Nancy Pelosi, Democratic lawmakers visit Zelensky in Kyiv

Nancy Pelosi, Democratic lawmakers visit Zelensky in Kyiv

Source: Washington Post

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made an unannounced visit to Kyiv along with Democratic lawmakers and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

In a video posted by Zelensky on Sunday, Pelosi could be seen walking with the Ukrainian leader on the streets with lawmakers, including Reps. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), Jim McGovern (Mass.), Gregory W. Meeks (N.Y.) and Jason Crow (Colo.). “We are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom. … Your fight is a fight for everyone,” Pelosi told Zelensky. “So our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done.”

The trip had not been publicized before Zelensky shared visuals on Sunday, with a caption praising the United States for being a leader in support of Ukraine. “Thank you for helping to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our state!” he wrote on Twitter.

The visit came as civilian evacuations from a Mariupol steel plant that has been the last base for Ukrainian fighters in the besieged port city were expected to continue Sunday, after a group of about 20 women and children were allowed to leave under a cease-fire that began Saturday. Ukrainian officials think up to 1,000 people have taken shelter at the complex, which has been pummeled by Russian strikes in the Kremlin’s bid to secure Mariupol, an industrial center on the Sea of Azov that is seen as a strategic prize for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/01/russia-ukraine-war-news-putin-live-updates/

Speaker Pelosi, Schiff, Meeks McGovern and Crow visit Ukraine

Russia loses yet another general

Ghost of Kyiv dies in battle 'after shooting down 40 Russian aircraft'

An amazing hero has died
https://twitter.com/larisamlbrown/status/1520066741853949954
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ghost-of-kyiv-who-shot-down-more-than-40-russian-aircraft-dies-in-battle-q3sq0hztx

Hearing in Alex Jones bankruptcy case

One of the Texas cases was supposed to be in trial this week. The Jones bankruptcy attorneys remove the case to the Western District of Texas and moved the Connecticut case to a bankruptcy court in Connecticut. Right now, this mess is in three different bankruptcy courts which is nuts unless the goal is to slow things down. Both the Connecticut. and Texas plaintiffs have filed to send the case back to the state trial courts. I read the brief from the Texas plaintiffs, and they had fun pointing out the Texas courts have sanctioned Jones $1.3 million for discovery abuse, producing child porn as part of the discovery, threatening the plaintiff attorneys and lying to the court. Jones has gone through 10 sets of lawyers in the Texas case and the only attorneys currently of record are two weak criminal defense lawyers.

Both sets of plaintiffs have filed motions to dismiss the bankruptcy. Each motion was well done and Juanita Jean's son, Mark Bankston's, brief had fun pointing out that Jones has been fined $1.3 million for refusing to comply with the same disclosure requirements that Jones would have to comply with if he was a debtor in a Chapter 11. In addition, the US Trustee filed a very strong brief urging the court to dismiss this bankruptcy because it is in bad faith and misuse of bankruptcy for a tactical advantage. The judge seemed to like this brief.

I was able to get home from the office in time to hear the bankruptcy hearing. The judge let everyone speak their mind. The attorneys for Jones and the debtors kept on saying that if Jones is in a chapter 11, his show would be cancelled. Given that Jones is not on YouTube, twitter, Facebook or any other social media platform I have trouble seeing how this can happen. Again, Jones does not want to make the disclosures that he would have to make if he was a debtor in a Chapter 11.

One Jones attorney would not shut up and spoke for over 25 minutes and the hearing was an hour and five minutes. Jones wanted the court to appoint two trustees for the settlement trust today, but the Plaintiffs objected and got the court to consider the motions to dismiss. For purposes of appeal, the judge is going to hold a hearing on the motions to dismiss set out to give everyone time to file briefs. If the judge ruled today, there would be grounds for appeal. My setting the hearing over 21 days from the filing of the US Trustee motion, this removes one ground for appeal. This was to me a hint that the judge liked the US Trustee motion and brief.

Here is the setting of the nest hearing.
https://twitter.com/RealKellyJones/status/1520144508972896256
The hearing was on both a telephone line and a video link where some Jones supporters were being assholes
https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1520141113054703617
If anyone wants to watch the hearing, here is the information

https://twitter.com/RealKellyJones/status/1520149469119062017

The fact that the judge set the hearing for the motion to dismiss first is a good thing. The hearing on the appointment of trustees and the approval of a one-sided trust agreement is set later.

Hearing in Alex Jones bankruptcy case

One of the Texas cases was supposed to be in trial this week. The Jones bankruptcy attorneys remove the case to the Western District of Texas and moved the Connecticut case to a bankruptcy court in Connecticut. Right now, this mess is in three different bankruptcy courts which is nuts unless the goal is to slow things down. Both the Connecticut. and Texas plaintiffs have filed to send the case back to the state trial courts. I read the brief from the Texas plaintiffs, and they had fun pointing out the Texas courts have sanctioned Jones $1.3 million for discovery abuse, producing child porn as part of the discovery, threatening the plaintiff attorneys and lying to the court. Jones has gone through 10 sets of lawyers in the Texas case and the only attorneys currently of record are two weak criminal defense lawyers.

