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Trump guilty on all counts in New York criminal trial
Trump says he will 'fight till the end,' and says 'this is long from over'
Brooke Singman
Published May 30, 2024 5:08pm EDT | Updated May 30, 2024 5:20pm EDT
Former President Trump speaks outside the NYC courtroom ahead of closing arguments in his criminal trial.
Former President Trump was found guilty on all counts in his historic and unprecedented criminal trial, making him the first former president of the United States to be convicted of a crime.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged former President Donald Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts.
Jurors found the former president guilty on all counts.
Each count carries a maximum prison sentence of 4 years. In total, Trump faces a maximum sentence of 136 years.
Judge Juan Merchan invited the jury into the courtroom to read its verdict after two days of deliberations.
Sentencing for the former president will be July 11 at 10:00 a.m--just five days before the start of the Republican National Convention, where he is expected to be formally nominated as the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.
Any motions will need to be filed by June 13th.
Prosecutors needed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump falsified those records to conceal a $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels, a pornographic performer, in the lead-up to the 2016 election to silence her about an alleged affair with Trump in 2006.
Moments after the verdict was delivered by the jury, the former president spoke to reporters in the hallway outside the courtroom.
"This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt as a rigged trial and disgrace. It wouldn't give us a venue change," Trump said. "We were at five percent or 6% in this district, in this area. This was a rigged, disgraceful trial."
Trump said "the real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people."
"And they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here," Trump said. "You have a Soros backed DA and the whole thing."
He added: "We didn't do anything wrong. I'm a very innocent man. And it's okay. I'm fighting for our country. I'm fighting for our Constitution. Our whole country is being rigged right now."
Trump said that the case was "done by the Biden administration in order to wound or hurt an opponent, a political opponent."
"And I think it's it's just a disgrace. And we'll keep fighting--we'll fight till the end and we'll win because our country's gone to hell," he said. "We don't have the same country anymore. We have a divided mess. We're a nation of decline, serious decline."
Trump said "millions and millions of people pouring into our country right now from prisons and from mental institutions, terrorists. And they're taking over our country. We have a country that's in big trouble."
"But this was a rigged decision right from day one, with a conflicted judge who should have never been allowed to try this case. Never," he said. "And we will fight for our Constitution. This is long from over."
During closing arguments, defense attorneys for former President Trump told the jury Tuesday he is innocent, did not commit any crimes and that Bragg "did not meet the burden of proof. Period."
"President Trump is innocent. He did not commit any crimes. The district attorney did not meet the burden of proof. Period," Blanche said.
Blanche added that the case is "simple" and it is "not a guilty verdict."
"This case is about documents; it is a paper case," Blanche said. "This case is not about an encounter with Stormy Daniels 18 years ago. It is not even about a nondisclosure agreement signed eight years ago."
Blanche said the charges are about whether Trump "had anything" to do with payments to his ex-attorney, Michael Cohen, on his personal accounting ledger.
"The answer? The bookings were accurate and there was no intent to defraud and there was no conspiracy to influence the 2016 election," Blanche said. "The proof doesn’t add up."
Blanche told the jury they cannot convict Trump based on Cohen’s testimony, recalling how Trump’s ex-attorney "took the stand and then lied."
"The records are not false and there was no intent to defraud," he said.
Blanche said not one single invoice was sent to Trump directly and that Cohen billed Trump "for services rendered." He also told the jury Cohen rendered services as Trump’s personal attorney in 2017.
Blanche noted Cohen had lied to both Houses of Congress, federal judges, state judges and family.
"You cannot send someone to prison based upon the words of Michael Cohen," Blanche said, adding that a verdict needs to be reached based on evidence from documents and witnesses. "If you do that, this is a very quick and easy not-guilty verdict."
Meanwhile, prosecutor Joshua Steinglass delivered his closing argument for more than five hours Tuesday, saying the prosecution has presented "powerful" evidence in their case against Trump.
Steinglass said Trump’s intent to defraud "could not be any clearer," arguing that it would have been far easier for him to pay Stormy Daniels directly. Instead, the prosecutor said, he concocted an elaborate scheme and everything he and his cohorts did was "cloaked in lies."
"The name of the game was concealment and all roads lead inescapably to the man who benefited the most: the defendant, former President Donald Trump," Steinglass said.
Steinglass defended the prosecution's use of Michael Cohen as a witness, telling the jury: "I’m not asking you to feel bad for Michael Cohen. He made his bed."
"But you can hardly blame him for making money from the one thing he has left, which is his knowledge of the inner workings of the Trump Organization," he said.
"We didn’t choose Michael Cohen to be our witness. We didn’t pick him up at the witness store," Steinglass said. "The defendant chose Michael Cohen to be his fixer because he was willing to lie and cheat on the defendant’s behalf."
Trump defense attorneys, in their second attempt to dismiss the case earlier this month, said no evidence had been presented by the prosecution to connect the former president to any falsification of business records. Defense attorneys motioned for dismissal after Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney and the prosecution’s "star witness," finished his testimony.
He testified that he personally made the $130,000 payment to Daniels using a home equity line of credit in an effort to conceal the payment from his wife. Cohen said he did this because Trump told him to "handle it" and prevent a negative story from coming out ahead of the election.
But Trump’s defense attorneys maintained that the president never directed Cohen to do so.
Cohen testified that he was "reimbursed $420,000" for the $130,000 he paid to Daniels. Cohen said former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg suggested he "gross up" the payments and that Trump knew the details of the reimbursement.
The prosecution presented Cohen with 11 checks totaling $420,000. Cohen confirmed that they were all received and deposited. The checks had a description of a "retainer," which Cohen said was false.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-v-trump-jury-verdict-former-presidents-historic-criminal-trial
'I’m gonna kill all the Jews': Pakistani immigrant seen on video trying to run down students Brooklyn yeshiva
NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is now investigating the case.
'I’m gonna kill all the Jews': Pakistani immigrant seen on video trying to run down students Brooklyn yeshiva
The Post Millennial
May 30, 2024 2 minute read
On Wednesday, a Pakistani immigrant was caught on video attempting to run down Orthodox Jewish students and a rabbi outside a Brooklyn Yeshiva and, according to witnesses, yelled “I’m gonna kill all the Jews.”
Video from the Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol showed, at approximately 11:25 am, the driver revving the engine of his 2011 white Crown Victoria, then mounting the curb and aiming his car toward Jews outside the Mesivta Nachlas Yakov School.
“I’m gonna kill all the Jews,” the driver yelled, according to witnesses. He then drove around the block and back toward the school, again targeting two students and a rabbi outside the school.
The driver fled, but was quickly found at a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts by members of a Jewish safety patrol called the Shomrim. They called the NYPD, who arrested the suspect and transferred him to a Coney Island Hospital.
According to police, the alleged driver was Asghar Ali, 58, a Pakistani immigrant cab driver with a history of mental illness. NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is now investigating the case. He is originally from Pakistan and has been living in the US for more than twenty years and is considered an “emotionally disturbed” person, according to police. He also has four prior arrests, and though he claims to be a cab driver, he does not have a valid taxi license.
Ali is facing over a dozen charges, including attempted murder, attempted assault, and hate crimes charges.
Rabbi Twersky, who works at the Yeshiva but declined to give his first name, told The New York Post, “I came in, and the boys were like ‘Did you see the cameras? Did you see the cameras?’ I’m more scared for them. I’m much more scared than they are — their adrenaline is up.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/im-gonna-kill-all-the-jews-pakistani-immigrant-seen-on-video-trying-to-run-down-students-brooklyn-yeshiva
College Grad Finds Perfect Spot On Wall To Hang First Unemployment Check
OLD WESTBURY, NY — Sources close to the Ellington household claim that Kael Ellington, a recent graduate from Columbia University who majored in Gender Studies and Post-Colonial Deconstructionist Performance Art, is currently trying to find just the right spot to hang his first framed unemployment check.
According to Kael's parents, who shelled out $90,000 a year during his 9 semesters at Columbia, their son has been scrutinizing the walls of his basement suite all morning for the perfect place to display his $350 check from the U.S. Treasury, signifying his life as a college graduate has officially begun.
"No, not there - it might cover up my Palestinian flag," Kael allegedly muttered as he gazed at the wall, which was already covered in several Pride flags, an Elizabeth Warren "Eat The Rich" poster, a Che Guevara T-shirt, a LeBron James jersey, and various communist flags from regimes around the world. "What about here? No, I want to be able to see my Taylor Swift "The Eras Tour" poster. I wonder about over the bed…"
Sources confirmed Kael soon found the perfect spot next to his poster of Rey Skywalker from The Rise of Skywalker.
"We were a bit worried about Kael's career options, but we're quite relieved to see that he's going to be able to draw unemployment checks," said Jonathan Ellington, Kael's father. "All his degrees seemed to qualify him for was assistant DEI officer at the local community college, but he said that would involve "too much work" and has been sulking in the basement ever since. Hopefully, all this free money will cheer him up a little."
