Yes, we are much better off than we were four years ago

Pecker also notes that his contact with Michael Cohen increased after Trump launched his presidential bid in 2015.

It will never cease to amaze me that 2 of the biggest threats to democracy, Trump and Elon, were helped for much of their career by the media- who absolutely failed to hold them accountable

Republicans still making it harder to vote.

'After signing one of the strictest voter ID laws in the country, Gov. Mike DeWine said the issue of election integrity in Ohio is settled. Some of his fellow Republicans in the Legislature appear to disagree.'
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I'm a Jew-loving Jew. Anti-Semitism is never ok. Here's what is not anti-Semitism: Peaceful protest, criticism of the Israeli government, calling for an independent Palestine, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, using the term apartheid to describe Israel, questioning Zionism.

Trump posted during the break about Justice Merchan, which is allowed under the gag order.

I'm hearing from a reporter that a member of the public who made it into the courtroom today has been detained. Unclear right now why.

Blanche ties to end on this point: we are trying to comply with this gag order. Trump is being very careful.

But Merchan cuts in: 'You're losing all credibility, I'll tell you right now.'

Merchan jumps to exhibit 10, the Jesse Watters one, and points out that this wasn't a repost at all.

'He had to sit there, use quotation marks, [and] the shift key,' Merchan says.

So it's your client's position that when he was reposting these things, he was not violating the gag order?...Are you testifying under oath that's your client's position? Merchan asks Blanche.

When something is reposted, how does it get there (onto the client's account)? Merchan asks.

It requires some sort of action, Merchan clarifies. It's not passive.

Caselaw talks about passive conduct vs. what we're describing here.

Blanche clarifies that's not their position.

Conroy says they're 'not yet' seeking sanctions of jail time—only fines, ordered removal of the posts, and for the court to issue another warning that this won't be tolerated and that incarceration is an option 'should it be necessary.'

Conroy says the defense is trying to characterize Trump's posts as political, 'and try to morph that into a massive exception to the order,' which Merchan should reject.

All of the posts here are made in relation to this criminal proceeding, says Conroy. 'We know that from the words...it's just very clear that they relate to this case.'

'Throwing MAGA into a post doesn't make it political. It may make it more ominous,' he says.

'The burden here is on us,' Conroy says, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that these violations were made willfully.

'The order is clear,' he says, and Trump violated it.

Conroy says the Watters example is a hybrid of something someone else said—'They're catching undercover liberal activists lying to the judge'—with something that Trump added—'in order to get on the Trump jury.'

Conroy makes the point several times about the timing of the post—five days before jury selection.

By calling them sleaze bags, by going after their credibility, that’s part of the plan for this trial, it’s the defendant conditioning his followers, says Conroy.

Conroy working his way through the list of the alleged violations, starting with a repost from Stormy Daniels' former lawyer Michael Avenatti.

Can you make a connection between that post and the stipulations of the gag order? Merchan asks.