Both sets of plaintiffs have filed motions to dismiss the bankruptcy. Each motion was well done and Juanita Jean's son, Mark Bankston's, brief had fun pointing out that Jones has been fined $1.3 million for refusing to comply with the same disclosure requirements that Jones would have to comply with if he was a debtor in a Chapter 11. In addition, the US Trustee filed a very strong brief urging the court to dismiss this bankruptcy because it is in bad faith and misuse of bankruptcy for a tactical advantage. The judge seemed to like this brief.

I was able to get home from the office in time to hear the bankruptcy hearing. The judge let everyone speak their mind. The attorneys for Jones and the debtors kept on saying that if Jones is in a chapter 11, his show would be cancelled. Given that Jones is not on YouTube, twitter, Facebook or any other social media platform I have trouble seeing how this can happen. Again, Jones does not want to make the disclosures that he would have to make if he was a debtor in a Chapter 11.

One Jones attorney would not shut up and spoke for over 25 minutes and the hearing was an hour and five minutes. Jones wanted the court to appoint two trustees for the settlement trust today, but the Plaintiffs objected and got the court to consider the motions to dismiss. For purposes of appeal, the judge is going to hold a hearing on the motions to dismiss set out to give everyone time to file briefs. If the judge ruled today, there would be grounds for appeal. My setting the hearing over 21 days from the filing of the US Trustee motion, this removes one ground for appeal. This was to me a hint that the judge liked the US Trustee motion and brief.

Here is the setting of the nest hearing.
https://twitter.com/RealKellyJones/status/1520144508972896256
The hearing was on both a telephone line and a video link where some Jones supporters were being assholes
https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1520141113054703617
If anyone wants to watch the hearing, here is the information

https://twitter.com/RealKellyJones/status/1520149469119062017

The fact that the judge set the hearing for the motion to dismiss first is a good thing. The hearing on the appointment of trustees and the approval of a one-sided trust agreement is set later.

Hearing in Alex Jones bankruptcy case

One of the Texas cases was supposed to be in trial this week. The Jones bankruptcy attorneys remove the case to the Western District of Texas and moved the Connecticut case to a bankruptcy court in Connecticut. Right now, this mess is in three different bankruptcy courts which is nuts unless the goal is to slow things down. Both the Connecticut. and Texas plaintiffs have filed to send the case back to the state trial courts. I read the brief from the Texas plaintiffs, and they had fun pointing out the Texas courts have sanctioned Jones $1.3 million for discovery abuse, producing child porn as part of the discovery, threatening the plaintiff attorneys and lying to the court. Jones has gone through 10 sets of lawyers in the Texas case and the only attorneys currently of record are two weak criminal defense lawyers.

Both sets of plaintiffs have filed motions to dismiss the bankruptcy. Each motion was well done and Juanita Jean's son, Mark Bankston's, brief had fun pointing out that Jones has been fined $1.3 million for refusing to comply with the same disclosure requirements that Jones would have to comply with if he was a debtor in a Chapter 11. In addition, the US Trustee filed a very strong brief urging the court to dismiss this bankruptcy because it is in bad faith and misuse of bankruptcy for a tactical advantage. The judge seemed to like this brief.

I was able to get home from the office in time to hear the bankruptcy hearing. The judge let everyone speak their mind. The attorneys for Jones and the debtors kept on saying that if Jones is in a chapter 11, his show would be cancelled. Given that Jones is not on YouTube, twitter, Facebook or any other social media platform I have trouble seeing how this can happen. Again, Jones does not want to make the disclosures that he would have to make if he was a debtor in a Chapter 11.

One Jones attorney would not shut up and spoke for over 25 minutes and the hearing was an hour and five minutes. Jones wanted the court to appoint two trustees for the settlement trust today, but the Plaintiffs objected and got the court to consider the motions to dismiss. For purposes of appeal, the judge is going to hold a hearing on the motions to dismiss set out to give everyone time to file briefs. If the judge ruled today, there would be grounds for appeal. My setting the hearing over 21 days from the filing of the US Trustee motion, this removes one ground for appeal. This was to me a hint that the judge liked the US Trustee motion and brief.

Here is the setting of the nest hearing.
https://twitter.com/RealKellyJones/status/1520144508972896256
The hearing was on both a telephone line and a video link where some Jones supporters were being assholes
https://twitter.com/joshgerstein/status/1520141113054703617
If anyone wants to watch the hearing, here is the information

https://twitter.com/RealKellyJones/status/1520149469119062017

The fact that the judge set the hearing for the motion to dismiss first is a good thing. The hearing on the appointment of trustees and the approval of a one-sided trust agreement is set later.

Today is Willie Nelson's birthday. He turns 89.

Today is Willie Nelson's birthday. He turns 89.