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GottaLaff, 8 days ago to legal

NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal

Plz remember to use NFL (Not For Laffy, no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies while live-posting. TY!

1/... Tyler McBrien:

It's 2:09 p.m., Trump walks in with his defense team in tow.

Alan Dershowitz is still here as well.

All five members of the prosecution are already seated.

GottaLaff, 12 days ago to legal

#TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal

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

Toastie, 5 days ago (edited 5 days ago) to random

Funniest thing I've read all day:

"the United States is committed to serving as a model in the international community in promoting and protecting the collective rights of #indigenous peoples as well as the human rights of all individuals."

https://www.achp.gov/sites/default/files/whitepapers/2018-09/AnnouncementofUSSupportfortheUNDRIP.pdf

GottaLaff, 12 days ago to random

He blamed “Mrs. Alito”!🤦🏻‍♀️

At Justice #Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by #Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case. #SCOTUS

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Sheril, 9 days ago to random

Do you see a series of sunken rectangles or 16 circles?

This is The Coffer Illusion.

Our brains are geared toward identifying objects & here, “pixels” are grouped to form edges & contours, shapes, & objects. The image is inherently ambiguous so there is no “right” grouping.

Rectangles dominate first for most people - including me, but keep staring & the image may flip to circles.

GottaLaff, 7 hours ago to legal

👀👀 Via Kyle Cheney:

JUST IN: Judge #CANNON has denied #JackSmith's gag order request in FL, saying prosecutors' failure to confer with defense before filing it was "wholly lacking in substance and professional courtesy." #TrumpIndictment #documents #legal

tomw, 3 days ago to random

Long story short, don't trust AI with your dog.

dukepaaron, 5 hours ago to Israel

Eric Clapton: "And I thought, what is this, the Spanish Inquisition? And it is! It’s #AIPAC, it’s the lobby. #Israel is running the show. Israel is running the world.”

Bring on the wingnuts!

https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-804047

Green_Footballs, 7 days ago to random

I wonder if President Biden understands that Netanyahu is going to repay his continuing alliance by doing everything he can to help Trump win the election. Benjamin Netanyahu is no friend of the US, especially not the Democratic Party.

GottaLaff, 2 days ago to random

🤦🏻‍♀️“New #SouthDakota policy to stop use of gender pronouns by public univ faculty & staff in official correspondence is also keeping Native American employees from listing their tribal affiliations in a state w a long & violent history of conflict w tribes.

Two University of SD faculty members, Megan Red Shirt-Shaw & her husband, John Little, have long incl their gender pronouns & tribal affiliations in their work email signature blocks..both received written warnings”
https://apnews.com/article/66efb8c6a3c57a6a02da0bf4ed575a5f

Jyoti, 5 days ago to eattherich

#AllBillionairesAreEvil #EatTheRich

seachanger, 9 days ago to random

Petersburg, Alaska’s Little Norway Festival, where we close the street to cars and drop an actual iceberg in front of the pot shop #syttendemai

MissingThePt, 11 days ago to random

The Real Insurrectionist Wives of the Supreme Court

TheConversationUS, 9 days ago to news

The Republican road from a deep faith in freedom given by God, to a candidate hawking $59.99 bibles

https://theconversation.com/reagans-great-america-shining-on-a-hill-twisted-into-trumps-dark-vision-of-christian-nationalism-226997
#News #USPolitics #Religion @histodons

GovTrack, 11 days ago to random

On the one hand, the Supreme Court has not been favorable, overall, to Trump's reelection. In 2020, they threw out a case brought by Republicans to have four Democratic states ejected from the election, for example.

But on the other hand, now with two justices' wives taking public actions to support Trump's reelection, it's really hard to take the idea of impartiality seriously. If you're the spouse of a justice, and if you took SCOTUS's work seriously, you'd sit it out. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html

realTuckFrumper, 11 days ago to random

Sam Alito's 'dog ate my homework' excuse for MAGA flag buried by CNN's Fareed Zakaria https://www.rawstory.com/samuel-alito-maga-2668299186/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

arstechnica, 5 days ago to random

Democratic consultant indicted for Biden deepfake that told people not to vote

Steven Kramer, who worked for a Democratic candidate, accused of voter suppression.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/democratic-consultant-indicted-for-biden-deepfake-that-told-people-not-to-vote/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

GottaLaff, 6 days ago to random

Via Eric Columbus:

This is ugly stuff. Judge Juan Merchan comes from Colombia. He moved to the U.S. as a kid.

Remarkably, Judge Aileen Cannon was also born in Colombia — but I doubt Trump knows that.

#Trump: The judge hates Donald Trump. Take a look at him. Take a look at where he comes from

gedeonm, 11 days ago to random

Just sayin.
https://mastodon.social/@gedeonm/112328423418281063

dangillmor, 23 hours ago (edited 23 hours ago) to random

The Murdoch family media empire's spying on British politicians and celebrities was almost certainly far, far deeper and vile than the public understands.

Brilliant reporting in the Prospect magazine by the reporter who originally uncovered it.. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/phone-hacking/65918/the-murdoch-spy-papers

Meanwhile, the Murdochs relentlessly inject poison into the public spheres of at least three major nations, not least the United States. And other media still pretend it's journalism instead of rancid propaganda and slime.

katy_wrathall, 11 days ago to 3goodthings

#3GoodThings @3goodthings 1) Coffee with friends at World Peace Cafe 2) Robin sharing our table 3) MORE asparagus to crop