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newsopinionsandviews, 15 days ago to news

Glenn Kirschner:
Stormy Daniels testifies at Trump's criminal trial about details of intimate encounter with Trump

“What did...Trump's defense attorneys highlight by... arguing that Stormy Daniels' testimony was so bad, so harmful… ? they were highlighting the motive in the case, ...that Donald Trump really had a reason to make hush money payments... so it wouldn't hurt his chances of being elected in the 2016 presidential election.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EpSe5oA4dw

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newsopinionsandviews, 18 days ago to news

RS:
Former top prosecutor shows why Hope Hicks 'is such a devastating witness against Trump'

"Why Hicks is such a devastating witness against Trump," Weissmann wrote after the Friday hearing. "1. Hicks makes clear Trump knew of the Cohen payoff scheme to Daniels...

4. Hicks establishes that Trump knew that money was for Daniels' silence- not for the claimed legal fees for ongoing legal work by Cohen."
   https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hope-hicks-devastating-weissmann/

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newsopinionsandviews, 20 days ago to news

CNN:
Saudi women’s rights activist sentenced to 11 years in jail, rights groups say

Human rights groups are calling for the release of a Saudi woman, who they say has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for supporting women’s rights and for the way she dressed.

Following her arrest, al-Otaibi was subjected “to physical and psychological abuse” in the Malaz Prison in Riyadh, the groups said.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/02/middleeast/saudi-womens-rights-activist-sentenced-intl/index.html

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newsopinionsandviews, 20 days ago to news

Raw Story:
'Trump did this': U.S. VP rages over Florida abortion ban

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sought to make Donald Trump the face of Florida's strict new abortion ban Wednesday...

"Across our nation, we witness a full-on assault, state by state, on reproductive freedom. And understand who's to blame: former president Donald Trump did this," Harris said in a Jacksonville, Florida speech.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-did-this-u-s-vp-rages-over-florida-abortion-ban/

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newsopinionsandviews, 20 days ago to news

TNR:
Stop Reading Tea Leaves. We Know What Trump Intends on Abortion.

Pinning down what Trump would do on abortion, if returned to the White House, has become an unnecessarily convoluted affair.

Trump’s abortion agenda, regardless of his meandering and inconsistent answers, is pretty clear. He appointed three Supreme Court justices who helped overturn Roe.
https://newrepublic.com/article/181186/trump-abortion-ban-pregnancies

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newsopinionsandviews, 23 days ago to news

Raw Story:
Supreme Court denies Peter Navarro's request to be released from prison

Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro will not be released from prison while he appeals his conviction for contempt of Congress.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not take up Navarro's case.
https://www.rawstory.com/full-supreme-court-denies-peter-navarro-s-request-to-be-released-from-prison/

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newsopinionsandviews, 25 days ago to news

The Guardian:
‘Demolishing democracy’: how much danger does Christian nationalism pose?

Documentary Bad Faith looks at the history of a group trying to affect and corrupt politics under the guise of religion

Bad Faith highlights Christian nationalism’s “origins in the racism, and the segregation mentality, and you can draw a straight line from that to gerrymandering and voter suppression,”...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/27/bad-faith-documentary-christian-nationalism

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newsopinionsandviews, 26 days ago to news

RS:
'Donald Trump is sick': Cop battered by rioters furious ex-president may escape justice

"It was pretty difficult listening to the Supreme Court justices debate this in the abstract, having experienced so much of the end result... firsthand," Fanone said.

"Listen...Trump... is a sick individual, and the idea that he would align himself with criminals who attacked and assaulted law enforcement officers who were only there doing their job, it's sick."
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-capitol-riot-2667885829/

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newsopinionsandviews, 27 days ago to news

It's been their intention all along! To help Trump delay, delay!

CNN:
Justices appear ready to reject Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity but in a way that will delay the Jan. 6 trial

The upshot is that the Supreme Court appeared likely to leave much of that work to lower courts, proceedings that could take months and further delay a trial...

That outcome would play into Trump’s strategy of delay and jeopardize a trial before the election.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/25/politics/takeaways-trump-immunity-supreme-court/index.html

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newsopinionsandviews, 28 days ago to news

Glenn Kirschner:
If NY judge holds Trump in contempt, Trump will have VIOLATED release conditions in DC & GA cases!

“If judge Merchan finds that Trump violated the gag order and holds him in criminal contempt, Trump will have violated his conditions of release in his DC federal case, and Trump's pre-trial release should be revoked.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5_KNfvDVRk

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newsopinionsandviews, 28 days ago to news

Raw Story:
Internet melts down as Trump identified as 'unindicted co-conspirator' in Arizona filing

Trump's own niece, Mary Trump, had this to say about the news from Arizona:

"Good. Now indict the unindicted."
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-unindicted-arizona/

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

Raw Story:
Las Vegas casino unions preparing to take on Trump again

Now ahead of November's election, the Culinary Union, which represents 60,000 mainly Las Vegas-based hotel and casino workers, is preparing to mobilize its formidable network against Donald Trump for a third time.
https://www.rawstory.com/las-vegas-casino-unions-preparing-to-take-on-trump-again-2667834296/

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

MSNBC
The Last Word:
Lawrence reacts to Trump post attacking NY criminal case jury pool

“... this is specifically aimed at intimidating the seven people already seated on that jury.

