Trump's speech in California was absolutely insane. The leader of the party of "law and order and due process" calls to execute shoplifters on the spot. The crowd cheers.
There's some serious thirst for blood there. It's frightening. #uspol#trump
@0xamit the people that celebrate that are among the last people left supporting him. I expect things to get far crazier in the coming weeks and months. Until hopefully he is penniless and in jail (assuming he is found guilty, of course)
Justice Engoron just noted in court that "nobody asked for" a jury trial, which is why he'll be presiding over Trump's $250M civil fraud case without one. #TrumpTrial#TrumpIndictment#NewYork
@GottaLaff Bromwich (NYT): “There was no intent to defraud, period, the end,” Habba says. She says that the attorney general is setting a dangerous precedent for business owners in New York. She’s done.
But Engoron keeps her at the lectern, saying he wants to go over some of the things that she says. And he is now correcting her, saying that she referred to Wallace’s opening statement as “testimony,” which is incorrect. He then scolds her for bringing up James’s motivations, saying that the issue has been dealt with by an appeals court.
Weds 9/27 - O'Hagan Meyer Grows, SCOTUS tells Alabama to Redraw District, Trump Liable for Fraud in NY and SCOTUS Prepares for New Term
O’Hagan Meyer eating the meat from the bones of Daugherty Lordan, SCOTUS upholds a ruling requiring Alabama to redraw a district, Trump and co. liable for fraud, and SCOTUS gears up for a new term.
I want to throw up. On one hand, I nearly didn't post this because it's perpetuating the story. On the other, it's important to understand and see that the violent fascist criminal defendant who will be the GOP Fascist Party nom should be prevented from doing this.
Via Elie Mystal:
Red Flag laws need to be strengthened.
Ron Filipkowski:
#Trump buys a Glock today in SC: “Isn’t Glock a good gun?”
Be wary of New York Times articles by Maggie Haberman and Mike Schmidt that ostensibly address Trump's outrageous actions, but in substance actually normalize and both-sides this illegal behavior.
This is what this cleanup crew does time and time again. Likely Team Trump know some sort of legal action to curtail his threats is coming, and once again these trusted newshapers are thrust out ahead of events to sculpt public opinion.
Welker essentially just conceded his claim that “after birth” abortions exist and are legal. They are not “exceedingly rare”—they are not a thing. Call this talking point out as the absurd, nonsensical propaganda it is or don’t do the interview. This is pathetic and embarrassing
Aaron Rupar:
#Trump lies that "after birth" abortions are a thing. Welker responds by pointing out that #abortions "later in pregnancy are extremely rare."
Wish @atrupar would post here more. I won’t link to hellsite but here are a couple of his observations of the Welker/#Trump interview. I’m so glad I didn’t watch:
-is it Trump's 1st network interview [quoting Welker] "since leaving office," or since he violently tried to overthrow the govt?
-note the complete lack of pushback from Welker when Trump claims, w/o shred of evidence, Biden directed the fed indictments against him” [later, he posted a vid of her finally correcting that]
@GottaLaff@atrupar it’s a complete and total disaster. Allowing him to rant with virtually no real time challenges to whether what he’s saying is true. It’s beyond awful.
#Trump said "Democrats are able to kill the baby after birth." Beyond this being a truly dumb lie, here are facts.
My baby was killed after birth because of #GunViolence. Republicans, by blocking gun violence prevention, apparently support killing babies after birth.
😂“#JennaEllis –#Trump lawyer who like TFG faces criminal charges regarding attempted election subversion… – says she will not vote for him in the future because he is a “malignant narcissist” who cannot admit mistakes.
“ I simply can’t support him for elected office again,” Ellis said. “Why I have chosen to distance is because of that frankly malignant narcissistic tendency to simply say that he’s never done anything wrong.” #ETTD 1/…
@GottaLaff@emptywheel
the irony that the voters he’s disenfranchised through his criminal enterprises would be his own voters is providing no end of schadenfreude.
77-yr-old #Trump last night was so confused and incoherent that he suggested Obama was his opponent in 2024, also suggested he beat Obama in 2016 & seemed to think we were on the verge of Word War 2.
I can only imagine the headlines if 80-yr-old Biden had said this. 🤷🏽♂️
Trump: As you know, crooked Joe Biden & the radical left thugs who have weaponized law enforcement to arrest their leading political opponent that leading by a lot, incl Obama...
"In frantic last-min attempt to derail trial that threatens to destroy #Trump’s corp empire, TFG lawyers turned heat on judge overseeing this case—by suing him directly
@GottaLaff@tersenurse I think it’s noteworthy that this closely follows news that his so-called lawyer Alina Habba failed to request a jury trial by the deadline so that Judge Engoron will be solely deciding the fate of the #TrumpCrimeFamily and #TrumpOrg
NBC press release: “This Sunday, Sept. 17 on NBC, the inaugural broadcast of Meet the Press with #KristenWelker will feature an exclusive interview with Donald Trump. The pretaped interview will take place Thursday in Bedminster, N.J. and will be Trump’s first broadcast network interview since leaving office.” #MeetThePress#ChuckTodd#USPol#Trump#MSNBC#NBC#News