Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Trials Begin in New York

But first a Key Bridge update. At PJM, Matt Margolis reports FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Into Collapse of Francis Scott Key Bridge. I suppose it's worth looking at, but I worry about the unnecessary criminalization of accidents. The Balmer Sun reports The biggest Key Bridge section yet was pulled from the Patapsco River this weekend. Here’s how and Body of fourth person killed in Key Bridge collapse recovered Sunday. Two to go.

Of course, The big story, aside from Joe Biden's ongoing fuckup in the the Mid-East is the start of Alvin Bragg's trial in New York City, for the alleged felonies of mislabeling a payment to Stormy Daniels in business ledgers, turning expired misdemeanors (at best) into felonies by invoking Federal election law, which the DOJ and the FEC had already declined to prosecute. The Democrat-donating Judge Merchant, whose wife and daughter both work in the Democrat election establishment, ruled that Trump must attend each day of the trial or be arrested, thus making it very difficult to campaign (or do much else for that matter. 

Fox, Trump's hush money payment trial gets underway as jury selection begins. From PM,  What charges, punishments Donald Trump is facing in Alvin Bragg's case against him, set to start April 15 From WaEx, Trump won’t get a ‘fair jury’ in New York: Former acting attorney general. MD Kittle at Da Fed, Alvin Bragg Kicks Off Another Frenzied Lawfare Trial With Weakest Case Against Trump Yet. Hat Hair's Dave Strom Yet Another Bogus Trump Trial Begins Today, Helping Trump. At HE, Democrats' legal arrogance is turning Trump into the favorite. From Paul at the Ops Desk, Alvin Bragg's Trump Case - A Primer, "All you need to know about the left's latest -- and lamest -- lawfare". Jonathan Turley shows his disdain for the process at NYPo, A serial perjurer will try to prove an old misdemeanor against Trump in an embarrassment for the New York legal system. "In his "Statement of Facts" undergirding the case, Bragg relies on a jury believing that Donald Trump stole the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton by lying about his alleged affairs." At PJM, Stephen Kruiser While Biden's World Burns, Dems Froth Over Trump's Kangaroo Trials and Vicky Taft, Here's the REAL Reason the Soros-Bought NYC Prosecutor Put Trump on Trial. Try Not to Laugh. At NewsBusters, STUDY: At Least 90% of TV News Fails to Call Trump Prosecutors ‘Democrats’. Atlhouse, "Right now, Steinglass, the prosecutor, is doing a lengthy recounting of Trump's comments on the infamous Access Hollywood tape." ""There is no new information there, but Trump is listening as his own words about grabbing women’s genitals are recounted.... Trump, listening to a tape of himself from fall 2016 in which he says no one has more respect for women than he, mouths: 'True.'" I'm following "Live Updates: Trump Trial Poised to Begin, a Criminal Case Without Precedent/Jury selection is set to start as Donald J. Trump faces charges he faked business records to cover up a sex scandal before winning the presidency. The judge declined Mr. Trump’s request to recuse himself" (NYT)." And "Unlike nearly every other state, New York does not allow cameras in the courtroom and also prohibits audio recordings..."  Laura Loomer@LauraLoomer, "In the courtroom just now, Judge Merchan just told President Trump that he will be arrested if he doesn’t show up for trial every day. The trial is expected to be 6-8 weeks long. This is blatant ELECTION INTERFERENCE!" Simon Ateba@simonateba "BREAKING: Heartbroken Trump writes, "Who will explain for me, to my wonderful son, Barron, who is a GREAT Student at a fantastic School, that his Dad will likely not be allowed to attend his Graduation Ceremony, something that we have been talking about for years, because a seriously Conflicted and Corrupt New York State Judge wants me in Criminal Court on a bogus “Biden Case” which, according to virtually all Legal Scholars and Pundits, has no merit, and should NEVER have been brought." Simon Ateba@simonateba, "JUST IN: Trump writes, "In Addition to being prohibited from attending my son Barron’s High School Graduation, I have just learned that the highly biased Judge in the Soros “appointed” D.A. Alvin Bragg’s Witch Hunt Case, will not allow me to attend the historic PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY argument in front of The United States Supreme Court, on Thursday, April 25th (next week!). This shows such great disdain and disrespect for our Nation’s Highest Court, especially for a topic so important as Presidential Immunity, without which our Country would never be the same!""

