May 19, 2020

DISTRACTION! - by Randy Rainbow

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May 19, 2020

Judge Deals Setback to Trump Family: Ugly Pyramid Scheme Lawsuit Likely to Unfold in Public

A federal judge sitting in the Southern District of New York has refused to stay a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, and the Trump Corporation committed “various business torts,” including engaging in an illegal pyramid scheme.

The complicated and anonymous class action lawsuit, filed by a Jane Doe and others, resulted in motions to stay the proceedings and interlocutory appeals by the Trumps, the Trump Corporation, and a third party called ACN Opportunity, LLC. ACN was ordered to produce documents relevant to the claims. Interlocutory appeals are appeals to higher courts filed in the midst, rather than at the conclusion, of lower court litigation.

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The lawsuit, originally filed in Oct. 2018 as an anti-“racketeering enterprise” action, was later streamlined. The class sued on various state and federal charges–including “racketeering and conspiracy to racketeer” claims. The two federal claims were dismissed by the court after the Trump family filed for a broad dismissal in January 2019. But the case is yet living.

The class action plaintiffs allege that the Trump family business promoted a multi-level marketing, or pyramid, scheme known as ACN Opportunity, LLC. ACN, the plaintiffs said, was a “get-rich-quick scheme” that relied on Trump and his family “conn[ing] each of these victims into giving up hundreds or thousands of dollars,” in violation of various state laws:

the rest:
https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/judge-deals-setback-to-trump-family-ugly-pyramid-scheme-lawsuit-likely-to-unfold-in-public/

May 18, 2020

"I'm taking hydroxychloroquine" simply means the Pompeo-Saudi scandal has some real legs to it.

https://twitter.com/tomwatson/status/1262499851520131072?s=20

May 18, 2020

SIDE EFFECTS: blurred vision, bleeding, confusion, unusual thoughts or behavior, seizures

https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1262484290610356224?s=20

May 18, 2020

Cavuto on Fox re -Trump taking hydroxychloroquine: "I cannot stress enough. This will kill you."

The announcement horrified Fox News host Neil Cavuto, who emphasized to his viewers that this was a dangerous idea.

“If you are in a risky population here, and you are taking this as a preventative treatment … it will kill you,” said Cavuto. “I cannot stress enough. This will kill you.”

https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/1262485814363160582?s=20
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/it-will-kill-you-fox-news-host-stunned-by-trumps-boast-hell-take-discredited-coronavirus-treatment/

May 18, 2020

WOW - Trump revealed he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for several weeks,

Trump says he's talking hydroxychloroquine "right now." He says he started "a couple weeks ago." He explains, "Because I think it's good. I've heard a lot of good stories."

VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=4eOkrB7s8Ek&feature=emb_logo

https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1262479492829847553?s=20
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1262480907681902598?s=20
https://twitter.com/charlesornstein/status/1262480369636573185?s=20

May 18, 2020

President Trump felt so strongly about snubbing WHO that he ceded the stage to Xi.

Xi accepted the invitation. China's president delivered a virtual speech in which he pledged $2 billion in coronavirus aid to the worldwide response. Other world leaders who addressed today's gathering included Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.

https://twitter.com/margarettalev/status/1262455813895000068?s=20

May 18, 2020

NEW YORKER: This week's cover, "Natural Ability," by Barry Blitt:

In March, President Trump theorized that he might have a “natural ability” for medical science. The magazine’s latest cover, by Barry Blitt, explores that possibility.

https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1262372895914934274?s=20

May 18, 2020

"Obamagate" must really be a nothing-burger: "Barr Does Not Expect Probe Into Obama or Biden"

“Attorney General William Barr said that he did not expect the prosecutor he handpicked to review the 2016 FBI investigation into President Trump’s campaign would investigate former president Barack Obama or former vice president Joe Biden — an assertion that is likely to dismay Trump and his conservative allies,” the Washington Post reports.



https://politicalwire.com/2020/05/18/barr-does-not-expect-probe-into-obama-or-biden/

May 18, 2020

Those Who Fail to Learn From History Are Doomed to Repeat It

mr pete & i have been locked up together for 2 months and plans are to stay put. This is our 50th year together and we intend to get through 2020 alive. We miss our family - other than that, we are good.