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‘Conspiracy theorist’ Max Azzarello dead after setting himself on fire across from Trump trial in NYC
By Joe Marino and David Propper Published April 19, 2024, 11:21 p.m. ET
Troubled “conspiracy theorist” Max Azzarello died Friday night hours after he set himself on fire in a Manhattan park across the street from former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, police said.
The 37-year-old Florida man succumbed to the severe burns he suffered following the sickening self-immolation inside Collect Pond Park.
He threw a stack of pamphlets in the air, including a link to a Substack newsletter, before he poured fuel on his body and ignited a lighter in front of horrified witnesses.
The self-described “investigative researcher” traveled to New York City in recent days from Florida without his family knowing and had been protesting in front of the courthouse where he bashed political leaders from both sides of the aisle.
“This extreme act of protest is to draw attention to an urgent and important discovery: We are victims of a totalitarian con, and our own government (along with many of their allies) is about to hit us with an apocalyptic fascist world coup,” Azzarello wrote in part of a rambling manifesto on the Substack page.
After the self-immolation, cops swarmed the area as an ambulance was close behind and he was brought to a nearby hospital’s burn unit in critical condition. But he died at around 10:30 p.m., police and sources said.
Azzarello was previously arrested three times across several days in the Sunshine State that included charges of disturbing the peace and damage to property last August.
Following his third arrest, Florida cops noted he was suicidal and listed him as unemployed, per police reports.
One witness who spoke to Azzarello and then minutes later saw him light himself on fire recalled the horrifying scene in an interview Friday.
“He was just standing there, and after a minute hit the ground. By the time the cops got there, all of the fuel had burnt off of his body, and you could see his skin,” 25-year-old start-up founder William Schoeffler said. “He didn’t make too much noise, he was very quiet. Pretty horrifying.”
https://nypost.com/2024/04/19/us-news/conspiracy-theorist-max-azzarello-dead-after-setting-himself-on-fire-across-from-trump-hush-money-trial/
Kunstler:
CLUSTERFUCK NATION – BLOGApril 19, 2024
Batshit Crazy America
“Look at what all these white patriarchs built. Without pay. In their spare time. Anonymously” — Jordan Peterson on “X”
Before the saints come marching in, the human archetypes strut down the avenue in their revealing regalia. Do you know why the archetypal batshit crazy women of the Democratic Party adore “Joe Biden?” I’ll tell you: because he represents perfectly and exactly the “patriarchy” they revile in his floridly comic senescence. “Joe Biden” is the patriarchy disabled, feeble, feckless, impotent, and reduced to inanity. He would be pitiful if the patriarchy itself were not so contemptible. This is exactly how the batshit crazy women want it to look.
Do you wonder why “progressive” (i.e. batshit crazy) elite class women seem so unperturbed about the conspicuous number of rapes committed by “newcomers,” as they style illegal border-jumpers these days, who are by an overwhelming percentage “military-age men”? Because, having functionally transformed the ranks of American men into eunuchs, they relish the arrival of so many wild and lustful fellows on the scene, as long as — post the imagined bodice-ripping exploits — they can be dominated and domesticated and turned into so many swimming pool cleaners and busboys to be ordered around.
Of course, much of that archetypal psychodrama is only played out in the batshit crazy mind of batshit crazy women; for the sake of decorum it is never acted-out. The lurid, shameful fantasies are instead displaced onto Donald Trump, the archetypal “Big Daddy” who so insolently evaded the castration shears of Hillary Clinton — with the help of Russian arch-rapist “Putin” — and keeps on coming at the batshit-crazy women like Jason Voorhees, the psycho-killer in the Friday the 13th horror series (Qu’est-ce que c’est, ladies?)
Proof of Mr. Trump’s rapey-ness has been finally and formally declared in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial. It’s certified, you see, though the trial itself was a joke of performative pretense. All you really need is a cast of characters, including the judge, Lewis Kaplan, who are sufficiently deranged and degenerate to carry out the performance.