At publishing time, Kael had shown some initiative by applying to the local Starbucks, but was rejected for being too "white-adjacent."
https://babylonbee.com/news/report-gender-studiespatriarchal-deconstructionism-double-major-looking-for-perfect-spot-on-wall-to-hang-first-unemployment-check
Report Reveals $7.5 Billion In Government EV Charger Spending Has Purchased One 4-Pack of Energizer AAs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite pouring massive amounts of taxpayer funding into green energy initiatives, a new report has revealed that $7.5 billion in government EV charger spending has purchased one 4-pack of Energizer AA batteries.
The report indicated that the federal government's significant investment in installing chargers for electronic vehicles has somehow resulted in only having the lone 4-pack of AAs on hand, leaving officials stumped.
"We are proud to announce we have delivered for the American taxpayer," said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "Thanks to the sacrifices made by the American people, you can now feel proud that your government has stockpiled an entire 4-pack of AA batteries. And these aren't just any AA batteries — these are Energizers! That's a name brand. The United States spares no expense. You're welcome, America."
When asked to comment on alleged wasteful spending on the government's part, President Joe Biden provided a brief statement. "That's a bunch of malarkey," he told reporters. "My administration has the utmost confidence in… in… Secretary Booty Juice. Purchasing a 4-pack of Energizer AA batteries is just the first step in an important process to fill the country with… with the… with ED… E… with E… F… G. Anyway." The White House then provided a press release highlighting the outstanding track record of Energizer batteries.
At publishing time, Secretary Buttigieg issued a separate statement promising to investigate where the remainder of the $7.5 billion in government funding went as soon as he returns from his current vacation in Turks & Caicos but before he takes the month of June off to celebrate Pride Month.
https://babylonbee.com/news/report-reveals-75-billion-in-government-ev-charger-spending-has-purchased-one-4-pack-of-energizer-aas
Biden Administration Stations Circus Clowns, Jugglers, Lion Tamers Outside Trump Trial
NEW YORK, NY — Police have diverted traffic away from Centre St. to make way for a legion of circus folk that has turned up outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse for Donald Trump's hush money trial. Sources confirm that the Biden administration is directly responsible for the clowns, jugglers, and lion tamers that now roam the street.
"Wow! What a circus!" said Charlie Danvers, a local man who'd been following the news on Trump's criminal trial. "How do they fit that many clowns in a single car? Hilarious!"
Young children from all over Manhattan have converged on the location to see the excitement. Hot dog carts have been replaced with a line of stands selling popcorn and cotton candy. No peanuts are permitted, for fear of attracting elephants.
Joe Biden reportedly invited the best circus performers in the world to perform outside the Trump trial as closing arguments began.
"Daddy, why is that clown talking?" one young boy was heard asking his father as Robert DeNiro began speaking.
"This city is accommodating; we make room for clowns," DeNiro said while wearing comically oversized pants.
"And elections? Forget about it!" DeNiro continued to uproarious laughter. "That's over! That's done! If he gets in — I can tell you right now — he will never leave."
Everyone in attendance agreed that Robert DeNiro was the funniest clown of all.
At publishing time, local reports indicate Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sadly lost her life during the event after trying to pet one of the lions.
https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-administration-stations-circus-clowns-jugglers-lion-tamers-outside-trump-trial
Judge Instructs Jurors They Need Not Believe Trump Is Guilty To Convict Him
NEW YORK, NY — As the criminal trial involving former President Donald Trump winds to a close, the presiding judge instructed jurors that they don't have to believe Trump is guilty to convict him.
The reminder from Judge Juan Merchan was issued to the jury as closing arguments began, with the judge clarifying that Trump doesn't necessarily have to be guilty of a crime in order for the jury to find Trump guilty of a crime.
"Don't get hung up on whether or not he's ‘guilty' of anything," Judge Merchan instructed jurors. "Words like ‘guilty' or ‘innocent' or ‘evidence' are really just for show, anyway. The important thing is that you listen to the closing arguments with an open mind and an unwavering commitment to handing down a guilty verdict. Remember, believing Trump is guilty is not important. Declaring him guilty — that's what you're all here for."
As the trial neared its end, media, politicians, celebrities, and the general public all eagerly awaited the outcome. "Judge Merchan has run a very strict courtroom," said one legal analyst. "Not allowing any type of shenanigans, reasoned arguments, or clear evidence to be present during the trial was a bold choice, and now he's making sure the jurors are aware that believing Trump to be guilty has no bearing on convicting him of the charges. An impressive stance from a judge to say the least."
At publishing time, Judge Merchan had reportedly informed bailiffs to be ready to handcuff Trump and escort him to jail regardless of whether or not the jury found him guilty.
https://babylonbee.com/news/judge-instructs-jurors-they-need-not-believe-trump-is-guilty-to-convict-him
7 Ways For Christians To Prepare For Pride Month
It's almost that time of year again, when corporations suddenly bathe themselves in rainbow colors overnight and vast mobs of drag queens roam the streets. With such troubling sights on the way, it can be challenging for Christians to know how to get ready.
The Babylon Bee has come up with the following list of ways Christians can prepare themselves for Pride Month:
Gouge out your eyes with a fork: Some may think this a little extreme, but if you've ever seen clips of a Pride parade, this seems like a no-brainer.
Retreat to your underground bunker until July 1: Wait, you don't have an underground bunker?
Cancel your Planet Fitness membership: Take a month off from working out and seeing 6'7" bearded women named Jeff in the sauna.
Put up signs for a new Subaru dealership with arrows pointing out of town: The gays will follow the signs out of town like an irresistible pied piper.
Get your Lasik reversed: No confirmation if this is even possible, but at least ask an eye doctor to try.
Hold a Chuck Norris movie marathon: The ripple effect of the raw, heterosexual masculinity reverberating from your TV will singlehandedly reverse all Pride Month effects.
Move to Florida: We heard Pride Month is totally illegal there.
By following even a few of the tips listed above, you can take the proper precautions to protect yourself from the annual Pride Month onslaught.
https://babylonbee.com/news/7-ways-for-christians-to-prepare-for-pride-month
In Touching Memorial Day Address, Biden Thanks Fallen American Servicemen For Their Votes
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a moving speech to the nation on Memorial Day, President Biden thanked all the fallen American servicemen for voting for him in the last election.
"Today, we honor our fallen," said Biden, since that was what the teleprompter had told him to say. "The men and women of the armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives for our great nation, and who then voted for me in 2020 despite being dead, deserve our humble thanks. Pause for silence but do not read these words as they are not part of the speech. End."
Biden then stood rigid and silent for 12 minutes out of respect for the deceased before turning around to shake their hands.
Official records show approximately 100% of service members killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Persian Gulf war, Vietnam, The Korean War, WWII, WWI, The Apache Wars, The Navajo War, The Civil War, The War of 1812, The First Barbary War, and the Revolutionary War all vote for Democrats.
"We're not surprised to see such loyal Democrat support from these patriots," said Camilla Barnes, a community organizer in charge of collecting fallen servicemember votes in Georgia. "Such heroes would never vote for evil Republicans."
At publishing time, Biden had finally ended his speech and given the stage to Kamala Harris, who began her address with a series of inappropriate cackles.
https://babylonbee.com/news/in-touching-memorial-day-address-biden-thanks-fallen-american-servicemen-for-their-votes
Trump's Trade Revolution: Better days that we need again
By Joseph Ford Cotto
Trump's vision of fair and reciprocal trade, liberated from the shackles of obsolete paradigms, resonates with the aspirations of the working class and the entrepreneurial spirit alike.
In stark contrast, Joe Biden's track record epitomizes the entrenched establishment politics that prioritize globalism over American interests, perpetuating the status quo of economic disenfranchisement.
On genocide, leftist media need an education
By Michael Berenhaus
In “WCK draws criticism for neutrality in Gaza” (5/27/24), The Washington Post provides a platform to state its views: the libel that Israel is committing genocide — which it clearly isn’t.
The Post is publishing misinformation. Whether the Post is saying it or quoting people saying it, it’s on the paper’s platform and quite frankly on the paper. The Post certainly doesn’t challenge it. With attacks on Jews, vandalism on Jewish institutions, Jews threatened, all on the rise exponentially, the Post and its writers are complicit. They must understand the history of the Jews and blood libels, to own their guilt.
In this article, “genocide” is mentioned about a half-dozen times. If Israel wanted to commit genocide, which it clearly doesn’t, it certainly has the firepower. According to all standards written about by war experts, Israel is fighting the most humane war in history, with a 1.5-civilian death count to combatants. All tragic, all the fault of Hamas.
Genocide, for example, is when two thirds of all Jews in Europe were exterminated in WWII. And it wasn’t the Jews who started the war against the Nazis. A similar percentage of Jews died in Israel’s 1948 war of independence as in the current Gaza war, and nobody said the Arabs were committing a genocide against them.
Hamas could end this war in a second by surrendering and returning the tortured and raped hostages, some of whom are Americans. Where are the Washington Post articles about that?
Does The Washington Post ever think to write about the Hamas charter portion that explicitly describes its goal of an actual genocide against Israel? Or that it talks about the goal of the extermination of Jews the world over, like me, my family, my loved ones, the Post’s friends and perhaps family members?
Hamas won’t surrender, because its battle is still going on in the legacy media like The Washington Post, which is fighting its fight for it.
Blood is on your hands, Washington Post. That includes for the deaths of both Israelis and Palestinians.
