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Trump addresses Elon Musk's growing political influence: 'He's not going to be president' After Musk helped tank a bipartisan bill to fund the government, Trump told conservative activists that he hadn't "ceded the presidency" to the tech billionaire.

Hillarious. Trump turns to the Constitution to protect him from co-President Elon Musk: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

23.12.2024 23:16 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Ridiculous.

23.12.2024 07:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What E. Jean Carroll had to prove to win her case against Donald Trump | CNN Politics E. Jean Carroll has prevailed in her civil trial against Donald Trump with a federal jury finding the former president liable for battery and defamation and awarding the writer $5 million.

Trump was an effective witness against himself. His lying is well established. He has boasted about sexual assaulting women in the past and said he can't help himself. Carroll has no history of lying, she told friends about Trump's assault within hours of it happening:
www.cnn.com/2023/05/09/p...

22.12.2024 19:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Testimony depends on credibility. She had tons, he had none.

22.12.2024 04:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Don’t forget he never said “ I would never do a thing like that!l he said “she’s not my type”. Then it turned out he couldn’t tell the difference between his and wife and E. Jean. So he was a pretty strong witness against himself.

22.12.2024 04:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes! Beware the old crank who claims there is nothing new because he’s seen it all before. See it for yourself. Context matters. Fresh eyes are often what makes the crucial difference.

21.12.2024 20:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The trust issue is much larger than just trust in media. Trust is eroding in democratic institutions, the rule of law, science, etc. Maybe trust in the media depends first on restoring trust in those others areas. TBH I don’t expect to see it in my life time. The good news is that I’m pretty old.

21.12.2024 20:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Testimony is evidence. Carroll testified at length under oath and the jury believed what she said. That is why Trump was found liable of sexual assault.

With respect, the issue is press freedom and whether it is under threat from a president who brands all negative media reporting as fake news.

21.12.2024 20:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

If you mean only that ABC did not want to risk discovery, that might be true, we don't know. . But under US libel law Stephanopoulos had an airtight defense based on what we do know, because the media have a first amendment protection even if they are wrong (Times v Sullivan).

21.12.2024 18:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ABC News Just Showed Trump Exactly How to Silence Journalists A multimillion-dollar settlement proves corporate media will choose profits over press freedom every time.

newrepublic.com/article/1894...

21.12.2024 14:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Christmas Day, his birthday, as
decision day would appeal to his flair for melodrama.

17.12.2024 02:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Betrayal is part of politics. But a public betrayal is a different thing altogether. Buckle up.

17.12.2024 02:47 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump announces that billionaires no longer have to comply with environmental regulations

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58 Jazz Musicians Were Photographed for ‘Harlem 1958.' Only One Remains. Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture.

On Aug. 12, 1958, Art Kane gathered 58 jazz notables in front of a Harlem brownstone for a group portrait.

Only one of its subjects is still alive: the saxophonist Sonny Rollins, 94, who spoke about the historic image.

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The Sound of Fear on Air It is an ominous sign that "Morning Joe" felt it had to apologize for something I said.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

05.12.2024 22:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I can’t even imagine suggesting in public that Biden can somehow restrain Trump by modeling good behavior. Seriously, how embarrassing for anyone who understands that little about the world and what we’re in for. Put on some clown makeup and sit in the corner.

02.12.2024 01:55 👍 2368 🔁 422 💬 38 📌 19
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02.12.2024 02:02 👍 822 🔁 196 💬 71 📌 39

Wow. You still haven’t learned.

02.12.2024 03:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is the same faith in market discipline that led to the 2008 financial meltdown, the opioid crisis and a couple of Boeing crashes.

01.12.2024 22:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth’s Mother Sent Him Penelope Hegseth sent the email to her son in 2018 as he was in the middle of a divorce from his wife, Samantha.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/u...

30.11.2024 18:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Meet Wolfgang Streeck, the Maverick German Thinker Explaining Our World Wolfgang Streeck has a convincing theory of what has gone wrong with globalization.

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...

28.11.2024 14:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Liberal New Yorkers Who Say They’re Tuning Out the News In the wake of the election, some New York City news addicts are quitting cold turkey. Can they really keep it up?

"Whether the liberal MSNBC audience has turned to group lunches or just drinking alone in the dark, the sense that people are shying away from the political conversation is showing up in ratings.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/n...

25.11.2024 15:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have to admit, I’m a little bit proud of the distance I’ve travelled on the Ringo Starr question.

24.11.2024 02:52 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
skinks 
the penalty box in hockey is such a funny concept to me. big fighty men go in the naughty cube. imprisoned for sports crimes 
runcibility 
Go to the terrarium and think about your punching, you knife-footed ice-gremlin 
cipheramnesia 
All they do is sit there plotting their little gremlin plans for as soon as you let em out of the gremlin cube.

skinks the penalty box in hockey is such a funny concept to me. big fighty men go in the naughty cube. imprisoned for sports crimes runcibility Go to the terrarium and think about your punching, you knife-footed ice-gremlin cipheramnesia All they do is sit there plotting their little gremlin plans for as soon as you let em out of the gremlin cube.

23.11.2024 02:29 👍 146 🔁 39 💬 3 📌 2

Please do not feed the trolls. Thank you.

23.11.2024 15:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0