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Codes. Complains. Solves thorny problems. Left wing.

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GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW 🧵 starts HERE.

Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.

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McB:

...At 2:14 p.m., Trump walks in, entourage in tow.

Boris Epshteyn just handed a piece of paper with a photo on it to Kaitlan Collins.

I thought he maybe said "Conway" to her, but I'm not exactly sure.

elronxenu,
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@GottaLaff If whether sex happened or not has no bearing on this case, why did Trump's lawyer spend so much time trying to prove Stormy a liar?

jonoabroad, to random
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Yaml fucking yaml yaml yaml yaml yaml yaml

It's like free form Jazz, except it's diarrhea and then written into a file.

elronxenu,
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@jonoabroad Could be worse, could be XML.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Andrew Weissmann said this last night. These are creative, and hopefully potentially effective, options:

options in addition to fine/jail:

  • put a monitor over his use of social media posts
  • hold sentence on a contempt finding until after trial over
  • advise Trump that his contempt of gag order can be considered at sentencing upon conviction.

All can be used by Judge Merchan.

elronxenu,
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@GottaLaff I think the problem is that threats don't work on him. He's saying what works in the moment. I doubt threatening "we will decide the punishment when your trial is over" will discourage him from trying to bully everybody into a not guilty verdict.

A monitor would be effective, and a solution that could be used until the end of the trial.

pluralistic, to random
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This is huge: yesterday, the FTC finalized a rule banning noncompete agreements for every American worker. That means that the person working the register at a Wendy's can switch to the fry-trap at McD's for an extra $0.25/hour, without their boss suing them:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/25/capri-v-tapestry/#aiming-at-dollars-not-men

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elronxenu,
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@pluralistic Without their boss successfully suing them.

They can always sue if they don't mind losing. Whoever has the deepest pockets wins.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Legal Corr. for Biz Insider Jacob Shamsian:

It's rare to see a criminal trial with no family members showing up to support the defendant.

Even Ghislaine Maxwell had two sisters and a brother attend nearly every day of her trial.

elronxenu,
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@GottaLaff Like the E Jean Carroll trial, Trump has nobody who can stand up and attest to his good character.

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    elronxenu,
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    @Teri_Kanefield The prosecution isn't allowed to play the tape, but they are allowed to provide the transcript. Aren't those two things equivalent? I can't understand why one would be prejudicial, and not the other.

    GottaLaff, to legal
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    “NY state appeals judge on Tues denied 's bid to delay his April 15 trial on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star while he appeals a in the case. [election interference]

    Associate Justice Cynthia Kern issued the order following a Tues morning hearing at a mid-level appeals court. A full panel of appeals judges will later consider Trump's underlying challenge to the gag order.”

    https://reut.rs/43Q5QJK

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff LOL. He is running out of delay moves.

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff Imagine how much womping will be happening next week

    ai6yr, to random

    AP: Woman shoots interstate drivers, says God told her to because of the eclipse, Florida police say https://abc11.com/eclipse-shooting-woman-shoots-interstate-drivers-says-god-told-her-to-because-of-the-florida-police-say/14635480/

    elronxenu,
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    @ai6yr USA is not okay.

    GottaLaff, (edited ) to legal
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    👀Via Anna Bower: 1/...

    The jury questionnaire for #Trump’s upcoming hush money/interference trial in New York is now public.

    It includes questions about media consumed by prospective jurors and whether jurors have ever supported groups like the QAnon movement or Proud Boys. #legal

    https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/Letter-re-jury-selection-4-8-24.pdf

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff So if it's a hung jury, Trump will be tried again?

    I've heard of judges ruling that an 11:1 or 10:2 jury can be accepted; I don't know if this is a thing in the USA or if there need to be particular circumstances.

    GottaLaff, to legal
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    👀👀

    Via Lisa Rubin:

    You know that corrected bond has filed today? Well, Tish James’s team has now made a filing of their own, asking, under a NY law, for a justification of the surety. What does that mean?

    https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=s4dpZ_PLUS_u0rxLM_PLUS_xsccBGwbw==

    elronxenu,
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    @fulanigirl @NIH_LLAMAS @Wileymiller @GottaLaff If this happens (Trump loses; NY seeks to collect off Trump; Trump fails to pay; NY seeks to collect off Knight; Knight fails to pay) it sounds more complicated and time consuming for NY to collect.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    "This is not subjective. We all saw it. Plenty of leaders today try to convince the masses we did not see what we saw, but our eyes don’t deceive. (If leaders began a yearslong campaign today to convince us that the Baltimore bridge did not collapse Tuesday morning, would you ever believe them?) Trust your eyes. Trump on Jan. 6 launched the most serious threat to our system of government since the Civil War. You know that. You saw it." https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff Great article.