But the Post’s crew is just too stubborn to fess up to it — and wouldn’t even think to make a needed shift.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/on_genocide_leftist_media_need_an_education.html
Thought police: USA Today thinks twice about transgender wrongthink
By DC Larson
But today’s Democrats no longer oppose abuse of women.
Home insurance rates continue to surge, media and industry blame ‘climate change’ catastrophes
By Jack Hellner
And, stop pretending that there is evidence that humans and our use of natural resources is causing an existential threat to the climate and that politicians and bureaucrats can control temperatures, sea levels, and storm activity if we give up our quality of life. They can’t. They can’t control inflation, the border, and terrorists. Why would anyone believe they can control temperatures?
New study: Infrastructure needed to support a ‘zero emissions’ electric trucking fleet comes with a $1 trillion price tag
By Olivia Murray
“Unknown consequences” for the American consumer? I don’t know about you, but this Build Back Better Democrat economy has me about tapped out—insurance rates keep increasing for a service that doesn’t benefit me at all, grocery prices are through the roof, utility prices keep surging, taxes are exorbitant and tyrannical, and the purchasing power of my dollar is waning into obscurity.
Justice Merchan gets even sleazier
By Monica Showalter
This is a classic kangaroo court that is a disgrace to the entire United States. That guy doesn't belong on any judicial bench, anywhere, ever.
Robert De Niro doesn’t suffer from ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’, he’s just a vile individual
By Rajan Laad
President Trump’s policies caused economic prosperity, a guarded border, low inflation, and peace worldwide.
Biden undid all that progress, resulting in a fragile economy, high inflation, an open border, crime, and of course wars around the world.
The murder of Bryan Malinowski
By John Dietrich
“The way to respond to a search warrant is to allow your house to be searched and to cooperate.” — Rep. Dan Goldman
On March 19, the ATF, accompanied by members of the Little Rock Police Department, raided the home of Bryan Malinowski. Malinowski was the executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock. He had no criminal record and did not even know that he was under investigation. The announced reason for the raid was to execute a search warrant. The actual reason was to deliver a message to American gun owners that the ATF has the power to end their lives. This was an example of premeditated murder. A week prior to the raid, the ATF had assembled to carry out the raid; this raid was canceled allegedly because Malinowski was not home, and it was necessary for him to be there in order for him to set an example.
There are numerous reasons to why this raid appears to be an execution. Ten vehicles pulled up to Malinowski’s home. At 06:02:46 a.m., an hour before sunup, agents in full SWAT gear approached the front door. An agent put a piece of tape over the doorbell camera lens. According to Rep. Jim Jordan, the ATF also apparently killed electricity to the home. None of the government participants were wearing required body cameras. This was a “no knock” raid. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco wrote a directive limiting the circumstances in which agents may seek to enter dwelling pursuant to a warrant without complying with the knock and announce rule because of the risk posed to both law enforcement and civilians. This requirement was announced two years ago. Agents knocked down Malinowski’s front door. Malinowski awoke, loaded a pistol and headed for the front door. He reportedly fired a few shots at the intruder’s feet to drive them back out the front door. An ATF agent was hit in the foot during this effort. The ATF responded by shooting Malinowski in the head. The entire affair lasted only 57 seconds. At 06:03:43 a.m. agents dragged Mrs. Malinowski into the front yard. She was barefoot and wearing her night clothing. The temperature was 34 degrees. They locked her in the backseat of a car and detained her there for four hours while refusing to allow her to use a neighbor’s bathroom. The humiliation of spouses is apparently an integral part of this process.
Why would it not be unreasonable to conclude that this was a premeditated execution? Rep. Kelly Armstrong pointed out that “Somebody made a leadership decision in order to execute a warrant in the most dangerous way possible.” He concluded, “They chose to implement a warrant in a way that absolutely maximized the risk of harm both to the person being served the warrant on and to the officers serving the warrant.” Rep. Troy Nehls asked, “When you kick down or break down a door and you don’t even announce who you are what do you think is going to happen?” Rep. Darrell Issa concluded, “Malinowski . . . was killed doing what any normal citizen does when people enter their home in the darkness of night and they don’t know who they are.” You do not need to be a psychic to know what the most likely outcome of such a raid would be.
Rep. Goldman claims that warrants are routinely done at 6 a.m.. According to him, this time is standard operating procedure. There are certain advantages to conducting raids at this time. Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, author of The Gulag Archipelago, pointed out this:
The kind of night arrest described is, in fact, a favorite, because it has important advantages. Everyone living in the apartment is thrown into a state of terror by the first knock at the door. The arrested person is torn from the warmth of his bed. He is in a daze, half-asleep, helpless, and his judgment is befogged. In a night arrest the State Security men have a superiority in numbers; there are many of them, armed, against one person who hasn’t even finished buttoning his trousers.
ATF Director Steven Dettelbach contends that the ATF conducts 11,000 of these raids per year; the ATF probably would not want it to be known that their SOP was written by the KGB.
There are countless questions that need to be answered concerning this raid. Dettelbach was an expert at evading answers. Rep.Victoria Spartz chastised him for not answering questions because everything is under investigation. She pointed out that the January 6 pipe bomb investigation has been going on for three years. Undoubtedly the Malinowski investigation will last until most people have forgotten about it. Before this is forgotten these questions should be answered:
Did a manager at ATF instruct Little Rock police not to wear body cameras in contradiction to their local policy?
Who authorized this “no knock” raid?
Dettelbach maintained “budget cuts” were to blame for the lack of body cameras; but how expensive are 11,000 raids?
Eventually the Malinowski family will be compensated for their loss, although the loss of a spouse can not really be compensated for. The federal government paid the Weaver family $3.1 million for the murder of Randy Weaver’s wife and son at Ruby Ridge. Vicki Weaver was shot by a sniper while she was holding an infant in her arms. No one was disciplined for this fiasco and the government denied any wrongdoing.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/05/the_murder_of_bryan_malinowski.html
If Biden Wrecks Trump’s Presidential Immunity...
By Michael G. Zey
The American people are demanding accountability and expecting Trump to finally return American governance back to its constitutional roots.
Only by holding accountable those responsible for violating our constitutional norms can we hope to preserve America’s legal traditions.
The Top 20 Lies of the 2020s
By Jack Gleason
Lying is an epidemic even worse than COVID.
Our president and his press secretaries seem to lie with every word they say and deny facts that anyone with a pair of eyes can see for himself.
Scientists and doctors, formerly among the most trusted members of our society, lie to foster popular environmental theories and get government grants, or to promote Big Pharma and deter people from effective treatments.
Our news media no longer report the news; they shape the news as instructed.
Here is just a sample of commonly promoted lies starting in 2020.
Covid has a 4% death rate.
Masks will keep us safe from COVID.
COVID vaccines are safe and effective.
Oil and natural gas are going to destroy the planet.
Electric cars are going to save the environment.
Electric cars are safe.
Our justice system is fair for all.
Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation.
Trump stole classified documents.
Boys should compete in girls’ sports.
Men can have babies.
Search engines give honest results.
Protecting Ukraine’s borders is in the interest of the United States.
Our borders are safe and secure.
Israel is guilty of war crimes.
Inflation is under control.
The 2020 Election was the safest and most secure in history.
Lyndsey Stonebridge’s fascinating article in Time from February of this year cited Hannah Arendt, a German-American historian and philosopher who died in 1975. She lived through the persecution of the Jews starting in the 1930s and often discussed “the big lie.”
She had been interested in how the most outrageous lies get a political hold ever since Nazi lies about the Jews, Communists, and intellectuals drove her from Berlin in 1933 after her arrest by the Gestapo. She wrote her final analysis of the nature of the modern political lying after the publication of the Pentagon Papers revealed the extent to which American lawmakers and bureaucrats had carefully, patiently, painstakingly constructed a fiction about the Vietnam War — a fiction fit enough for other people’s children to die in[.] ...
Lies like this are grandly shameless, blatantly, and obviously fake. Political lying isn’t even lying anymore. We know that you know we are lying, say the politicians, but isn’t that part of the thrill? Tell us the world is made up of more than the mundane fact we are forced to live by, reply many, and yes, of course we will believe you. Anything is better than this[.] ...
[T]he world is complex, shifting, sometimes random, perplexing and bewildering. Politicians have always known that this means the best stories are likely to be those that make some sense of reality.
In other words, we believe the lies, because to disbelieve them, we would have to realize that our entire world is insurmountably corrupt.
What makes this scholarly article so much fun is that Stonebridge is decrying the continuing popularity of Donald Trump in 2024. His article starts with “[a]s we head into 2024 with Donald Trump as the all but confirmed Republican nominee, any hope that Trump and his rampant lying — seemingly about anything and everything — might retreat into history has clearly become wishful thinking. Mendacity is back in town.”
He continues:
Trump’s outrageous lies are one thing. But what about self-deception? In the realm of politics, Arendt said, perhaps political self-deception is the greatest threat. The self-deceived politician, “loses all contact, not only with his audience but with the real world which will catch up with him.” In another sobering moment, Arendt reflects that perhaps the person who is most likely to be an “an ideal victim of complete manipulation is the President of the United States” themselves. Some Presidents might stake their power on outrageous deceits; but is the President who is deceived about his own beliefs necessarily in the strongest position to win the battle for democracy?