New York State Attorney General Letitia James was up next to attempt the financial castration of Mr. Trump with an artfully concocted civil case that magically transformed a normal real estate transaction into a victimless fraud (say, what?), prompting the Rumpelstiltskin-like Judge Arthur Engoron to declare an unprecedented cash penalty of $354-million, designed to enable the confiscation and forced sale of Mr. Trump’s buildings.
That hasn’t quite worked yet, and may never work, given how appeals courts up to SCOTUS might view the malicious prosecution based on Ms. James’s repeated campaign promise to. . . pin something on Trump. Batshit crazy “progressives” have managed to not notice how inconsistent with American legal precedent this case was — because they held all the levers of power in New York State: governorship, legislature, and AG’s office, and their power to do whatever they liked was all that mattered.
For the moment Judge Juan Merchan presides over Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s fake case of 34 clerical misdemeanors (past the statute of limitations on them), repurposed as felonies committed for the intention of breaking some federal election law (unspecified). Last time I checked, county courts have no jurisdiction over federal law, most particularly unspecified federal law, which is to say no law at all. The question nobody has asked or answered is: what is the flaw in our system of jurisprudence that allows such an insane and preposterous case to play out so harmfully? I can only suppose that this is what happens when ethics and moral codes are brutally excised from the larger culture that law is but one part of.
It is the way of Homo sapiens that moral codes derive generally from the supervision of fathers in the upbringing of human young and, later on, as children develop into adults, these codes are archetypally re-enacted and enforced by men in the greater social matrix. Why? Because it requires a strong sense of boundaries. Boundaries are the essence of the “patriarchy.” Remove men from the scene, or castrate them politically, and you are sure to end up with a problem knowing right from wrong. We’re apparently subject now to the misrule of women with boundary problems who, for one reason or another, rebelled against Daddy and never got over it. It’s a peculiar irony — so far unexplicated by the hierophants of social theory — that the more affluent and successful Daddy was, the more he was hated for it by his female offspring.
The result of all that is the Democratic Party of our time as run by the batshit crazy women, fearful of sex and its consequence (babies), paradoxically subject to biological promptings and unable to find suitable mates among the men they’ve turned into eunuchs of one sort or another; resentful of the dull managerial jobs that have replaced the anathematized “jobs” of motherhood; filled with rage and revenge fantasies which, because of their boundary problems, have now extended to willing the destruction of our country. It’s an uninviting view of what’s happened to us, but there it is, like so much meat on the table.
https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/batshit-crazy-america/
Max Azzarello who set himself on fire outside Trump trial stuck tongue out in mugshot, was ‘suicidal’ when arrested: records
By Jennie Taer Published April 19, 2024, 6:05 p.m. ET
Ya got yer bases covered. I should have known.
Enjoy your bread.
The timer just went off. Time for me to put supper together.
Take care.
Your guess is as good as mine.
Going to be an interesting story...
until something else that's nuttier happens.
For sure. They are inside in paper cups right now, with transplant outside later when they get big and strong. They're just baby sprouts right now. Hey, sniff sniff, what's that, OH YEAH, it's homemade bread baking, hee hee hee
Good work, Farmer Flo-zee.
Here's to a bountiful growing season.
Watch out for those early spring frosts.
We're due for a few starting this weekend I believe.
So, which side was he on?
Funny you should say that because you go to hell for committing suicide, it's a sin
On a lighter note, I got greenage, my cherry tomato plants sprouted, woo hoo
An excerpt from the WSJ...
... Investigators were combing through his social-media accounts and believe he harbored conspiracy theories, according to the officials.
Before lighting himself on fire, Azzarello walked into the park, took colorful pamphlets out of a knapsack and threw them into the air, according to officials and eyewitnesses. The officials said the pamphlets contained conspiracy-based writings, including alleged Ponzi schemes and how local educational institutes were tied to the mob.
Officials said Azzarello was in a part of the park that was open to the public but that they were reassessing security around the courthouse.
“We’re very concerned,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said. “Of course we’re going to look at everything with the magnitude of what’s going on around right here.”
Julie Berman, a Manhattan resident, said she saw Azzarello with two signs—one about a Ponzi scheme and the other about President Biden and Trump being in cahoots together. Azzarello told her to get away, she said.
