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I dunno Guvs, the wife beater or the Bobo. It's a hard choice.
Performative chrisofascist Speaker Mike Johnson showed up at trump's trial today and spoke outside the courthouse about the "unfairness" of the proceedings. Nothing like being a toady lickspittle for a criminal defendant. Thought the law and order party was against that kinda thing. When the convictions come down, let's hope Mike has an epiphany. Wouldn't bet on it
So, the end is in sight with Cohen being the last batter up for the DA. The fat lady may not be singing yet, but she is clearing her throat.
Assuming that Trump puts on his election law expert as well as the other guy he's endorsed as defense witnesses on Thursday after the motion for judgment of acquittal is denied, evidence should finish on or before Friday. I cannot imagine that even Trump would be stupid enough to testify. (Although nothing should surprise any of us after the last eight years.)
With instructions and arguments on Monday, and assuming a couple of days for deliberations (given the complexity of the legal theory which elevates this from a misdemeanor to a felony), we should have a verdict by the end of next week.
Emphasis on the word "should." Trump could act out in court in a yuge and bigley way (think Charles Manson waving that newspaper headline in 1970 which read, "Nixon Says Manson Guilty" in front of the jury). Jury tampering is always a possibility. (Is anyone keeping an eye on Roger Stone's whereabouts?) And of course, his bone spurs could act up or he could suffer a relapse of the "China Virus Hoax."
While the legal theory may not be simple, there are two lawyers on the jury. Even though the jurors are not supposed to give added weight to what they say, sometimes they do. Other times, the opposite could happen. So, that could cut either way, or not at all.
What would be a real kicker is if there is a guilty verdict, then what are the chances that sentencing will occur during the week of July 15? <EWG>
Trial calendar is going to be a bit longer.
I had forgotten about the famous graduation. Didn't he also add a fundraiser in Minnesota for the same day? Or maybe he's simply going to ask for money AT the graduation….
Most private schools hit up the families of the students for money. Barron's high school's development department has to compete with Barron's father hitting up the families of the other students for money.
Hope he brings a stack of applications for Trump University with him.
Yep … Trump's going to have some mileage on Friday. Barron's HS graduation in Florida is 10 EST. The fundraiser is 5 CST in Minnesota. Trump's plane will cover the distance in about 3 hours,
I suspect there will be an effort to get photos showing the distance between DJT and Melania and reports on whether she allows any sort of touch.
Aren't the number of public displays of affection per annum clearly set out in one of the numerous amendments to the prenuptual agreement?
Assuming he hasn't already exceeded that number, we may see a brief embrace between the couple.
Old "Honest Abe" knew things, didn't he? What would he make of his party, were he alive today? The Speaking Johnson and his profound hypocrisy might be a disappointment to President Lincoln, who was, by all accounts, a God-fearing man.
From what I can tell the Trump prosecutors have screwed up the description of the $420,000 smoking gun payments to Cohen. They needed to make clear the following:
1) Cohen was paid $60,000 for his legal services (aka, a prior year bonus) that he didn't receive. This was not "grossed up". He would receive a Form 1099 showing income of $60,000 and would pay taxes on that amount and the Trump Organization would deduct as legal expense. All very legitimate.
2). He was paid $130,000 to reimburse his payments to Stormy Daniels plus another $50,000 to pay a company that provided paid actors to attend the Trump "escalator" announcement and some fake polling. Cohen received a Form 1099 for $180,000 in income. Both of these items were campaign related and non deductible as a business expense by Cohen. Since he couldn't deduct $180,000 in expenses Cohen would have paid about $90,000 in taxes leaving him with only $90,000 after tax. So, they doubled this amount to $360,000 and gave him a Form 1099 = $360,000. He showed this as income and paid $180,000 in taxes leaving him with $180,000 after tax (I.e., fully reimbursed).
It is so clear that they knew the $180,000 was illegal because they handled it differently than the $60,000 legal services bonus. I hope the jury understands this because none of the TV pundits seems to have a clue.
Iranian MullahsRepublican's Want Menstruation Police. H/T Heather Cox-RichardsonI hope his partner has already taken up residence in Colorado – without him.
Detroit is
CookedFuckedChina's EV technology is 10 years ahead of US car makers. I'm betting against Tesla also. Buy Volvo? (Chinese owned.)
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist, and expert on international trade, Paul Krugman agrees that Biden's China tariffs are necessary. China is artificially inflating their economy by dumping excess production on the world market. They should be investing in domestic consumption instead which will raise not only their own standard of living, but the world's economy as well.
BYD Seagull starts less than 10k
Not exactly. The price in China’s domestic market is actually about $12,000. But if they tried to meet US safety standards, it would add a few thousand dollars more, not including transportation costs. It is definitely a city car — tiny battery and it is 15 inches shorter than the now-discontinued subcompact Chevy Bolt. The real competition are the larger models BYD make – direct competitors to Tesla, et al.
But as with China’s vast ghost cities and empty apartments, their misguided excess factory production of vehicles has led to unsold auto graveyards. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-china-ev-graveyards/
Such is the risk of a “planned” economy, reminiscent of the “Great Leap Forward” mindset
Rudy Giuliani, fugitive from the law?
"Come and get me coppers!"
Me thinks they doth protest too much when they are called "Fox News for Democrats"
How MSNBC’s Leftward Tilt Delivers Ratings, and Complications – The New York Times (nytimes.com)