Judge Merchan wants a fair trial and wants Trump to be able to attend his sons graduation. Going to be hard for Trump to push back on that, as much as the whole graduation piece was just another lie from Trump.

In his decision, Merchan dismantles Trump's argument that reposts don't violate the gag order: 'There can be no doubt whatsoever, that [Trump's] intent and purpose when reposting is to communicate to his audience that he endorses and adopts the posted statement as his own'

NEWS:

In his written order holding Trump in contempt, a Manhattan judge warns the former president that 'an incarceratory punishment' could follow for further violations.

Also: Trump must take down the nine posts by 2:15 p.m.

Ruling nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/pre…

Trump is gonna be pissed. His bluff was called. Now he has to attend his sons graduation

Trump has been held in contempt for 9 out of 10 allegations that he violated the gag order, (all but the first I believe), and fined $1,000 for each of them.

There's also a hearing later this week regarding an additional 4 allegations.

Judge Merchan finds 9 counts of criminal contempt for Trump. Of course, the fines mean nothing to him. BUT he’s now violated his pretrial release conditions in all 4 of his criminal cases. Will the rule of law rise up and deal with America’s most dangerous defendant?

LiberalNavySeal Much of the damage done, and such apologies always ring hollow, feckless and go mostly unheard! But, they (OAN) knew that already! Those degenerates should be punished publicly, and severely!

'Aria C. Branch of Elias Law Group, who argued on behalf of the @DCCC reminded the court that the plaintiffs’ burden is high in having to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the universal vote-by-mail statute conflicts with the state constitution.' law.com/newyorklawjour…

Lisa Rubin Once again:
NO polls
NO court
NO knight on a white horse.
It's US and only US
VOTE. VOTE. VOTE.

What happens when you run a once-great, innovative corporation as a profiteering bean-counter, sacrificing public safety and dismissing workers' input for stakeholder and CEO wealth...

WAPO: Far right media rag OAN retracts bullshit story that Michael Cohen had an affair with Stormy Daniels and apologizes to Cohen and Daniels, stating explicitly that there is no evidence that Cohen and Daniels ever had an affair.

I want y’all to understand the Governor of Texas is telling residents to ignore federal laws this is where we are with conservative leadership
What happened to law and order Greg? It doesn’t apply in Texas? texastribune.org/2024/04/29/tex…

Good morning from 100 Centre Street in Manhattan, where Donald Trump’s criminal trial on 34 felony counts is set to resume.

I’m here to cover the trial for Lawfare.

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That number is just mind boggling. foxnews.com/opinion/russia…

German army captain, with ties to the far-right AfD party, admits spying for Russia and said he provided military secrets to Russian intelligence. I don’t understand why Germans continue voting for the Kremlin AfD party. One spy exposed after another dw.com/en/german-army…

Not every day.

Some of the folks complaining about this were just fine with Brittney Griner’s situation in Russia.

“Got what she deserved.” “Broke another country’s laws” “Don’t be a dummy.” “Serves her right.” Etc.

Also, pot vs guns. Damn.

Is it just me or are all the election frauds and fake electors Republicans?

AP: Ukrainian born Trump supporter, Victoria Sparta (R-Ind), has shocked her Indiana Ukrainian voting block by doing everything she can to block aid to Ukraine.

bilstell Seth Abramson What makes ME go “hmm” is the fact that you are intentionally re-publishing throughly debunked bullshit -James Comer, Gym Jordan’s 3 year embarrassing failure of an investigation? Maybe you saw it on Fox? Ringing a bell? NO findings of wrongdoing by Biden? You should STFU, creep.