“I guess he thought I was going to stop him. It didn’t occur to me to stop him,” she said. “It happened so fast.”
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-trump-hush-money-trial-abddf572?mod=hp_lead_pos6
No kidding. Remember the Buddhist monks who set themselves on fire in Vietnam?
No way in hell would I chose that way to go.
Stay safe, Flo-zee.
Wowza, was just catching up, what a way to go.
Hmmm. He should have sat on the Wall Street Bronze Bull and fired up there.
Crazier and crazier as the world turns.
In the news conference they said the pamphlets the guy slung were not political, but rather financial system conspiracy propaganda.
lol... No.
Probably a moot point anyway. I suspect he may not survive his injuries.
Care to expand on this?
Thanks, K2. Just happy hour for now. I don't see myself paying IHUB anymore, for now anyway.
Hope all is well. The world sure is falling apart, never thought I'd see what we're seeing.
It's unreal.
Thanks, Gmenfan. Damn politicians caused the problem.
Let them reap the rewards.
Hey, cap! Welcome home. Here's to Happy Hour.
You beat me to the story.
Maybe he was the lone Biden supporter in the state.
Probably not.
Let's go Brandon is right and the same to all the RINOS!
Here's the latest, possh. He's from St. Augustine FL and had pamphlets with him. No word on the content of the pamphlets.
Hmmmm... St Augustine, eh? Wonder how he was planning to vote.
AN HOUR AGO
What we know after NYPD presser on man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial
By Christopher Scarglato
NYPD offered details on the man who set himself on fire outside former President Donald Trump's "hush money" trial in NYC.
NYPD's Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said the man wandered into the park, threw out multiple pamphlets and lit himself on fire.
He later fell on an NYPD barricade.
He is currently in the burn unit in critical condition at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Maxwell Azzarello, the man who burned himself, is from St. Augustine, Florida.
He arrived in the New York City earlier in the week, said Joe Kenny, the NYPD's chief of detectives.
Kenny called the incident "propaganda"-based, and Azzarello, 37, reportedly didn't say anything before lighting himself on fire.
Officials also notified Azzarello's family about the incident.
"We're very concerned," Maddrey said. "This man did not breach security protocols."
Maddrey added that officials will plan on having ample security following the incident.
“No one knew this guy was going to light himself on fire,” said Tarik Sheppard, NYPD deputy commissioner of public information.
Sheppard added that everyone inside Trump's trial is aware of the incident.
https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/trumps-hush-money-nyc-trial-live-updates-photos-and-analysis-from-jury-selection/
I like your squatters rights idea!! See if the local justice officials would have the squatters removed!
Figures, the guy was from Florida.
He is still alive in critical condition.
According to the press conference on now.
If you, or anyone else figures this out, let me know.
Either way, you have to be past GONE to do something like this.
RIP.
Funny... the lib trolls in the NY Post comment section assume the guy was a Maga.
These days, the truth is dependent on your POV.
I agree, it would have been more humane to let him burn.
His rescuers, should he live, just sentenced him to a fate worse than death.
Liberalism is a mental disease. This TDS is an extreme case.
Good grief. If the guy's lucky, he's dead.
Wonder what was behind that act of insanity.
Crazier and crazier... this world of ours.
Man sets himself on fire outside Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial in NYC >
https://nypost.com/2024/04/19/us-news/man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-trumps-hush-money-trial-in-nyc/
Howdy back, Mr. G. It got cloudy (and breezy) around here.
Just got in from mowing the front yard.
Slowly fixing and eating lunch before I get in the shower.
We're due for rain later. Fine by me.
The snow shovel is in the basement and can stay there.
Howdy K². Maybe have the local politicians take several of them into their homes and take care of them.
No sunshine here today, cool and cloudy with a chance of showers. The yards are still a bit squishy from all the rain. Looks like Saturday thru Tuesday is going to improve. I hope.
Thanks for that Larry!
Sad thing is the process was the punishment.