Mike LaChance at LI reminds us The Biden Administration Gave Iran Billions in New Sanctions Relief Exactly One Month Ago. From Breitbart, Biden Let U.N. Sanctions on Iran Missiles Expire Before Unprecedented Israel Attack. At Hat Hair, Dave Strom wonders Are We Already in World War III? CJ disses The “Don’t” Doctrine "Saturday’s attack on Israel has laid bare the failure of Biden’s strategy of pressure on allies and meekness toward Iran." Dan Greenfield at Front Page says Launched from Iran, Made in America "Biden’s complicity in the attack on Israel from beginning to end. Cutie Pavlich at TownHall, notes Biden Tells Massive Lie in Latest Statement on Iran Attack "There's one massive problem and it's in the first sentence: "Earlier today, Iran—and its proxies operating out of Yemen, Syria and Iraq—launched an unprecedented air attack against military facilities in Israel." Iran didn't simply target Israeli military sites. They targeted civilians, Israelis and Americans, living in all parts of the country." At Da Wire, Biden To Netanyahu: U.S. Will Not Back Counterstrike Against Iran and  Fetterman Blasts Biden For ‘Not Standing Firmly With Israel’: ‘I Don’t Agree With The President’.  Hat Hair's KT, John Kirby Blames Trump for Iran's Attack on Israel. That's fair. I blame Carter, who initiated the whole Iran problem by turning his back on the Shah, who wasn't perfect, but was far better than the Mullahs. Matt Margolis says Ouch: These Biden Tweets About Trump and Iran Aged Poorly and Trump Warned We Were on the Brink of WWIII Under Joe Biden, and He’s Been Proven Right. Insty at his NYPo gig says Biden’s Middle East policy is beyond parody.

From the Free Bacon, Biden's Stutter Is Core to His Identity. His Account of the Moment He Overcame It Doesn’t Add Up. "Biden suffered from a childhood stutter, but the details of how he kicked it have been called into question over the years." Or Biden lied again, in another story to make himself look smarter than he really is. Sarah at Insty, REMEMBER WHEN DEMOCRATS JUMPED ALL OVER REAGAN FOR BEING ‘SENILE’? GOOD TIMES, GOOD TIMES: Biden cheat sheet for Iraq PM meeting caught on camera — including instructions to ‘pause’. Nick Arama at Red State, Biden Gets Caught on Camera With Embarrassingly Detailed Cheat Sheet.The Great Victor Davis Hanson at Am Great, Gaming The 2024 Campaign "Will Biden’s feebleness still earn him sympathy? Or will it devolve to the point that the public concludes that Joe Biden would not be able to keep any job in America—except the U.S. Presidency?"

Jake Smith at Da Caller thinks Biden’s Newest Potential Executive Order For Border Crisis Doesn’t Hold Water, Experts Say: ‘All For Show’. Hat Hair's KT, Biden Quietly Expands 'Temporary' Amnesty to 1.2 Million Foreign Nationals. At mrcTV, ARRESTED!!! Brazilian Nat'l with 10 Charges of Child Rape Released by Mass. Court Detained...Again. 'Fuzzy Slippers' at LI reports Denver To Defund Police To The Tune Of $8.4 Million In Order To Pay For Illegal Aliens. “Denver became the top destination per capita for incoming illegal aliens in 2023, having had more than 40,000 arrive that year alone.” I&I does the math, Are Illegal Immigrants Really Keeping The U.S. Economy Afloat? Nope.

Also at I&I, Biden Bombs His Own Country. At Hat Hair, Steve Moore, hears Biden's Economic Message: I Don't Feel Your Pain. Leslie Eastman at LI is amused by “McFlation” = California’s New Minimum Wage plus “Bidenflation.” "$25 McDonald’s Order Inspires Epic Video Rant."

Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair VIP, Lefties: It's 'Shady' if Biden Isn't On the Ballot. Sauce for the goose. At Am Great Ben Weingarten worries about How Taxpayers Will Heavily Subsidize Democrat Boots on the Ground This Election. JT Young at Da Fed considers the question Is Trump Riding A Realignment Wave?

John Davidson at Da Fed asserts FISA Reform Failed Because The Whole Point Of Section 702 Is To Spy On Americans. At Am Think, Patricia McCarthy thinks The Deep State and the Biden regime are at war against the American people. Debby Saunders at Am Spec House Votes Against the FBI and Intelligence Community "Many in Congress see that those serving the public often act as if they own the government." Patrick Webb@RealPatrickWebb, "BREAKING: The CIA is interfering in a FOIA request, denying records linked to Hillary Clinton’s campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann's plot to frame Trump in Alfa Bank hoax, as an attempt to protect former CIA director John Brennan’s aide Carolina Krass, who is now at the Department of Defense." At Am Con, Schedule F Won’t Tame the Deep State "There is no magic button. Trump would have to go further than even allies assume."

Da Caller, Supreme Court To Weigh Case That Could Upend Hundreds Of Jan. 6 Prosecutions

mrcTV reports on the ‘They/Them’ with Antifa Links Arrested Over Bombing at Alabama AG’s Office.