Stonebridge is blind to the possibility that his own world may be upside-down. What if Trump is telling the truth, the people he supports/worships are lying to him “bigly,” and the president who is deceived is Biden?
Stonebridge has bought the lie that Trump is a self-serving maniac, capable of doing anything. He prefers this to a reality where a cabal of Soros, China, Iran, tech moguls, and Marxists have conspired to take over everything in our world. Their control of the media means they can weave their lies of “orange man bad” and portray themselves as the only ones who can save you.
Review my list of lies above. Note the use of fear — COVID, global warming, the “Far Right” — and the word “safe.” “We will keep you safe.”
Another liberal, Brian Stelter, also bought the lies about Trump, and wrote in November of last year,
First, the lies aren’t really about the lies. As Anne Applebaum, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, has observed, “sometimes the point isn't to make people believe a lie — it's to make people fear the liar.” It’s to assert power over reality.
Second, the point is ... to overwhelm the press and the public with so much misinformation and disinformation that democracy can't function. Trump, despite his frontrunner status, is barely fact-checked anymore. He says so much, so wrongly, that fact-checkers are at a supreme disadvantage — just the way his team likes it.
Third, lying is contagious. Neuroscientists have studied how peoples’ brains react when they lie over and over again for personal gain. In short: The more they do it, the easier it gets. The results suggest a “slippery slope” where “small acts of dishonesty escalate into more significant lies,” Dr. Tali Sharot has said.
It’s positively amazing that the authors of these “scholarly” articles are victims of the very groupthink they decry. Their own leaders lie blatantly because they have no fear. “We control everything,” they say. “We’ll throw you in jail for any reason we choose.” “We control your news.”
What are the current lies?
Joe Biden is running for president in 2024.
Is there anyone on the planet who thinks Joe is competent to be president of the United States for another four years? When he drops out at the convention “for health reasons,” he will be canonized for his self-sacrifice and “lifelong service to the nation.”
The new RNC will win the 2024 election by ballot-harvesting and poll-watching.
This is the clearest indication that the RINOs remain at the RNC and are part of the cabal. They’re lying to all of those concerned about election fraud that they will save us.
Far Right Groups are disputing recent elections to disrupt 2024.
The cabal’s greatest fear is that their rampant and shameless election cheating won’t be enough. Instead, they dishonestly demonize the nationwide movement of election fraud sleuths that has arisen to expose the fraud.
The shameless lies of the 2020s are designed to shift your focus to anything but the fact that our elections are rigged from the top down. If you don’t believe me, listen to Barack Obama in his speech at Stanford in 2012.
Our only hope is to wholeheartedly support efforts to force fair and honest elections through civil rights litigation all the way to the Supreme Court before November.
If we don’t win this election, we will all be at the mercy of the merciless — forever.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/the_top_20_lies_of_the_2020s.html
In Its Pursuit Of Power, The Democrat Party Openly Allies With Jihadists
By Al Bienenfeld
The Muslim anarchy that is on full display today is Obama’s doing. It was part of his plan to destroy Israel, the world’s only Jewish state, with America following as the larger target.
Trump is Correct About Deportation
By Warren Beatty
Democrats' ultimate goal. Johnson said, "Many leading Democrats here in Washington want illegal aliens in our country. Why? So they can become voters, and they can affect the outcome of the census in six years to affect reapportionment in Congress.
Rishi Sunak Admits to ‘Infected Blood Scandal’
By Mark Hewitt
After letters to my senators and an American Thinker article, Why is the FDA Contaminating America’s Blood Supply? it is the United Kingdom that finally comes clean:
Britain’s ‘day of shame’ as full scale of infected blood scandal revealed
‘The result of this inquiry should shake our nation to its core. This should have been avoided. It was known these treatments were contaminated; warnings were ignored repeatedly.
‘Time and again people in positions of power and trust had the chance to stop the transmission of those infections. Time and again they failed to do so.’
Patients “died or suffered miserably” as a result of being given contaminated blood products between 1970 and 1998 because medics and successive governments “did not put patient safety first.” When the scandal was exposed, “the response of those in authority served to compound people’s suffering.”
You see, the UK has their very own “deep state.”
How did this happen?
Medicines for hemophiliacs, including one called Factor VIII, were imported from the US in the 1970s and 1980s [emphasis added] and prescribed by the NHS. However, the treatments were made from blood plasma donations which often came from groups at high risk for HIV and hepatitis C such as gay men, sex workers and prisoners and were often contaminated.
All this time, we thought that before there was the deep state FDA, there was the “dedicated to patient safety” and “do no harm” FDA. With respect to the national blood supply, the old FDA reduced the risk of HIV transmission (and the chance of acquiring AIDS) into the nation’s blood supply by preventing it from occurring. Period, full stop. Gay men were not allowed to give blood, but in case they lied, there were other safeguards in place—blood was tested, and destroyed as a biohazard if the hepatitis virus or HIV were detected.
At least, the FDA was supposed to do this. What do you want to bet that blood products that were rejected in the U.S. (that had hepatitis C or HIV) from 1970–1980 weren’t destroyed as biohazards but were “still worth something” or the laws in the UK allowed and were moved to the U.K.?
The UK also has a deep state:
The final report of a five-year inquiry into the scandal, which has so far claimed more than 3,000 lives, concluded that the health service and governments took part in a ‘chilling’ cover-up, as they ‘closed ranks’ to hide the truth, even destroying documents to keep patients in the dark.
Now they want to say they are sorry. At least a £10 billion sorry.
Lord Clarke, the former UK health secretary, faces calls to be stripped of his peerage after he was condemned by Sir Brian for maintaining in the 1980s that there was no conclusive proof of HIV being spread through blood products—a position the inquiry chairman said was ‘indefensible.’ The report said the former health secretary had misled the public.
Which is exactly what the FDA did, and is doing—it’s misleading the public, asserting that “there is no conclusive proof of HIV will be spread through blood products” which is why it decided to reinstate the ability of gay men (MSM) to give blood.
My senators and the DOD could have shut this down when it was merely a proposal; what they did instead was kick the can down the road and send me a link: “the FDA is currently accepting public comment on the proposal.” You will not be surprised, but every LGBTQ-affiliated group on the planet offered their public comments. Fait accompli. Now the deep state FDA has succeeded in overturning the decades-long moratorium of gay men giving blood, contaminating the supply.
This is also a national security issue at the highest level, and the Department of Defense should have been raising hell. But because they have also been fully compromised with “woke” B.S., they will not say a thing to their co-conspirators, the deep state FDA. Like the buffoonery and illegitimacy of the COVID mandates, coercing troops to take experimental Wuhan wet market sewer water or whatever is in those little vials of death, military doctors have long known that allowing HIV-tainted blood into the national blood supply would guarantee infection of the men and women in uniform who are serving across the globe, protecting Americans.
Maybe that’s what they want.
In his 2,527-page report, Sir Brian also warned that a substantial number of people remained unaware that they were given transfusions or other products of infected blood, and were therefore undiagnosed. They include around 900 people infected with hepatitis C and around 200 people who were infected with HIV, the virus that causes Aids, as children.
(This was between 1970-1998.)
The FDA should add anyone with a COVID jabs has contaminated blood. When the idiots at the FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the untested, unproven, and experimental COVID “vaccines” they completely eliminated any safety testing of what would be the effect of COVID “vaccines” in a person’s blood. We now know the side effects are off the charts because the FDA didn’t do their homework on COVID. A woke, DEI FDA did not put patient safety first. Blood banks should stop accepting COVID-contaminated blood.
Information from my previous article is still germane. A growing number of parents are rightfully refusing to have their children subjected to COVID vaccine-contaminated blood. When HIV-contaminated blood is introduced into America’s bloodstream, what parent will accept that either?
In New Zealand, children who needed blood for surgery or blood transfusions were removed from their parents’ custody by government authorities on the premise “it is simply impractical to have a designated donor.” The concerns of these parents are non-criminal actions but the American left will find their way to inflict this level of nuttiness and craziness on American children—be it HIV or COVID vaccine-contaminated blood—all under the “greater good of society” argument.
Let’s be clear, when parents did not voluntarily accept COVID-vaccine contaminated blood introduced into their children during surgery, New Zealand treated these parents as if they were members of a cult. Americans will be next if something isn’t done immediately to prevent these lunatics from enacting woke terroristic policies—introducing HIV or COVID vaccine-contaminated blood into the national blood supply—in the name of the government.
However, there are state legislatures working to bring transparency and consent to blood-receiving therapies; of course, Democrats are protesting these initiatives.
Effective immediately, American blood banks need to stop accepting blood from those with HIV as well as those who have been uselessly “vaccinated” with the untested, mRNA experimental and unapproved gene therapy marketed as “effective” against the COVID where there is no third-party or peer-reviewed data to back up the government’s claims.