    GottaLaff, to Texas
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    👀👀👀👀 :
    A appeals court just threw out the five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, the Texas woman sentenced for trying to cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 election that was rejected. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/28/crystal-mason-texas-woman-acquitted?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other…

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff Meanwhile, certain unnamed people, who did far worse, remain free and - incredibly - able to run for office again.

    kcarruthers, to random
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    MrMaxi says happy Easter long weekend

    elronxenu,
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    @kcarruthers Looks like he's over it already.

    GottaLaff, to Georgia
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    Wut. 1/…

    “Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee wrote Wednesday in an order that six of the charges in the indictment must be quashed, including three against #Trump. But the order leave intact many other charges in the indictment and the judge wrote that prosecutors could seek a new indictment on the charges he dismissed.” #Georgia #legal #TrumpIndictment

    https://apnews.com/article/46e0b68c25719c404130f7e6eab69dcd

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff Doesn't that extra detail come from the prosecution in Discovery?

    mattrobertson, to random
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    The old WeWork in North Sydney is still shared office space, renamed, so I guess the problem wasn’t shared office space

    elronxenu,
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    @stufromoz @static @mattrobertson I saw a sign on a building ... somewhere ... in Tokyo, 2 days ago.

    dgar, to random
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    These rose patterned bed sheets might not create the exact effect you were going for.

    elronxenu,
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    @dgar You assume a lot about what effect I want.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via Roger Parloff:

    4/22 SCOTUS argument
    5/13 ruling
    8/12 jury selection
    9/2 trial starts
    11/1 jury gets case
    11/5 jury verdict and election day

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff That's not problematic at all. And it's a best case scenario.

    kcarruthers, to random
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    Well, that pricing is outrageous even for Sydney parking 😳

    elronxenu,
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    @kcarruthers Airport parking? I've parked in the long term carpark on occasion, but nowadays it's more cost effective to take the train.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    🧵by Joyce Vance:

    1/ 's first criminal trial will start in NYC on March 25. Judge Juan Merchan denied Trump’s motions to dismiss the case Thursday. The trial should be over before the RNC & in time for the fedl case in the DC to be tried before the election if acts expeditiously.

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff It's so sweet.

    As more court cases pile up, the amount of leniency shown Trump will reduce.

    Before Trump, indicting or charging a former president was almost unthinkable. Until Trump got indicted twice, and charged 4 times.

    Imprisoning a former president was unthinkable ... but the country seems to be coming around to the idea that maybe it's necessary, for punishment or prevention.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Via Michigan reporter Craig Mauger:

    MAJOR:

    Renner says the group of false electors was told that lawmakers had the ability to accept the Republican electoral certificate over the Democratic certificate.

    [Previous tweet by Craig👇🏼]

    James Renner says the false electors met at the Radisson hotel in downtown Lansing before walking to the Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020.

    They were invited by someone to return to the hotel for pizza and hot chocolate after going to the Capitol, he testifies

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff Now it all makes sense. I would sign anything for a good hot chocolate.

    GottaLaff, (edited ) to legal
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    Totally forgot!! in all caps!

    ‼️! 🔥 1/…

    Via Anna Bower:

    BREAKING: DC Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Donald is NOT IMMUNE from prosecution.

    UNANIMOUS!!!

    elronxenu,
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    @GottaLaff Great news. That's one tiny step forward.

    kcarruthers, to random
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    Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare: Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming.

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvajd/taylor-swift-is-living-every-womans-ai-porn-nightmare

    elronxenu,
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    @kcarruthers There is something wrong with men

    decryption, to random
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    elronxenu,
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    @ausfestivus @decryption Google kept a full Usenet archive (until when?). I never owned a Mac so I certainly did not archive aus.mac myself.

    elronxenu,
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    @ausfestivus @decryption The archive is online at Google groups but I don't know how to do the necessary advanced search.

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