Virginia Kruta at Da Wire reports NPR’s New CEO Scolds 25-Year Veteran For ExposĂ© Outing Network’s Bias. Insty, NPR’S LURCH TO THE LEFT.  WaT also reports on NPR’s lurch to the left. "Ultra-liberal shock troops have served the progressive cause slavishly since 2016."  Ace, NPR CEO AWFL Doubles Down on the Intense Regime Bias at the State Media Company; In Past Tweets, She Declared Trump a "Racist". "Last week, an editor at NPR, who is still employed there, blasted the state media propaganda outlet for its intense partisanship and routine publication of disinformation, without later retraction or apologies." At Hollywood in Toto, New NPR CEO Dubbed Bill Maher ‘Racist Bigot’ "Katherine Maher's old Tweets are coming back to haunt her in a huge way." At Twitchy, Christopher Rufo Goes Through New NPR CEO's Amazingly Woke Twitter Timeline

From Da Wire, Congress Calls In Head Of Advertiser Coalition For Interview On Coordinated Targeting Of Conservative Outlets. Matt Vespa at TownHall notes Reporter Gets Bulldozed Over This Hot Take About the Hunter Biden Laptop Story. At Da Fed, Eddie Scarry observes New York Times Writer Doesn’t See Race— When The Alleged Criminal Is Black "A New York Times writer showed no interest in the race of men in New York randomly assaulting women, but she did care about the race of Rockettes."

At Althouse, They chant it before they know what it means. Then someone asks what it means. And they chant it again when they know what it means. The Free Press@TheFP "Anti-war activists in Chicago learn to chant “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” in Farsi. Read more from The FP’s @Olivia_Reingold: https://thefp.pub/4cYp5oU" At Da Mail, Palestine activists block Brooklyn Bridge, Golden Gate and roads to Chicago O'Hare airport in coordinated attempt to bring America to its knees.   Hat Hair's Beege Welborn sees Hamas Supporters Making New Friends, Influencing Evil at O'Hare, the Golden Gate Bridge, and NYC UPDATE but Dave Strom thinks It's Not the Protesters Blocking Road to O'Hare: It Is the Police, protecting the protestors. From The Telegraph, California is the homeland of progressive anti-Semitism, "Even Jewish progressives are waking up to the reality of anti-Semitic hate on the Left." Capt. Ed comments "I don't think anyone would challenge California's bona fides on producing anti-Semites, but I'd argue that this started at the Poison Ivies and spread out from there. Ivy League schools have a long tradition of anti-Semitism that moderated for a while during the Civil Rights Movement. But they have reverted to form with an almost literal vengeance these days, and the cultists they have produced over the last 60 years have seeded this new, virulent anti-Semitism throughout Academia." At Althouse, again, "According to FIRE Campus Advocacy Rights Director Alex Morey, under the First Amendment, Chemerinsky’s 3L dinner is considered a limited public forum..." "This is a situation where students have to recognize that yes, they have First Amendment rights, but they also know those rights come with certain specific limitations."

From the Hahvahd Crimson, Harvard Business School Prof. Gino Accused of Plagiarism Following Data Fraud Allegations. "Embattled Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino was accused of multiple counts of plagiarism in an analysis published in Science Magazine on Tuesday, claims that compound existing allegations of data misconduct against her. According to Science, Gino “borrowed text” from dozens of academic sources. The plagiarism allegations add to a growing number of academic fraud accusations against Gino, as well as recent scrutiny on the integrity of scholarly work produced by Harvard professors and affiliates."Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, Harry Jackson at Am Think think K–12 Public Schools’ Digital Policies Are Ripe for Persecuting Conservative Students Tom Knighton at TAW, Education can't be fixed until this is addressed "In short, girls perform better than boys. They have higher GPAs and while boys tend to do better on standardized tests like the SAT than girls, that advantage is shrinking—to say nothing of becoming meaningless as more schools stop using the SAT altogether. Further, more girls are enrolling and completing college than boys."

Vicky Taft at PJM echoes Women Olympians Object to Nike's REVEALING Uniforms "As one person noted about this year's uniform, "I hope [U.S. Olympics officials] is paying for the bikini waxes." Yes, well."

At Breitbart, a VIDEO: Trans High School Runner Finishes 2nd Among Girls, Would Have Finished Near the Bottom of Boys Division. In Oregon. From Spiked, Why the trans lobby is so allergic to debate. "The meltdown over the Cass Review confirms how brittle and tyrannical the trans movement has become."

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Super Extra Double-Scoop Post-Tax Day Leather Edition and FMJRA 2.0: Home For Tax Day up for your digital amusement at The Other McCain.

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