Seems like petitions to remove Aileen Cannon have become a thing. Newsweek reports that over 300K signatures have been gathered.
These may not have any force, but it is something tangible you can do to register your disapproval. Another is to channel this anger into electing Democrats.
Here are four of the petitions to remove Aileen Cannon:
For those losing their heads over today's actions by Judge Cannon, take a deep breath. This was always going to happen. The writing has been on the wall since Judge Cannon was drawn for the case. Getting all worked up about it is only going to make you crazy and desperate. The way we will rid ourselves of this menace is at the polls in November.
For a sober discussion on this topic this exchange today between @Teri_Kanefield and @JonChevreau is highly recommended:
So, was in the car today and wanted to follow Trump's election fraud trial, so for the first time in months listened to some CNN and MSNBC. It was horrible, but think we have a new "...but her emails" tag line for this election. Must have heard "...but is that a crime" fifty times in the space of an hour, which is pretty amazing since half the hour is ads.
"Today, we've learned that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is concerned that Tesla's massive recall to fix its Autopilot driver assist—which was pushed out to more than 2 million cars last December—has not actually made the system that much safer."
Saw a horrific two Tesla smash up on 101 in Silicon Valley a couple days ago. It was during rush hour with them able to use HOV lane because they are EVs. Not sure if autopilot involved, but regularly see tech bros and gals texting away as they sail past everyone. Seems like a lot of potential for disaster.
Randahl Fink @randahl has started a campaign to assist resident journalist @dangillmor in reaching more followers on Mastodon than he had back on Twitter before following his principles and quitting the bird.
He is currently at 33K followers. On Twitter he had 43.5K. Only a little more than 10K to go!
Dan is superb, and if you don't already follow him, please give his work a try.
We are incredibly fortunate to have two excellent play by play summaries of today's Trump trial here on Mastodon. News reports are one thing, but to get a real flavor if what's actually happening in court there is nothing like a primary source!
The work these two wonderful women do is absolutely astounding. Thank you both for making Mastodon such a great source for news. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
If you were wondering, even a little bit, if the New York Times was going to "both sides" Trump's criminal election interference trial, here's the answer. 🤷
Really simple thead about Trump's Truth Social (DJT) stock. Don't get too worried about the fact that he will ON PAPER have another billion dollars tomorrow. It's just "monopoly money."
Back to basics. Stocks are shares in a company. They are sold in a market, the stock market ie. NASDAQ. For any transaction there has to be a seller and a buyer. Right now there are very few shares of DJT that are tradeable because Trump and other "founders" can't trade them yet.
Because there are so few shares tradeable, it makes it possible to game the stock. Crafty folks buy it up to raise the price, and then dump it on unsophisticated MAGA folks, making some money in the margins. Plus other crafty folks are shorting the stock to catch the dips. This is what is going on now.
As soon as anyone tries to unload a lot of shares the price will crater, because there are not enough buyers (rubes), and the stock has no underlying value. That's the way markets work.
Tomorrow Trump's $175M bond may be ruled null and void.
Just a quick reminder that Trump is facing two tough court reckonings tomorrow. Everyone will be following the opening statements in his NY election fraud trial, but nearby his lawyers will be meeting with NY prosecutors and Judge Engoron to rule on the validity of his 'fishy' $175M bond for his business fraud conviction. If the bond is deemed invalid, asset seizure to cover the $450M+ judgement may commence.
So, a bit anti-climatic. The judge has agreed to let the bond stand provided the collateral stay as cash in the account and provide monthly account statements to the AG.
"According to Monday's agreement, the $175 million will stay as cash in a money market account, Knight Specialty will have exclusive control, but can only use the cash to pay for the bond if needed. The attorney general's office and the court will get monthly account statements."
It is important to note that while some Democrats initially opposed the Ukraine aid bill in order to gain leverage, in the end there were 210 votes in favor 0 votes against and only 3 Democrats not voting.