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kpete's Journal"I'm sincerely not asking you to take sides, but asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment."
The president also struck a serious note, urging the media to stayed focused on the implications of November’s election. “I’m sincerely not asking you to take sides,” he said. “I’m asking you to rise up to the seriousness of the moment. Move past the horse-race numbers and the gotcha moments, and the distractions, the sideshows that have come to dominate and sensationalise our politics and focus on what’s actually at stake.
https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1784410580805173642
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/28/stormy-weather-biden-skewers-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner
Doonesbury: For the voter who would rather get the news from editorial cartoonists.
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https://twitter.com/DoonesburyComic/status/1784530028824240635
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2024/04/morning_0582475801.html#comment-6446391687
From Charles Pierce's weekly newsletter: What the hell are we doing?
These citizens were rousted by warrior cops for the crime of sleeping in an alleyway? They were bloodied to the point of requiring that city crews were called in to wash the blood off the walls for the offense of being asleep in the wrong place at 1:38 in the morning. And this scene has been repeated, on one campus or another, all across the country. A protest movement again has encountered the warrior-cop mentality, to use Corey Robin’s useful phrase. Senators and mayors and pundits and the Speaker of the House of Representatives have called for ladling the National Guard on top of the riot squads. And what is the cause of this? A foreign policy issue regarding something our well-armed ally is doing far from our shores, where mass graves are now being discovered. Propaganda and disinformation abound. And now we’re unleashing the brutal power of modern law-enforcement—and, possibly, armed troops—against our fellow citizens on one side of the issue. Jesus.
https://www.eschatonblog.com/2024/04/unlearning.html#comment-6445784327
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Peak white fragility for the generation who grew up in the Civil Rights Era.
https://liberalsarecool.com/post/748875648915980288/peak-white-fragility-for-the-generation-who-grew
David Pecker gave prosecutors just what they were looking for in Trump hush money testimony
He linked the “catch and kill” agreements to Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign...................
David Pecker, a key witness in the Manhattan trial, testified that he agreed to execute “catch and kill” deals expressly in service of helping Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign — a plot that prosecutors have labeled a conspiracy to illegally influence the election.
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“Was your principle purpose in entering into the agreement with Karen McDougal to suppress her story so as to prevent it from influencing the election?” prosecutor Joshua Steinglass asked him.
“Yes, it was,” Pecker replied.
When the Wall Street Journal inquired about the deal, Pecker authorized his company to lie about it. Asked why, Pecker said: “I wanted to protect my company, I wanted to protect myself and I wanted, also, to protect Donald Trump.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/25/trump-trial-david-pecker-testimony-00154517
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1783905169672990851
Trump claims he would be with Melania for her birthday but he has to be in court
Someone should ask him who he was married to when he paid the hush money at the heart of this trial to 2 women with whom he had affairs.
Trump claims he would be with Melania for her birthday but he has to be in court
https://x.com/briantylercohen/status/1783856039185563859
When this photo was taken at the White House in July 2017, Pecker said, Trump asked him: "How's Karen [McDougal] doing?"
Will Trump's lawyer try to undermine it on cross-ex today? Follow along to find out. 🧵
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Here are the reasons why Brett Kavanaugh's claim to be concerned about Morrison v. Olson are bullshit.
After all, contrary to the demands of many, Merrick Garland didn’t appoint a Special Counsel until Trump declared himself a candidate. By that point, hundreds of people had already been charged under 18 USC 1512(c)(2) and DOJ was at least four months into Executive Privilege fights over testimony from Mike Pence’s aides and Trump’s White House counsel. Jack Smith was appointed nine months after Lisa Monaco publicly confirmed that DOJ was investigating the fake electors and six months after overt subpoenas focused on the scheme came out (to say nothing of the treatment of Rudy Giuliani’s phones starting a year earlier).
This is not a Morrison v. Olson issue.
Rather, Kavanaugh is using his well-established hatred for Morrison v. Olson to complain that Trump was investigated at all — and that, after such time that a conflict arose, Garland appointed a non-partisan figure to head the already mature investigation.
It was one of many examples yesterday where the aggrieved white men on the court vomited up false claims made by Trump.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/04/26/brett-kavanaugh-thinks-that-jack-smith-is-as-crazy-as-ken-starr-was/
The courthouse is open to the public. The park outside is easily accessible.
Again, the courthouse is open the public. The park outside, where a handful of his supporters have gathered on trials days, is easily accessible.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1783852710674018693
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Admits To Shooting Her Own Dog
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a frontrunner to be named as Donald Trump's running mate, admitted to killing her family dog for misbehavior.“I hated that dog,” Noem wrote, adding that the 14-month-old wirehair pointer was “dangerous to anyone she came in contact with” and “less than worthless … as a hunting dog”.
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As detailed in an article by The Guardian, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, a prominent contender for Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nomination, has ignited controversy with her latest book, “No Going Back: The Truth on What’s Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward.” In the book, Noem shares personal stories from her life in South Dakota, including her decision to shoot her aggressive dog, Cricket, as well as a troublesome family goat.
The book describes a disturbing day during the hunting season that ended fatally for both animals. Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehair pointer known for her “aggressive personality,” disrupted a pheasant hunt with uncontrollable excitement, later wreaking havoc by attacking a local family’s chickens. Noem narrates that the situation escalated to the point where she felt compelled to take drastic measures, leading her to shoot the dog in a gravel pit.
The narrative takes a grimmer turn as Noem recounts dealing with a family goat that had become a nuisance due to its aggressive behavior and offensive smell. After an unsuccessful first attempt, Noem, similar to her action with Cricket, took the goat to the same gravel pit to end its life, an act witnessed unexpectedly by a construction crew and her children’s school bus.
Governor Noem uses these grim stories to underscore a theme of her book: her readiness to perform “difficult, messy, and ugly” tasks that she deems necessary, reflecting her ethos in both her political and personal life. These stark admissions serve as illustrations of her uncompromising nature and her willingness to make tough decisions, characteristics she evidently values.
https://theintellectualist.com/south-dakota-governor-kristi-noem-admits-to-shooting-her-own-dog/
https://twitter.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1783832497643495605
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