The law-and-order guy found in contempt of court.
Let me say it again: Contempt. Of court.
Contempt.
The times we’re in.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

What an absolute piece of human garbage.

Despite violent crackdowns, the Georgian people are unwaveringly defending the country’s democracy and European future. It’s 3AM in Georgia and thousands remain on Rustaveli avenue near the Parliament. #NoToRussianLaw

ALERT: House Democratic Leadership issues statement saying Democrats would intervene to help save Speaker Mike Johnson, if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) forces a vote on his ouster

Democratic leadership: 'We will vote to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Motion to

'If Donald Trump wins this election, it'll be the last election we can recognize as a normal American election.' @StuartPStevens says on CNN the MAGA coalition is worse than we think- they want to completely alter our country and they will if Trump wins this November.

I still keep hearing people say that our economy did so much better under Trump.

But people seem to forget how Trump failed to deliver on his economic promises — and how the economy has historically performed better under Democratic presidents than Republicans.

Trump says he wants to let states “monitor women's pregnancies so they can know if they've gotten an abortion”

Dial back the faux surprise Jesse . According to my friend Katie Phang who is a lawyer and she is on tv, “under NY law and procedure, the moving party (in this case the prosecution) must meet their burden to have someone held in contempt.” Judge Merchan ruled the prosecution met

Roberts will likely be the essential 5th vote for or against immunity. He was inexplicably restrained during argument, when he should have been admonishing his colleagues about abandoning first principles: you don't decide more than necessary to resolve the case in front of you.

Former Trump aide Griffin: I read this TIME interview with Trump. He's admitting he's going to stack the government with loyalists and election deniers. He's going to stack the White House with liars and lunatics. There will be no guardrails this time. It’s devastating to me,

Trump has proposed a 10% tariff on all imported goods and a 60% or more tariff on Chinese imports.

No matter what he says, tariffs aren't paid by the other country. They're paid by you.

Recent analysis predicts his plan would cost the average family about $1,500 extra per year.

'The Federalist Society justices are team players, not impartial umpires calling balls and strikes. The Federalist Society is the owner, with the undisputed power to put justices on a short list of acceptable nominees for Republican presidents.' weekendreading.net/p/breaking-the…

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 says that the US has 'very decisively' informed Russia that it will use conventional weapons 'to destroy any Russian target in the occupied territories of Ukraine' if Russia launches a nuclear strike against Ukraine.

NEW: Just when the testimony had veered into snoozeland, along came Keith Davidson, former lawyer to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal and one of former American Media editor Dylan Howard’s acknowledged “top sources.”

There was another catch-and-kill: when Bill Barr told Manhattan not to investigate because the feds were, and then he sat on the investigation for a year and did nothing.

Bill Barr caught and killed the federal prosecution of trump.

Re : Civil Disobedience
My understanding of 'civil disobedience' from Ghandi to Martin Luther King, Jr. is that the demonstrators or protesters shall be,
1 ) Civil
and
2) Those paricipating do not resist arrest.
3) They are to suffer the injustice they protest to make clear the

Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters occupying an administration building bostonglobe.com/2024/04/30/nat…

Four executives from UnitedHealth sold a combined $101.5 MILLION in company stock after the company heard it was under investigation by the DOJ — but before the news was made public.

That's suspicious. The SEC should investigate them for insider trading.
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NEW: Judge Merchan now rules on the gag order violations:

On #2 and 3 in the first motion: the court finds that the People have met their burden and Trump is fined $1000 for each of those.

#4-10 in the second motion: the court finds that the People have also met their burden

“What emerged in two interviews with Trump, and conversations with more than a dozen of his closest advisers and confidants, were the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world. To carry out a deportation operation designed to remove