...this is the challenge that Judge Juan Merchan is going to have to deal with immediately... He has paused his timing on hearing the question of violations of the gag order already, but... it seems impossible to see how the judge can wait..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAlTLOdK4Y0

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

Raw Story:
'Comical': Michael Cohen says he can't recall Trump attending any of his kids' graduations

...Trump has attacked Judge Juan Merchan... with one particular line: that he didn't immediately grant the former president time off to attend his fifth child Barron's high school graduation.

Trump's one-time attorney Michael Cohen... "I wasn't aware that he went to any of the kids' graduations," said Cohen.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-michael-cohen-2667788377/

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

The Daily Beast:
Trump Wanted to See Crowd Outside Trial. He Got 50 Randos.

A couple of hungry Proud Boys, Laura Loomer, and some people from Queens.

They were easily outnumbered by the phalanx of reporters and police—which left at least one of them disappointed.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wanted-to-see-crowd-outside-trial-he-got-50-randos?ref=home?ref=home

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

TNR:
We May Finally Get to Write: “Convicted Felon Donald Trump”

The former president’s lawlessness has dodged many an obstacle over the years, but he’s facing a new challenge now: a jury of his peers.

The only real question here is why this took so long. It’s not as if it wasn’t obvious in 2015 that Trump had total contempt for the law. That was easy for all to see. How has he gotten away with it for this long?
https://newrepublic.com/article/180694/trump-hush-money-jury-trial

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

Axios:
Harris on Trump's abortion stance: "Enough with the gaslighting"

Vice President Kamala Harris attacked former President Trump's abortion record during a visit to Arizona Friday, calling him the "architect of this health care crisis" as she cast post-Roe America at risk of reverting to the 1800s.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/12/kamala-harris-abortion-arizona-law-biden

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

Raw Story:
Michael Flynn-linked anti-vaxxers try to seize control of Florida hospital: report

A group of conspiracy theorists associated with former President Donald Trump's one-time national security adviser Michael Flynn is trying to seize control of a renowned public hospital in Sarasota, Florida through a local election.
https://www.rawstory.com/michael-flynn-2667720321/

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

Daily Beast:
Trump’s $175 Million Bond Is Even Shadier Than It Looks

The little-known insurance company that rescued Donald Trump by providing a last-minute $175 million bank fraud bond isn’t just unlicensed in New York; it hasn’t even been vetted by a voluntary state entity that would verify it meets minimum “eligibility standards” to prove financial stability.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-dollar175-million-bond-is-even-shadier-than-it-looks?ref=home?ref=home

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

Glenn Kirschner:
Jack Smith tells Judge Cannon, your "legal premise is WRONG," threatens to appeal her lawless act

Kirschner:
"Depending on what judge Cannon does, it may finally prompt Jack Smith to file the motion to recuse, to try to remove this unqualified judge from this case… There really are only two possibilities here, it's that judge Cannon is incompetent, or she's compromised…"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVgRe5abYyw

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

MSNBC:
Judge Luttig on Trump’s mobster tactics: ‘Nobody in a position of responsibility has addressed it'

Judge Luttig:
“...suffice it to say, never in history has any person leveled such attacks and been met with such passivity, acquiescence and submissiveness by the nation.”

“no one, not single person in a position of responsibility to address this issue, has done so, for want of courage, and want of will.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDOl3n8wz4E

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

MSNBC:
Liz Cheney urges the Supreme Court to stop aiding Donald Trump’s delay tactics

"I think it’s very important that the Supreme Court realizes, that what he's doing, is a delaying tactic...

It cannot be the case that a President of the United States can attempt to overturn an election and seize power, and that our justice system is incapable of holding a trial, and holding him to account before the next election."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHMiPAjaVtU

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newsopinionsandviews, 1 month ago to news

MSNBC:
Maddow joins colleagues in objecting to McDaniel for legitimizing Trump, attacking democracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqassXP6HAU

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newsopinionsandviews, 2 months ago to news

NBC News:
Thousands turn out to mourn Navalny, defying Putin, at funeral in Moscow

Cries of “Russia without Putin!” “Russia will be free!” and even “Putin is a murderer!” rose from the defiant crowd.

The funeral of Alexei Navalny on Friday almost did not happen at all. But thousands ultimately turned out... so that they could pay their respects to the man who challenged President Vladimir Putin with a vision for a democratic Russia.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/thousands-turn-mourn-navalny-defying-putin-funeral-moscow-rcna141329

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newsopinionsandviews, 2 months ago to news

RS
Judge Cannon tells Trump co-defendants they can't see confidential docs in new ruling

Judge Aileen Cannon told former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in his federal Florida case that they cannot look at classified documents, court records show.

The Trump-appointed judge sided with special prosecutor Jack Smith and barred Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira from receiving access to secret materials produced in discovery...
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cannon-mar-a-lago/

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