🚨🚨BREAKING: >>
Sidney Powell: VINDICATED,
After three years of litigation, the Texas Court of Appeals finds Texas Bar has NO EVIDENCE Powell violated "any ethical rule in filing four federal suits after the overthrown of your government in 2020, pic.twitter.com/KvjWtn0z33
— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) April 19, 2024
https://wltreport.com/2024/04/19/sidney-powell-completely-vindicated/
Lets go Brandon.
Don't forget quality of life declines. Savages everywhere. Police/Fire/other services are cut (see Denver for one) to give the leaches free everything. Sickening.
IMF Official: Joe Biden’s Open Border Is Hurting Americans’ Wages
NEIL MUNRO 19 Apr 2024 5:57
“Abundant labor coming across the border” is reducing the wages paid to American employees, said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.
“Not everybody who crosses the border adds positively to the economy,” the Bulgarian-born Georgieva told the media at the IMF’s spring meeting, which was held with its sister organization, the World Bank, adding:
But that labor supply also gave to the United States [overall economy an] advantage: Wages are not pushing up, because there is no strong pressure because of lack of labor.
Not counting inflation, the annual growth in average hourly earnings has dropped to 4.1 percent in March 2024, down from 5.9 percent during the coronavirus turmoil on March 22, according to the Wall Street Journal.
But after counting inflation, wages in President Joe Biden’s migration-inflated economy have remained flat or dropped — especially for the many young Americans who are facing rising rents.
Migration also spurs inflation, chiefly by driving up housing prices amid Biden’s welcome for more than 7 million southern migrants and at least 2 million legal migrants. “Inflation is down but not gone,” Georgieva said at the meeting.
But cheap labor is also very good for employers, investors, government tax collectors, and bankers because it grows the number of revenue-generating workers, consumers, and taxpayers — even though Americans’ wages remain flat or decline. That way the overall economy, Wall Street values, and the size of government, all grow from migration — even when Americans’ wages drop.
The mismatch “creates a domestic political problem,” Georgieva admitted. Indeed, many polls that show the majority of Americans reject Biden’s high-migration, low-wage “Bidenomics” economy.
Many business leaders, government agencies, and academics admit that wages are reduced by migration. They include independent academics, the National Academies of Science, the Congressional Budget Office, executives, more academics, New York Times reporters, state officials, unions, more business executives, lobbyists, employees, the Wall Street Journal, federal economists, Goldman Sachs, Goldman Sachs again, oil drillers, Wall Street analysts, fired professionals, legislators, construction workers, New York Times subscribers, Robert Rubin, and even by the Bank of Ireland.
Worse, the flood of cheap workers also drags down the productivity growth needed for growing middle-class wealth.
Migration allows companies to generate profits from low-productivity jobs, such as labor-intensive manufacturing, or restraint jobs.
The flood of cheap workers also reduces companies’ incentive to buy productivity-boosting machinery or to invest in risky ideas. Instead, they can profit by using their subsidized workers to operate old machinery that would otherwise be sold to companies in developing countries.
In contrast, China opposes immigration and is investing heavily in wage-boosting, high-tech factories.
Democrats help companies profit from migration by forcing local and federal taxpayers to pay the welfare and housing costs that keep the migrant workers from squalor. In April, Bloomberg reported on the economic difficulties facing Ukrainian parole migrants who cannot get city-paid housing:
“I couldn’t stretch my pay, not just for an apartment but even for a room,” said Marina Kostenko, a former teacher from Odesa who moved to New York in 2022.
The 52-year-old said she offered child-care services in exchange for housing, an arrangement that fell through on three different occasions, each time leaving her without a place to live.
The state of Massachusetts is using sales taxes to provide roughly $1 billion per year in housing subsidies for imported workers in 2024.
But the Democratic support for corporate migration also pushes many Americans out of major cities.
The flood of migrants inflates housing costs, pushing American families out of high-opportunity cities. WBH.org reported April 18:
A recent report by Boston Indicators found that Massachusetts lost a population about the size of Winchester. The staggering cost of housing in the Commonwealth is driving people out, and younger residents are feeling the squeeze.
“For younger buyers who want to get out of their rental apartment or maybe they’re starting a family, they need more space. …They’re going to look to communities where it’s more affordable,” said Boston Globe Business Columnist Shirley Leung on Boston Public Radio Thursday.
The concerning amount of people moving out across 2021 and 2022 — almost 23,000 — were between the ages 25 to 44. They were predominantly white, middle- and high-income earners and college-educated.
For decades, officials and lobbyists in New York City have used each new flood of migrants to suppress wages, spike rents, and push outspoken middle-class Americans out of the city.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/04/19/global-banker-bidens-migration-cuts-us-wages/
Joe Biden On The Economy: I Don’t Feel Your Pain
Posted on Monday, April 15, 2024
by Outside Contributor
In 1992, Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton famously answered a voter question about how the national debt affected him personally. Clinton’s response was often paraphrased as, “I feel your pain.”
Whether Bill was for once being sincere or not, his words resonated.
Now President Joe Biden is running for reelection with the opposite message: Stop complaining. Everything is going great. Some of his sycophants in Congress and his stooges in the media are now complaining that the problem isn’t Biden’s failed policies, it’s that Americans are just too stupid to understand how good things are today.
Gail Collins of The New York Times recently groused, “I know politicians aren’t supposed to lecture people about how great their lives are, but it’s weird that the nation doesn’t seem more conscious of how well things are going…Prices have generally stabilized or begun to drop.”
She might as well have taken out a bullhorn and screamed: Listen up, all you little people, Bidenomics is as good as it gets. You’re just going to have to learn to live with 20% higher prices, trillion-dollar deficits, declining purchasing power, schools that don’t teach, crime on the streets, a porous border and $4-per-gallon gas.
Most people boasting about the gleaming economy are inside the Washington bubble or nested inside college faculty lounges.
This Grand Canyon divide between the ruling class and real Americans in tough, blue-collar jobs or starting a career has seldom been more pronounced. Even former President Barack Obama’s senior adviser David Axelrod warned Biden to stop hyping an economy that has left more than half of America behind. “It drives me crazy when he does that,” Axelrod said.
It also makes Biden seem hopelessly out of touch with Main Street America. When nearly two of three Americans say things aren’t going well for their personal financial situation, the “don’t worry, be happy” bromide isn’t the response most voters are looking for.
The vast majority of Americans have seen wages and salaries lag behind inflation now for more than three years. Real wages are down almost 4% under Biden. The inflation rate appeared late last year to be falling to 3% but now is trending back to closer to 5% on an annual basis. There are lots of ways of measuring the decline in real take-home pay for middle-class families, but the best measure is about a $2,500 decline in purchasing power since Biden took over.
Even the job market, which has been strong under Biden — with more job openings than people looking for work — is showing cracks. Part-time employment is surging, and full-time jobs have been negative in the last two months. So hourly wages are rising even as weekly pay is falling.
Biden’s strategy is to blame Trump, “my predecessor,” for the weakling economy — a big stretch given that Trump was already pulling the economy out of the COVID-19 recession six months BEFORE Biden occupied the Oval Office. Inflation was 1.7% when Biden’s predecessor left office, then 18 months and $4 trillion of debt later, the consumer price index had soared to 9.1%.
If this is “morning in America,” something tells me voters are worried what the afternoon is going to look like. To paraphrase James Carville, “it’s still the economy, stupid.” If Biden wants to run for reelection on this economy, it’s all his.
Stephen Moore is a visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a senior economic advisor to Donald Trump. His latest book is: “Govzilla: How the Relentless Growth of Government Is Devouring Our Economy.”
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I'd rather take my chances in an Idi Amin court back in the day! That's how low our "justice" system has fallen.
Only a total libtard could cave to such demands. Get these bums OUT!
That's the R's "secret" weapon. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
I'm not counting on anything in November until it is over. SMH.
Please let it be so!
RIP, Dickey.
My favorite Allman Brothers quote, don't know who said it, was "If you are Dickie Betts and are considered the 2nd best guitarist in the band, you must be in one $#@@# awesome band!"
Pathetic. I zipped to the bottom to see if this was The Bee. No such luck.
Who Are the 12 Jurors Seated in the Trump Hush Money Trial?
KRISTINA WONG 19 Apr 2024 7:05
(Impartial? I doubt it. This makes me sick.)
Here is a breakdown of the 12 jurors seated in the trial of former President Donald Trump. The trial is taking place in solidly-Democrat Manhattan, making it challenging for Trump’s defense to find fair and impartial jurors.
The jurors who were selected on Thursday include:
— A man who lives in Hells Kitchen, works in investment banking, has an MBA in finance, is married and lives with his wife, and enjoys hiking, music concerts and living with his wife. He describes himself as agnostic, but raised Catholic. He said he uses X, follows Truth Social Posts via X, follows trial witness Michael Cohen, the anti-Trump X account user Mueller She Wrote, and follows news on the Ukraine and Israel Wars. He said he also listens to SiriusXM radio.
— A man who lives in West Village, has worked as a security engineer for 25 years, is married with three children, and whose wife is a teacher. His hobbies are his children, and metal and woodworking. He said he does not have social media and follows a “spattering” of news outlets. He answered “yes,” when asked “Have you, a relative, or a close friend ever worked for any company or organization that is owned or run by Donald Trump or anyone in his family?”
— A man who lives in the Upper East Side originally from Lebanon, is retired but still consults with some clients, has an MBA, is married with a son and a daughter, enjoys fly fishing, and skiing and does yoga and meditation every morning. He said he follows the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the BBC, and CNBC. His brother in law is a lawyer.
— A woman who lives in the Upper East Side who grew up in New Jersey, works as a speech therapist for the Department of Education, has a B.A. and Master’s degree, is single with no children, lives alone, enjoys walks, restaurants, and taking advantage of living in New York City, said, “I don’t watch any news or follow it too closely.” She said she subscribes to the New York Times’ “morning whatever” and CNN’s Five Things newsletters, listens to podcasts about reality TV, and has a mom who works for the state of New Jersey. She said about Trump, “I do have opinions, yes,” but she insisted she can be fair and impartial. She also said, “I do not agree with a lot of his politics and his decisions as a president, but I have really taken the past two days to reflect and make sure that I could leave that at the door and be a totally impartial juror, and I feel like I can.”
— A man who lives in Murray Hill, is originally from Ohio, works for an eyewear company in commerce, is unmarried with no children, lives with an accountant, likes the outdoors and animals. He said he did not have a “strong opinion” about Trump, and said, “Some things I am in favor, for things I am not in favor.”
— A woman who lives in Upper Manhattan, works as a product development manager for a multinational apparel company, is unmarried with no children, enjoys exploring New York and eating, said, “I don’t really follow the news,” but uses Google and reads industry-specific outlets. She said, “I don’t have strong opinions about him, but I don’t like his persona, how he presents himself in public. I don’t really agree with some of his politics, but that does not mean I can’t be impartial.” She added, “I don’t like some of my co-workers, but I am not going to — but I can hear him out and understand his point of view and understand his issues.” She also said, “He just seems very selfish and self serving, so I don’t really appreciate that in any public servant. So I don’t, I mean I don’t know him as a person, so I don’t know how he is in terms of his integrity or anything in his personal life. But how he is in public and how he himself portrays himself in public, it just seems to me it is not my cup of tea.”
— A woman who lives on the Upper East Side who works as a physical therapist, has a B.A. and doctorate in physical therapy, is married with no children, and has a husband who works as a coach for a professional sports team, and enjoys running, playing tennis, and paddle boarding with husband and dog. She said she reads the New York Times, USA Today, and CNN. She also listens to podcasts related to sports and faith. She said her in-laws are attorneys. She said she did not have strong feelings about Trump.
The jurors who were selected on Monday and Tuesday include:
— A man who lives in West Harlem and works in sales, who is married, enjoys “anything outdoorsy,” and said he follows the New York Times, Daily Mail, some Fox News and MSNBC.
— A man who lives in Chelsea, is a corporate law attorney, is not married with children, enjoys hiking and running, and get his news from the the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Google.
— A woman who lives in Harlem, is a teacher and lives with her brother, a basketball coach. She enjoys writing, theater, and traveling, and gets her news from Google and TikTok. She said she listens to podcasts on relationships and pop culture, as well as the Breakfast Club podcast.
— A woman who lives in Chelsea and works as a software engineer. She has three roommates, and said she gets news from the New York Times and TikTok.
— A man who lives on the Upper East Side and is a civil litigator. He said he knew virtually nothing about criminal law and election finance. He said he did not think a former president should be held to a higher standard and said he was ambivalent about Trump, saying something things he liked, and some he did not. He said he was not sure if he had any opinion about his character.
As far as alternates, the first one selected is:
— A woman who lives in Midtown East, is an analyst for an asset manager, lives with a self-employed boyfriend, likes to run and hang out with friends and eat, and reads the Wall Street Journal or the New York Times. Her sister is a law student.
Judge Juan Merchan ordered reporters to stop specifying the physical appearances of jurors, after one juror asked to be dismissed out of concern she would be identified.
The court convenes on Friday at 9:30 a.m. to continue questioning potential alternates.
The court needs five more before opening arguments can begin.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has accused Trump of violating New York state law by falsifying business records in an alleged attempt to hide an alleged campaign finance violation that involved paying former adult actress Stormy Daniels a hush money payment before the 2016 election.
The case is New York v. Trump, No. 71543-23, in the New York Supreme Court for New York County.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/19/who-are-the-12-jurors-seated-in-the-trump-hush-money-trial/
Let them make arrangements for their own long-term housing...
BACK in their country of origin.
This is ridiculous.
Biden and the demorrhoids MUST be defeated in November.
Oh and a sunny Good Morning to ya, Gmenfan.
Don't put away your winter jammies yet.
We've got some chilly nights heading our way.
NYC: Illegal Immigrants At City Hall Demand Better Free Food, Long-Term Housing, More Accommodations
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/nyc-illegal-immigrants-at-city-hall-demand-better-free-food-long-term-housing-more-accommodations/
The deep state is fighting back hard.
Probably a lot of money dangled out there to get the early retirements and flip-flops.
There is much work to be done!
Democrats Seize Control of House: For First Time in Recorded History, Speaker Mike Johnson Relies on Minority Party Votes to Advance Foreign Aid Plan
BRADLEY JAYE 18 Apr 2024 2:11
(Tens of billions to be sent overseas. And yet, they keep telling us Social Security and Medicare are in jeopardy. Maybe that money should go to pay back the money they "borrowed" from those funds.)
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) made history Thursday night just before midnight by essentially surrendering Republican majority control to Democrats.
For the first time in recorded history — since the House began keeping records — the House Rules Committee relied on minority party votes to overcome objections from the majority and advance a rule bill to the House floor.
The committee voted nine to three, with all four Democrats on the committee voting with five Republicans to move a rule to the House floor, which, if passed with Democrat support as expected, would allow votes on Johnson’s foreign aid package, including a bill that includes tens of billions to fund Ukraine.
Conservative Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Ralph Norman (R-SC) voted no.
The powerful House Rules Committee, known for generations as “the Speaker’s committee” for the control the Speaker of the House possesses over the committee and its reputation as a rubber stamp for the Speaker’s agenda, sets the floor agenda for the House through what are known as rules.
Rules do not simply allow votes on bills. The complicated, convoluted language of the eight-page rule, as with many rules, intentionally deflects from what the rule does.
For example, after questioning from Massie, Chairman Michael Burgess (R-TX) acknowledged the rule contains language that merges the four bills together, sending the different components together as one package to the Senate as part of Johnson’s complicated scheme to exploit the urgency to pass aid to Israel to ensure Ukraine funding can pass Congress.
“The four bills that we’ve heard testimony on today will be transmitted to the senate as an amendment to the underlying bill,” Burgess said, acknowledging the underlying bill itself was an unrelated “veterans bill.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/18/democrats-seize-control-house-speaker-mike-johnson-relies-minority-party-votes-advance-foreign-aid/
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