A growing number of the public knows the blood supply is now being targeted and contaminated with HIV-tainted blood as well as the experimental COVID vaccine concoctions. It is time for Congress to put a stop to this madness.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/05/rishi_sunak_admits_to_infected_blood_scandal.html
A Tale of Two Realities: Media Splits on Trump Trial
Awaiting a verdict in search of a crime.
by Mark Angelides | May 30, 2024
Economist Thomas Sowell wrote, “If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.” It’s a dilemma that has come to the fore with the trial of Donald J. Trump. The Fourth Estate appears irreconcilably riven between two realities that bear no relation to one another. And in the middle waits the patient audience, desperately seeking even a flicker of truth.
No One Wants to Be Stupid!
Credentialism is likely the only socially acceptable veneer of elitism. Indeed, careers are built and fortunes are made in the media world by being the guy or gal “in the know.” And yet Trump’s criminal trial – with ramifications that make it potentially one of the most impactful in modern history – has exposed what many have long suspected: The experts don’t really know a whole lot.
The left and right sides of the news media are determined to sell their opinions to a less-than-trusting public. Its denizens bemoan how any clear-thinking individual could possibly determine that the former president is innocent or, on the other hand, guilty. It seems that a number of talking heads have staked their credentialed reputations on calling this jury verdict.
Of course, should the jury ultimately rule the opposite to their prognostications, the credentialed class will dismiss it as the wrong decision. As gamblers are wont to say, “You’re only as good as your last hand.” The mercurial public tends to remember losses over wins.
Skin in the Game
What has become increasingly apparent is that the two sides of the media divide are unofficial surrogates for their chosen presidential candidate. On the left, dealing a conviction blow to Trump would allow President Joe Biden to campaign that his opponent is a felon and deserves to be in a jail rather than the Oval Office – a clarion call that will certainly be echoed on the front pages of many once-esteemed news outlets. On the right, a guilty verdict will be used to declare that Trump is the victim of political persecution.
The Fourth Estate appears to have forgotten its role as a recorder of events and instead finds itself in desperate need to ensure its own relevance by shaping the narrative to its own benefit, presenting its own version of reality as the absolute truth.
Who are the victims in this game? The consumers of news, who are owed honesty over agenda.
Media in Memoriam
An ailing press, stuck in the dead space of irrelevance between social media and political apathy, was revitalized by the presidential run of a well-known New York real estate developer and erstwhile TV reality star. Trump gave them headlines, purpose, and a raison d’être unthinkable prior to the internet age.
President Trump brought the nation’s media back from the brink, but the cost was bifurcation: a split system that reveled in or reviled each utterance of the 45th president. Now, each side must provide its audience with the red (or blue) meat it craves. The problem comes when that meal no longer satisfies and when the guy or gal “in the know” no longer appears to be an expert. Well, that’s the equivalent of a funeral.
As the Fourth Estate and a nation await a verdict, one can just hear the dirge of lamentations in the distance, cresting the hill where rhetoric meets reality.
https://www.libertynation.com/a-tale-of-two-realities-media-splits-on-trump-trial/
California Poised to Punish EV Drivers – Swamponomics
Plus, Biden taps gasoline reserve and interest rates.
by Andrew Moran | May 30, 2024
Have electric vehicles become a laughingstock? Perhaps in California. Under President Joe Biden, the United States has gone ultra-bullish on electrified automobiles. Well, except for consumers, of course. Across the country, all three levels of government have invested in EVs and the required infrastructure, from handing out billions in corporate welfare to subsidizing motorists’ EV purchases. Officials touted the benefits of electric cars, but various reports and studies have highlighted the disadvantages of owning these automobiles.
California Might Punish EV Drivers
Gas taxes ain’t what they used to be, whether because automobiles require less fuel or drivers are switching to electric. Whatever the case, the government needs money. Estimates show that real gas tax revenues are forecast to decline by more than half over the next two decades. Even if politicians hike the gas levy, it would not be enough.
The government is attempting to be proactive in California, a state with heavy EV usage rates. With Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) trying to make all new vehicle sales emission-free by 2035, the Golden State risks losing a lot of revenue, especially as its infrastructure maintenance costs $8.5 billion per year. As a result, California is piloting a mileage fee program called Road Charge, an initiative aimed to replace or complement the gasoline tax. The government will compile data in the pilot program, and the numbers will determine if it is time to ditch the gas tax.
While an exact rate has not been set, reports suggest it could range between two and four cents per mile. The popular Autoblog makes a good point: “It’s EV drivers that will end up spending more: they’d pay the same monthly Road Charge but they currently don’t pay a gas tax.” That is if there is enough range in these electric cars anyway.
In other California EV news, the state is apparently an “EV-charging desert.” According to the Department of Energy, only four fast-charging public stations are found throughout 4,500 square miles. Ouch. This is as bad as the “seven or eight” public charging stations nationwide, even after the federal government spent $7.5 billion to construct these apparatuses. Is this massive taxpayer investment in EVs turning out to be a boondoggle?
Biden Taps Gas Reserves
Gasoline prices had rocketed to kick off spring. However, in recent weeks, they have flat lined heading into the busy summer driving season. American Automobile Association data suggest that the national average for a gallon of gasoline is about $3.59, a penny or two higher than a year ago. The reasons vary, from the war risk premium vanishing from global energy markets to lackluster fuel demand.
The White House wants to be prepared in case of a sudden surge. This is why the administration announced it would be releasing one million barrels of gas from the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve to reduce pump prices. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed that supplies will be sold from storage facilities in Maine and New Jersey in 100,000-barrel quantities to ensure competitive bidding. The volumes, totaling about 42 million gallons of gas, will be given to retailers and terminals by June 3 at the latest.
The administration touted the “strategic action” as another step Biden is taking to help households lower energy costs, comparing it to more than 40% drawdown from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In total, US gas stocks stand at roughly 228 million barrels, and emergency inventories stand at nearly 368 million barrels.
It could only be described as a preventative measure since energy prices have struggled to sustain momentum in either direction. Even if there were a sudden rally in West Texas Intermediate futures, it would not justify selling emergency stocks for political purposes. That’s Bidenomics, baby!
The New Era of Higher Rates?
All the talk on Wall Street is about when the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. The futures market is penciling in a quarter-point rate cut beginning in September or November. But while investors are looking at the near-term path of rates, what is the long-term trajectory? Well, even if the Eccles Building followed its own projections, the March Summary of Economic Projections, the benchmark federal funds rate will still be much higher than even where it was before the pandemic. The median policy rate is expected to be 3.1% by 2026.
However, with inflation trends mirroring the 1970s and 1980s, can the central bank afford to slash rates? If not, consumers and businesses from California to Massachusetts might need to brace for higher borrowing costs, be it auto loans or credit cards.
https://www.libertynation.com/california-poised-to-punish-ev-drivers-swamponomics/
Former President’s Future Rests in Jury’s Hands
Jury to start the day hearing judge’s instructions again.
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq.
Donald Trump is presently being judged by a jury of 12 people, accused of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Not since 1974, before President Richard Nixon was pardoned by his successor, President Gerald Ford, has a past commander-in-chief been in such criminal jeopardy. Judge Juan Merchan charged the jury with the case yesterday morning (May 29), and now the country and the defendant await their decision.
Merchan told the jury they did not have to be unanimous on the underlying crime that established a basis for the almost three dozen charges of falsifying business records. A guilty verdict on any of the 34 counts depends on finding intent to fraudulently file records and another crime. In this case, that might be violating New York City or federal election law. Jurors don’t have to agree on which law Trump violated in addition to the fraudulent filing. The judge explained that excessive donations or violating corporate donation rules, for instance, would each qualify.
4-4-4
Law professor and legal commentator Jonathan Turley tweeted from the courtroom: “Merchan just delivered the coup de grace instruction. He said that there is no need to agree on what occurred. [The jury] can disagree on what the crime was among the three choices. Thus, this means that they could split 4-4-4 and he will still treat them as unanimous.” No fan of the prosecution or judge in the case, Turley wrote: “Before jurors left, Judge Juan Merchan framed their deliberations in a way that seemed less like a jury deliberation than a canned hunt.”
How was it canned? Turley said the judge allowed the jury to be told repeatedly, and falsely, that Trump committed federal campaign violations. Turley went on: “That is not true … [T]he judge allowed them to be repeatedly told a false fact that could make it difficult for anyone to acquit.”
Merchan instructed jurors to strive for a universal verdict while remaining committed to their judgments when firm. Per reports from the courthouse, he stated: “You should not surrender an honest view of the evidence simply because you want the trial to be over or are outvoted.”
Trump: The Jury Instructions Were Rigged
During an afternoon break, Trump commented to reporters in the courthouse hallway that the instructions were “rigged” against him and that “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges, but we’ll see.”
An odd feature of New York criminal trial procedure is that juries are not presented with printed jury instructions; the judge reads them aloud. If members of the jury later want clarification on a point, they are directed back into the courtroom, where the judge has the court reporter read them again from the transcript. It is as cumbersome as it sounds. Trump’s jurors requested the instructions again toward the end of Merchan’s appointed 4:30 p.m. quitting time, prompting the judge to end a little early and begin the next day with the reading.
