally worse) and criminal systems everywhere punish murderers more harshly than rapists (legally worse)?
A writer who accused Donald Trump of #rape filed an upgraded lawsuit against him in New York, minutes after a new state law took effect allowing victims of sexual violence to sue over attacks that occurred decades ago.
Carroll, longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, first made the claim in a 2019 book, saying Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Manhattan luxury department store in 1995/1996.
Today in Labor History February 4, 1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) kidnapped Patty Hearst, granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, in Berkeley, California. One of the SLA’s demands for releasing Hearst was for her family to pay for millions of dollars’ worth of food to be given out free the poor and unhoused of the San Francisco Bay Area. The Hearst complied, with various community organizations distributing 100,000 bags of groceries at 16 sites in 4 counties, before violence brought the program to a halt. The violence occurred because the crowds were bigger than expected and workers started throwing boxes of food off of moving trucks. As a captive, Patty Hearst was held in a closet, blindfolded, with her hands tied, raped and threatened repeatedly with death. She was later offered the choice of freedom, or joining the SLA. She chose the latter. Consequently, she was later sentenced to 35 years in prison for her complicity in SLA robberies. After several years in prison, her sentence was commuted by President Carter. President Clinton pardoned her. Congressional Representative Leo Ryan was murdered by the Jim Jones cult in Guyana several weeks after collecting signatures for her release. Actor John Wayne, of all people, expressed frustration that everyone accepted the idea that Jones had brainwashed hundreds of his followers into mass suicide, but wouldn’t accept that the SLA could have brainwashed a teenage girl. After her release, Hearst went on to become an actress, appearing in several John Waters films, as well as many others.
Yesterday, while I lay in bed exhausted by malfunctioning guts, I further punished myself by watching the movie Yellowbeard on Tubi. I wanted to see it because it featured a couple of the Monty Python crew as well as Cheech and Chong, but holy shit, is it ever terrible. The acting itself wasn’t bad, but there wasn’t a single funny joke in the entire show. I didn’t crack a smile even once. Rape jokes were a running gag throughout the film. I have to wonder about the female actors in the film. What incredibly awful roles they had. I guess it was a paycheque for them, at least. The only female character who wasn’t the subject of rape jokes was a little girl of about seven, and the big joke about her was when she got kicked into a pile of trash in an alley. Just wow. #Yellowbeard#Rape#RapeCulture#MontyPython#movies#CheechAndChong
In a post on social media last night, Trump went after #JudgeKaplan:
“The Federal Judge in this Second Biden Political Opponent ‘Trial’ is extraordinarily hostile to me — Sadly, & I don’t know why, a 100% Trump Hater. He knows I did nothing wrong, but is looking to do a number on me. Only in America!”
UNRWA head denies knowledge about Hamas data centre found in tunnels under UN agency’s Gaza headquarters
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has denied any knowledge of a sophisticated Hamas data centre found by Israeli troops in tunnels underneath the agency’s Gaza headquarters.
As soon as the #Palestinians posted #rape videos of #women and #children#hostages online, they sacrificed any safety from international #law #laws can only protect you if you have a history of trust and integrity.
It’s Official, Judge Writes Opinion Trump Can Be Referred To As ‘Rapist’
This simply isn’t Donald Trump’s week. No, Sir, it is not. It all started going south on Sunday night when he got another one of those pesky target letters (he really should consider papering the walls with them, as numerous as they’re becoming) and it’s only Wednesday and we find out that now it’s perfectly legit — accurate, in fact — to refer to the man as a rapist.
America's five-alarm #nationalsecurity crisis: presumptive #GOP nominee for president looks to be compromised by a hostile foreign power via foreign entanglements
As soon as #EJeanCarroll heard the verdict on Fri — $83.3M in #defamation#damages against #Trump — a world of possibility opened before her: How to use the money?
…It could take years before she sees the money, as Trump…will appeal, but she is already considering how she might use the money….
“I’m not going to waste a cent of this,” she said. “We’re going to do something good with it.”
"Trump was in court Tuesday as jury selection got underway, but his social media operation launched what was clearly a pre-planned full-scale attack on Carroll, including repeating the defamation. (It was perhaps not a coincidence that a key Trump lawyer resigned the night before.)
Trump is risking a substantial punitive damages award by continuing to attack his accuser."
"CRAZY": Trump DUMPS Alina Habba as he looks for new defamation lawyers (washingtonpress.com)
Donald Trump does not like to lose, as his announcement that he is seeing(sic) new attorneys to appeal the $83 million defamation judgment proves.
Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll over $83 million in defamation damages, jury rules (www.nbcnews.com)
The verdict comes after a dramatic day in court that included the former president storming out of the courtroom during Carroll's closing argument.
Ethiopia: Mass killings continue, risk of further ‘large-scale’ atrocities (news.un.org)
In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday.