(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . President Joe Biden---Day 1328---Fourth Year---Day 323---Evening Shade---Friday [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-12-20 THE PERSON who MAKES the FIRST COMMENT WILL GET TWO CRITTERS EVERY PERSON WHO COMMENTS WILL GET A CRITTER RULES IN THE DIARY WHEN YOU FIND SOMETHING in the DIARY that you LIKE YOU CAN REPOST IT AS COMMENT in the DIARY === someone is not going to be pleased. (Feel free to use. I added to the dkos library. Search on "the first laddy") === Chapter eleventy billion and one in the face eating leopard wars. from Ron Filipkowski bsky.app/… Turd v. Crenshaw === From Andrea Junker. bsky.app/… A-fecking-men Sister! The fact that I know more about Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s relationship than I do about the crimes committed by Ginni Thomas and Clarence Thomas shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media. And bsky.app/... If Fani Willis had a conflict of interest because a man might have paid for a meal, imagine how serious it would be if Supreme Court justices heard cases related to an election their wives had tried to overturn. === This is long, but worth the read. Trump is not immune in NY case, and he's big mad about it. www.publicnotice.co/... Proximately, Trump is mad because Justice Juan Merchan denied his motion to dismiss the New York criminal case on grounds of presidential immunity. Thanks to six craven justices, evidence of official presidential acts is barred, even when the crime itself is unrelated to official conduct. Trump argued that this meant his 34 convictions for creating false business records were tainted by the introduction of impermissible evidence. Two of Trump’s aides, Hope Hicks and Madeleine Westerhout, testified at the trial about discussions that took place at the White House. In addition, the prosecution introduced a 2018 government financial disclosure in which Trump referred to an outstanding debt to Michael Cohen, undercutting the claim that Cohen was performing actual legal work. Prosecutors also pointed to several tweets from 2018 as evidence of Trump’s pressure campaign to get Cohen not to flip. Trump argued that all of these should have been excluded, and thus the verdict must be overturned. ✂️ The problem with this argument is that Blanche and Bove failed to make it beforehand — or at least not in timely fashion. The trial was due to begin on March 25, and the lawyers waited until March 7, long after the 45-day deadline, to move to dismiss and/or exclude evidence on grounds of presidential immunity. (The trial was delayed by a month thanks to a wholly spurious allegation of prosecutorial misconduct lobbed by Trump’s lawyers.) Justice Merchan denied the dismissal motion as untimely, but told them they could raise immunity objections at the trial itself. In the event, they failed to object to each piece of contested evidence, seemingly forgetting to protest Westerhout’s testimony at all. And so, in legal parlance, the objections were not fully “preserved.” === Remember, math matters. From emptywheel. bsky.app/... Republicans claim that Trump's plurality victory with a 1.5% margin is a mandate. The CR was rejected last night by a 53.9% to 40% bipartisan margin. === Holy Crap! Oh, and Fuck You Maggie Haberman. Again. Its really long and detailed, so i'm just giving a taste. "Friendly to Us:” NYT Buries Its Own Role in Trump’s Attacks on Rule of Law. w.emptywheel.net/… There comes a time in almost every Trump legal scandal where evidence comes out that Trump insiders believe they manipulated Maggie Haberman to serve Trump’s interests. Evidence that both Roger Stone and Rick Gates used Maggie for various purposes came out in the Mueller investigation files, as when Gates claimed leaking Trump’s foreign policy speech to Maggie was a way to share it with Stone. At Trump’s NY trial, Michael Cohen described how he deliberately misled Maggie about the nature of the payments he made to Stormy Daniels. Perhaps the most damning example came in Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony, where she described how, after her last appearance before the January 6 Committee while still represented by Stefan Passantino, he took a call from Maggie and confirmed that Hutchinson had just finished testifying to the committee. The story really takes off from there, and I encourage you to bookmark and read when you have the time. === Holy Crap, Part II. Bankruptcy filings reveal new info on Trump Media DJT shareholder and affiliate that allegedly conducted naked short selling–a practice prohibited in the U.S. newstracs.com/… Next month Donald Trump will become President of the United States. Again. His first term in office was filled with financial conflicts of interest as his many businesses made money off of anyone seeking to buy Trump’s favor. Trump’s second term in office promises to not only repeat but to escalate the conflicts of interest – in large part because Trump now has several new types of business in addition to old school hotels, golf courses and licensing deals. Now Trump will benefit from a crypto project called World Liberty Financial and from his Truth Social media business, which is part of ‘Trump Media & Technology Group’ – a company now trading publicly under the stock symbol DJT. This article provides an update on one of the investors in Trump Media & Technology Group and, based on bankruptcy filings reveals new details about this investor, helps fill in a clearer picture of who is supporting Trump’s business, and also highlights how tangled and inter-connected the web of people and businesses around Trump are. === Holy Cr---nah, not really. More of a "well, duh." Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege. www.theguardian.com/… A company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US, according to a Guardian investigation. Uline – a giant Wisconsin-based office and shipping supply company controlled by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – shuttles in its own workers from Mexico, who are using tourist visas and visas meant for employees who are entering the US temporarily to receive professional training, known as B1 visas. But instead of being part of a dedicated training program, the Mexican employees stay for one to six months and – sources with direct knowledge of the matter allege – perform normal work in Uline’s US warehouses. === it's been exactly 0 days since the last Hegseth liquor story. Why should today be any different? Liquor Stash Photos Bolster NBC Report on Pete Hegseth Drinking Allegations. meidasnews.com/… Multiple social media posts reviewed by MeidasTouch reveal that Pete Hegseth had a liquor stash in his office for years. NBC News reported that "Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News" citing 10 current and former Fox News employees as sources. ✂️ This post reveals Hegseth liquor stash was in his office from at least 2019. 2019 to 2024 covers a span of up to 6 years. In comparing the photos, one can see that the bottles change over time. These social media posts showing a liquor stash in Pete Hegseth's Fox News office lend credibility to the NBC News report, as they visually support claims from unnamed sources who allege that they smelled alcohol on his breath. This additional evidence strengthens the connection between the allegations and Hegseth's work environment. === Evening Shade Seekers! Happy National Underdog Day! Hey, I like rooting for the little guy. Happy Mudd Day. Did you know where the phrase, "his name is Mudd" came from? After assassinating Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth rode with co-conspirator David Herold to Dr. Samuel Mudd’s home in the early hours of the 15th before crossing into Virginia. Mudd performed surgery on Booth's fractured leg and allowed both men to stay the night. At some point, Mudd must have learned of the assassination. However, he did not report Booth’s visit to the authorities for another 24 hours. This delay appeared to link him to the crime, as did his various changes of the story under interrogation. On April 26th, authorities arrested Mudd. A military commission found him guilty of aiding and conspiring in a murder and sentenced Mudd to life imprisonment. He escaped the death penalty by a single vote. And in case you missed the connection: Happy Ugly Christmas Sweater Day! Happy Go Caroling Day! AND Happy National Sangria Day! 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