Merchan told the jurors they may choose to work late today (May 30), but not past 6 p.m.
https://www.libertynation.com/former-presidents-future-rests-in-jurys-hands/
Trump Storms Into Biden’s Blue America
As Biden beats a path to Pennsylvania, Trump takes a road less traveled.
by Tim Donner | May 30, 2024
Even as pundits everywhere work overtime to calculate the political effect of the upcoming verdict in the Trump trial – will an acquittal, conviction or hung jury help, hurt or make little difference for the 45th president? – there are more conventional and reliable methods for gauging the state of a presidential campaign. And the most effective way to do so, other than reliable and widespread polling, is to examine the candidate’s schedule. Where advisers choose to invest time and treasure is perhaps most indicative of their genuine view of their candidate’s strengths and weaknesses and where he needs to secure his base or expand his reach. Ultimately, wittingly or unwittingly, it reveals an optimistic or pessimistic outlook on the race.
To use an extreme example, if Joe Biden needs to travel to deep-blue California to secure that state or Donald Trump feels it necessary to campaign in ruby-red Mississippi, it is an unmistakable sign that his campaign is going off the rails. To that point, when Joe Biden announced a new initiative, the rather stark “Black Voters for Biden-Harris” in Philadelphia on Wednesday, he was trying to win back support from his most crucial demographic group, one that should have been locked down by now. Having to invest so much of his limited energy to securing his base is an ominous sign for a campaign that should be thinking of ways to expand its appeal by this point in the campaign.
In light of the incumbent’s travel plans, or lack thereof, the Biden re-election campaign and its champions in elite media are now essentially admitting that the president will have to win all three battleground states of the upper Midwest — Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin — to secure a second term. Unless all polling to date is wrong, as Biden constantly suggests, or a Trump conviction in his Manhattan trial changes the contours of the race, Biden’s path to four more years is undoubtedly narrow. The president’s campaign is now desperate enough to send the 80-year-old, Trump-deranged Robert De Niro out on Tuesday (May 28) for a rambling, unhinged rant in front of the Manhattan courthouse where Trump’s trial had entered its final stages, declaring Trump is out to destroy the world.
Conversely, if a candidate makes bold moves to appear in regions where his opponent is the clear favorite, it demonstrates optimism about his prospects. And, despite a legal Sword of Damocles hanging over his head, that has been the case of late with Donald Trump.
Trump Derangement Itself on Trial
Of course, New York is hardly in play, but Biden’s lead there is just 9 points, down from 22 one year ago in polling by Siena, after he crushed Trump by 23 points in the Empire State in 2020. That shrunken advantage is certainly indicative of the national trend, and in response to his slim path to victory, this president has become almost an unofficial resident of Pennsylvania, just a short ride from his home in Delaware. The state is considered a bellwether for the nation writ large, and Biden established his campaign headquarters in Philadelphia in 2020. On Wednesday he made his fifth trip to the City of Brotherly Love and seventh to Pennsylvania in 2024 alone. Vice President Kamala Harris also has campaigned in the Keystone State three times in the last several weeks.
New banner Memo - From the Desk of Senior Political Analyst Tim Donner 1But as is so often the case, Biden had nothing on his calendar Tuesday, and after his appearance in Philadelphia, he is headed back to the beach again for the weekend, bringing again into question the seeming lack of urgency from a candidate who is clearly losing the race with just over five months until Election Day.
Indeed, the walls have been closing in on the incumbent, with four other states universally considered pivotal to the outcome of the election — North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada — seemingly out of Biden’s reach at this point. This leaves the president no choice but to spend most of his time in the trio of upper Midwest battlegrounds he needs to sweep. Together with the states he won before and is likely to win again, sweeping Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin would get Biden to 269 electoral votes, and he would then need to either pull off a big upset in a red state or capture a decisive 270th vote in Nebraska, where one of the state’s four votes is up for grabs in the most Democrat district in an otherwise deep-red state.
In sharp contrast, while it seemed being locked down in Manhattan might cripple his campaign, Trump has taken full advantage of his persecution, speaking daily to the cameras and directly to audiences ordinarily hostile to Republicans. He has drawn an outsized crowd of more than 100,000 in blue New Jersey – Biden leads in the Garden State by 7%, after he won there by 16% in 2020 — plus an almost unthinkable 20,000 or more in the midnight-blue Bronx, while adding in stops at a union gathering and a Manhattan bodega. And while the left mocks Trump for visiting places he has little or no hope of winning, the former president has demonstrated to the electorate his willingness to talk to anyone, anywhere, anytime, friendly or hostile, while Biden remains distant from the people.
“President Trump goes to the bright-blue Bronx and another political party’s convention [Libertarian], a week before that he goes to bright-blue Minnesota, and before that, he has stops at the Teamsters headquarters and SneakerCon and even a town hall on CNN during the Republican primary,” campaign adviser Jason Miller texted Politico over the weekend. “What’s now clear is that President Trump is changing the game and living in what normally would be considered Joe Biden’s political territory, and this has to terrify Democrats.”
A Brief History of Overconfidence and Desperate Gambits
Political history is replete with lost opportunities, missing what was in plain sight, and failed gambits such as De Niro’s clumsy attack that broke Biden’s explicit promise to avoid commenting on the legal travails of his opponent. Al Gore was blasted for ignoring and losing his home state of Tennessee, costing him the 2000 election. Vice President Dick Cheney was sent 5,000 miles to Hawaii on the eve of the 2004 election in a failed attempt to secure the deep blue state’s three electoral votes, though he and Bush 43 still won re-election In 2012, Mitt Romney behaved as if he had a shot at Pennsylvania by holding a rally in Pittsburgh on Election Day itself, only to lose the state decisively.
Then there was 2016, when Hillary Clinton’s famous overconfidence and inattention to Wisconsin and Michigan, while spending time and money in states she was set up to lose, was blamed for her crushing losses behind the one-time “blue wall.” That year, pundits spoke of Trump having to pull an “inside straight” to upset the heavily favored former first lady, senator, and secretary of state. He somehow pulled it off, and, ironically, that is exactly what Biden will have to do now to take down Trump.
The 45th president, despite being targeted and frozen in place by a nakedly biased judge and bloodthirsty prosecutors, one of whom was sicked on Trump directly from Biden’s Justice Department, is brimming with confidence enough to travel directly to the belly of the blue beast. Meanwhile, 46 continues to employ a Rose Garden strategy, acting as if all is well, he is leading, and all he has to do is watch Trump be convicted and keep showing up in Pennsylvania. Trump supporters can only hope he continues down the same path.
https://www.libertynation.com/trump-storms-into-bidens-blue-america/
Dems Kick Off their Traditional Election Year Silly Season Targeting 'Big Oil'
David Blackmon
May 30, 2024
[Note: Donald Trump isn’t the only party who gets hit by Democrat partisan show trials. CEOs of “Big Oil” companies know they’ll also be targeted along about May of any election year by Democrats in congress. That particular political silly season kicked off last week when Senators Ron Wyden and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone sent letters to an array of company CEOs demanding they ‘fess up to alleged schemes of market manipulation that of course do not exist.
I wrote separate pieces on this tiresome bit of partisan hackery this week for The Daily Caller and The Telegraph. They appear below. Enjoy.]
t happens in or around May in any election year during which Democrats hold suitable positions in either house of Congress: heavily politicised show trial-style hearings targeting “Big Oil” begin. This has been an entirely predictable process across at least the last 30 years, and last week we found out this year will be no exception.
The first step comes when senior Democrats on certain committees in the Senate and/or House fire off hyperbolic letters to CEOs of “Big Oil” companies (this includes gas, of course) accusing them of all sorts of nefarious activities. Most frequently, the suggestion is that their companies have been engaging in “collusion” to “fix prices” for gasoline at the pump. Not surprisingly, that very accusation forms part of the basis for this year’s round of hearings.
As it happens, this year’s scenario was set in place by what appeared to be a coordinated media frenzy regarding a fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago involving Donald Trump and some oil and gas industry executives. Although the dinner took place on April 11 and the Washington Post reported on it just 6 days later, the story didn’t become a cause célèbre in the rest of the legacy media until the second week in May. Then it took off, for whatever reason.
That turned out to be perfect timing for Senate Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who sent letters on May 23 to CEOs of 8 “Big Oil” companies, as well as the American Petroleum Institute, under the letterhead of the Senate Finance Committee which Wyden chairs. Setting up a predicate for a hearing to come, the Senators demanded that each company provide information related to the April 11 dinner, and to also provide any draft documents they might have prepared for proposed policy actions in a future Trump administration.
Senators Wyden and Whitehouse demand all this information without irony despite the fact that these kinds of interactions between politicians and their supporters are standard operating procedure in the US political system. They happen all the time, in both parties.
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/dems-kick-off-their-traditional-election?publication_id=712558&post_id=145122748&isFreemail=true&r=rd9j8&triedRedirect=true
Report: DOJ Tracked Moms for Liberty as Hate Group
By Sandy Fitzgerald | Wednesday, 29 May 2024 03:16 PM EDT
The conservative education policy group Moms for Liberty was tracked by the Department of Justice's unit tasked with responding to "hate crimes" through alerts triggered by signals such as the Confederate flag, a noose, or a swastika, according to internal emails.
The documents show the group being tracked by the DOJ's Community Research Service (CRS) in a manner only used to track two other groups (the Ku Klux Klan and the Oath Keepers) reported The Daily Wire, which obtained the emails through a Freedom of Information Act filed by America First Legal on its behalf.
Targets like Moms for Liberty were tracked through alerts from Google or LexisNexis based on certain keywords.
The DOJ has not commented on why it was tracking the Florida-based group, which advocates against school curricula mentioning LGBTQ rights, critical race theory, and discrimination.
Emails were obtained from DOJ-CRS Conciliation Specialist Hannah Levine suggesting that she tracked "hate" through setting up keyword searches.
For example, a July 20, 2023 alert set for the terms "'moms for liberty' virginia" brought up an article saying that the Virginia Department of Education had released new policies for transgender students.
Levine then wrote to board members in Roanoke County, was to "offer our services in conflict resolution," the emails show.
"I'd like to connect to see if we might be able to offer support and services as you work to manage conflict within the community related to this," she said in an email.
The DOJ until used other words, tracking the phrase "moms for liberty" along with searches that included "bias," "bigot," "confederate flag," and more.
However, there was no evidence that the Moms for Liberty group or Roanoke officials had committed hate crimes, but the DOJ appeared to be operating under the premise that Virginia's government was operating under a "hate agenda" or that activists were creating "tensions," opening the door for intervention, The Daily Wire reported.
The emails also show that CRS was pressuring local officials, through emails with doj.gov accounts, to accept arbitration services.
The findings represent a "new low" for the DOJ, said Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice.
"We reject the notion that advocating for parental rights and the well-being of children is an act of hate and we call on the Department of Justice to clarify its position on this matter," she said. "The actions of the federal government should never infringe upon the rights of parents to engage in the democratic process."
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/doj-crs-moms-for-liberty/2024/05/29/id/1166674/?ns_mail_uid=110c4f27-b39e-4490-8c9e-becd156886f8&ns_mail_job=DM628275_05292024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010504e2v5q8
Financial Surveillance? PayPal Plots Ad Network Built off Your Purchase History and Shopping Habits
Didi Rankovic
PayPal has announced that it is creating an ad platform “powered” by the data the payment service giant has from millions of both customers and merchants – specifically, from their transaction information.
The data harvesting here will be on by default, but PayPal users (Venmo is included in the scheme) will be able to opt out of what some critics refer to as yet another example of “financial surveillance.” The company’s massive business in the first quarter of this year alone amounted to 6.5 transactions processed for 427 million customers.
Sellers are promised that they will, thanks to the new platform, achieve better sales of products and services, while customers are told to expect the ads targeting them to show more “relevant” products.
A press release revealed that to bolster this side of its business, PayPal has appointed two executives – Mark Grether, formerly Uber Advertising VP and general manager, and John Anderson, who was previously head of product and payments at the fintech firm Plaid.
In this way, PayPal is joining others who are turning to using customer data to monetize targeted advertising. In the company’s industry, Visa and JPMorgan Chase have been making similar moves, while big retailers “share” this type of data with Big Tech.
The PayPal scheme is based on shopping habits and purchase information that allows advertisers to pinpoint their campaigns, and Grether explained that the company “knows” who is making purchases on the internet and where and that this data can be “leveraged.”
He also told the Wall Street Journal that customers who use PayPal cards in physical stores will become sources of the same type of data.
Other than this, however, not many other details are known at this time as to the exact type of data that will be “fed” into the new ad platform.
A spokesperson has offered vague responses to this query, stating that there are no “definitive answers” to that at this “early stage” of the platform’s creation.
But, Taylor Watson was sure to offer boilerplate assurances of transparency and privacy protections:
“Alongside the advertising business, PayPal will build transparent, easy-to-use privacy controls,” said this spokesperson.
https://reclaimthenet.org/paypal-plots-ad-network-built-off-your-purchase-history-and-shopping-habits
Alternative Media Giants Sue The Censorship Industrial Complex
Dan Frieth
In a new lawsuit, Webseed and Brighteon Media have accused multiple US government agencies and prominent tech companies of orchestrating a vast censorship operation aimed at suppressing dissenting viewpoints, particularly concerning COVID-19. The plaintiffs, Webseed and Brighteon Media, manage websites like NaturalNews.com and Brighteon.com, which have been at the center of controversy for their alternative health information and criticism of government policies.
We obtained a copy of the lawsuit for you here.
https://docs.reclaimthenet.org/Brighteon-complaint-5-27-24.pdf
The defendants include the Department of State, the Global Engagement Center (GEC), the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and tech giants such as Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), Google, and X. Additionally, organizations like NewsGuard Technologies, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), and the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) are implicated for their roles in creating and using tools to label and suppress what they consider misinformation.
Allegations of Censorship and Anti-Competitive Practices:
The lawsuit claims that these government entities and tech companies conspired to develop and promote censorship tools to suppress the speech of Webseed and Brighteon Media, among others. “The Government was the primary source of misinformation during the pandemic, and the Government censored dissidents and critics to hide that fact,” states Stanford University Professor J. Bhattacharya in support of the plaintiffs’ claims.
The plaintiffs argue that the government’s efforts were part of a broader strategy to silence voices that did not align with official narratives on COVID-19 and other issues. They assert that these actions were driven by an “anti-competitive animus” aimed at eliminating alternative viewpoints from the digital public square.
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs have suffered substantial economic harm, estimating losses between $25 million and $50 million due to reduced visibility and ad revenue from their platforms. They also claim significant reputational damage as a result of being labeled as purveyors of misinformation.
The complaint details how the GEC and other agencies allegedly funded and promoted tools developed by NewsGuard, ISD, and GDI to blacklist and demonetize websites like NaturalNews.com. These tools, which include blacklists and so-called “nutrition labels,” were then utilized by tech companies to censor content on their platforms. The plaintiffs argue that this collaboration between government agencies and private tech companies constitutes an unconstitutional suppression of free speech.
A Broader Pattern of Censorship:
The lawsuit references other high-profile cases, such as Missouri v. Biden, to illustrate a pattern of government overreach into the digital information space. It highlights how these efforts have extended beyond foreign disinformation to target domestic voices that challenge prevailing government narratives.
Webseed and Brighteon Media are seeking both monetary damages and injunctive relief to prevent further censorship. They contend that the government’s actions violate the First Amendment and call for an end to the use of these censorship tools.
As the case progresses, it promises to shine a light on the complex interplay between government agencies, tech companies, and the tools used to control the flow of information in the digital age. The outcome could have significant implications for the future of free speech and the regulation of online content.
https://reclaimthenet.org/alternative-media-giants-sue-the-censorship-industrial-complex
Forecast Model: Trump, GOP Lead in Election Races
By Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 29 May 2024 11:10 AM EDT
Former President Donald Trump is favored to return to the White House, according to a forecast model released more than five months before November's election.
The Decision Desk HQ/The Hill model also shows Republicans being favored to win control of the House and the Senate.
"This is like taking a test that doesn't count, like getting a grade in school that doesn't count," Decision Desk HQ Director for Data Science Scott Tranter said of the early forecast, The Hill reported.
"No one's voting today, no one's picking a president or picking a senator. If they did pick them today, this is probably how I'd hand it out."
The Decision Desk HQ/The Hill model gives Trump a 58% chance of winning the presidency and President Joe Biden a 42% chance of winning reelection.
The model also shows Trump with slight leads in most of the key swing states expected to determine the election outcome.
Another poll, from Civiqs, this week showed Biden's national approval rating is underwater by an average of 22 percentage points, but his rating in the swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania is even lower.
The Decision Desk HQ/The Hill model currently projects Trump winning 282 electoral votes and Biden 256. A total of at least 270 is needed to win the presidency.
The GOP holds an 80% chance of winning the U.S. Senate and a 64% chance of holding its House majority, according to the model.
The Decision Desk HQ/The Hill model found that Democrat Senate candidates have a higher chance to prevail in all but one of the Senate battlegrounds.
In Montana, Republican Tim Sheehy has a 78% chance of defeating incumbent Democrat Sen. Jon Tester, who has a 22% chance of prevailing.
The model is based on the framework used for past elections in 2020 and 2022, but with some changes.
Decision HQ used roughly 200 different data points — including voter registration numbers for each party, demographics, past election results, fundraising totals, and polling averages — to reach the probabilities.
Democrats, though, remember that a widely predicted red wave in the 2022 midterms did not occur.
"The worst thing you can do is peak too soon in politics," Democrat strategist Antjuan Seawright said, The Hill reported.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-gop-lead/2024/05/29/id/1166626/?ns_mail_uid=110c4f27-b39e-4490-8c9e-becd156886f8&ns_mail_job=DM628394_05292024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=0105023yancp
Morning Glory: Trump Derangement Syndrome and the Trump jury
TDS, plus the 'lure of significance' could make the jury room in the Trump trial a most unpleasant place.
Hugh Hewitt
Published May 30, 2024 5:00am EDT
The jury has the case and I’ve got a deadline.
Not everyone who thinks former President Donald Trump should be convicted in the Manhattan trial brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has "Trump Derangement Syndrome" ("TDS.). But everyone with "TDS" thinks Trump should be convicted.
Robert DeNiro admitted to TDS in his very weird meltdown outside the courthouse Tuesday when the actor proclaimed he knows Trump is guilty. DeNiro is not alone in voicing their limitless hatred of Trump. More people on X than can be counted have TDS. Many folks commenting on this or any other column about Trump have TDS.
But the marker of TDS is not an opinion on the guilt or innocence of Trump in this proceeding. Thinking Trump guilty isn’t an insane position and can be in many cases put down to simple ignorance of the law.
A lot of observers haven’t been following Andrew C. McCarthy or Jonathan Turley as they have both patiently explained, again and again, why the trial is hard to stomach for people committed to the rule of law. Lots of people catch just a few minutes of coverage or this and that and come to some erroneous conclusion such as "NDAs are illegal" or are wholly ignorant of the fact that Bragg has no jurisdiction over the enforcement of federal election law.
They will just have heard or watched or read enough to conclude that paying off Stormy Daniels was illegal and Trump got caught doing that. They are neither joyful nor disappointed by the verdict, whatever it will be. These citizens are not the problem for politics in this country. The problem for the country is that too many people are emotionally invested in "put Trump in cuffs" regardless of the facts or the law.
Folks with TDS, in contrast to those who have simply been misled or who are ignorant of things like "reasonable doubt," will actually know this case should never have been brought though they will be loath to admit that out loud. They know it’s a bizarre proceeding from start to finish and that the trial Judge Juan Merchan didn’t just put a finger on the scale to benefit the prosecution but that he slammed his fist down on it again and again and again on the side of Bragg and his team.
Merchan will never regain whatever reputation he had for fairness, though he will often hear going forward from the TDS-afflicted how glad they were that he bent the rule of law to try and injure Trump.
Such praise will be the equivalent of cheering for a bonfire that got out of control when offered by the pyromaniacs who happened to pass by such an accidental blaze. According to Psychology Today, pyromaniacs "do not set fires for monetary gain, for ideological reasons, to cover up criminal activity, to express anger or revenge, or as a result of a delusion, a hallucination, or impaired judgment." Why do they start fires? This gets us close to understanding the TDS-afflicted.
"Some research has likened pyromania and other impulse-control disorders to behavioral addictions," was the explanation provided. The TDS-afflicted seem to me to be simply addicted to hating Trump. The origin of their animus is beside the point.
Maybe Trump disintermediated them from power, influence or money. Maybe they got the short end of a deal somewhere along the line, and they are transferring their anger over that perceived injustice on to Trump. A generalization about the origins of a psychological condition does not seem fair or even possibly accurate.
The deep hatred of Trump among those with TDS is really quite startling to observe or hear, especially for the first time from someone you may like or respect. A mention of Trump sets a TDSer off of course, sends them into a rant or over a rhetorical cliff and sometimes they manifest their addiction by raising their voice, clenching fists, resorting to profanity or vulgarity or using ALL CAPS! They obsess about Trump and turn every topic to him. He’s not, for them, a political opponent in the great game of American politics, but a Putin-Assad-Xi-Sinwar-level embodiment of evil.
That’s objectively not true, of course, but they will argue that "Yes, Trump is!" or that at least that he’s close. Even if obliged to give up the ground that Trump hasn’t committed genocide or mass murder of innocents, they will append some qualifier to that admission and mutter something about "lack of opportunity."
How to tell if somebody has TDS? Listen for the venom-saturated commentary, the startling level of hatred they express. It just isn’t normal, not even for brass-knuckled politicos. Trump breaks people. Most stay broken.
Not liking Trump, or even really, really disliking him — disliking him to a level you have never felt about a politician — is not TDS. Indeed, even what appears to be an obsession with Trump is, for some, simply an economic choice.
MSNBC producers know a good slice of their relatively small audience must be fed daily some extravagant venting about Trump. They know they can’t put on the other point of view much less a hardcore MAGA Trump supporter. Too many in their audience are repulsed by any praise of Trump or his record. That’s not TDS. That’s monetizing the TDS in the population at large, even though it’s a small percentage of Americans.
As I wrote this column, the jury was deliberating. I’ve been telling my broadcast audience for two months that a conviction was coming because the trial judge tipped his hand very early and has done everything in his power to "get Trump." I am also convinced the conviction will be reversed on appeal for many reasons, but that the appeal will take much longer than the election season. Even then, it won’t undo the damage done to this election cycle by the fanatics who threw in with Bragg.
The idea that President Joe Biden sent his official campaign to the courthouse to cheer on a conviction via DeNiro’s ranting should stun people. The president of the United States should want justice done, not a political opponent convicted because the incumbent’s campaign seems to be collapsing. Neither the president nor DeNiro can possibly have an informed opinion about the trial because they haven’t been in the courtroom and show no evidence of following the serious and objective analysis. They just want Trump in cuffs.
Why? Well Joe Biden wants to be reelected and who knows what drives a very old actor for whom the sun is setting. There are dozens of different origin stories for TDS but my view is that, for most with the condition, the exercise of the rage against Trump releases some sort of endorphin for the folks trapped in it.
Some sort of psychological return on investment must be garnered by, for example, obsessively replying to posts on X or columns in various platforms that point out the many biased rulings by Merchan. Nobody reads those threads except other TDS-afflicted people. Nobody’s opinion changes. But the compulsion to comment and rage endures.
The only figures from the modern era remotely close to Trump in the ability to trigger sustained rage among his or her political opponents are Richard Nixon and Hillary Clinton. It’s a small group of people in American politics who see in an individual elected in the United States a "super villain." Our republic functions well. We don’t let super villains rule.
Realize, though, there is no arguing with those with TDS, no persuading them of their condition. I have tentatively approached some folks who voted for President Biden in 2020 with the question whether they will consider voting for Trump in 2024. It’s an obvious question to pose to folks who like to talk politics.
A surprising number of them have said yes, but that it’s far from a sure thing. They don’t like Trump at all, for any of a number of reasons. Most in this group of fence-sitters cite unsurprising reasons for their tentative change of heart: Biden’s manifest physical infirmity, or their conclusion that Vice President Harris will end up president if Biden wins in the fall, or because the national security staff around Biden is so utterly averse to conflict and thus have left America weak and unable to deter out energies.
They would gladly vote for another Democrat like Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro or Colorado Governor Jared Polis. But when pushed to face the real choice — Biden or Trump — they are either undecided or already in the "Trump is better than 'old Joe.’"
The key: None of these people have TDS. They are puzzling though the inevitable binary choice.
TDS is not widespread. Most Americans just don’t care enough to hate Trump 24/7/365. And they shouldn’t. Trump isn’t a "threat to democracy," and isn’t, as DeNiro asserted repeatedly, "never going to leave!" if returned to the White House. Of course, he will leave.
The two-term limit is in the Constitution and the Constitution is very strong. It’s just crazy talk to make such a wild assertion to the contrary. But that’s the point: TDS is crazy talk that never ends in the inner dialogue of the minds of the TDS-afflicted.
This is why I fear conviction in a case that is, manifestly, an abuse of the criminal justice system — a political prosecution. I am assuming that some of the jurors have TDS. I’m also assuming that there will be no reasoning with them and that they will descend to berating anyone who sees the reality of this absurd set of charges and assumptions on top of assumptions. If there is more than one TDSer, it’s going to be a rough time for any juror who thinks Trump is getting railroaded and that the prosecution didn’t come close to carrying their burden of proof.
The idea that President Joe Biden sent his official campaign to the courthouse to cheer on a conviction via DeNiro’s ranting should stun people. The president of the United States should want justice done, not a political opponent convicted because the incumbent’s campaign seems to be collapsing. Neither the president nor DeNiro can possibly have an informed opinion about the trial because they haven’t been in the courtroom and show no evidence of following the serious and objective analysts. They just want Trump in cuffs.
I’ve only sat as a member of one criminal jury. (Lawyers on juries is not routine, but it’s also not as rare as some commentators have suggested.) The dynamics in that particular room, which went on for two weeks and ended in a hung jury of 11-1 in favor of conviction, were quite unlike anything you’ve ever seen in a movie or on any platform. I tell my law students on the basis of that experience that they can never underestimate the stupidity, the unmovable bias or pure irrationality of the most ignorant person on the jury.
If any of the Trump jurors has TDS, and especially if more than one does, but there is also a principled individual who sees through the smoke, this could go a very long time. If you know anyone with TDS, you also know that the last thing you want is to be trapped next to them on an airplane or, God forbid, in a jury room.
One more consideration causes concern for this jury. To this manic desire among TDSers to "stop Trump," add in the dangerous lure of "the call of significance" which Commentary Magazine Executive Editor Abe Greenwald articulated in that magazine’s Wednesday podcast.
"I just don’t see," Greenwald explained, "how a New York jury can resist the opportunity — in their eyes a world historic opportunity — to convict Donald Trump and, in their mind, shape the course of the upcoming presidential election and American history." TDS is the obvious threat to a fair deliberation. The less obvious but also real temptation is to indulge the desire to be in on the first ever conviction of a former president — to "make history."
TDS, plus the powerful attraction of being a footnote in history, is almost certainly going to bend this jury. I hope for our collective sake, including those with TDS, that there’s a "Juror #8" — Henry Fonda in "12 Angry Men" — in the room. If there is, he or she will be celebrated down the years. But if you recall the movie, you’ll also recall it takes incredible courage to play that part. We shall see.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/morning-glory-trump-derangement-syndrome-trump-jury