NATION
Election Updates- Where the Wild Things Are
What we know about the Butler shooting, and what we don’t
Republicans Unveil Plan to Avert Gov’t Shutdown — Includes Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Requirements
Dems’ Absurd ‘Russian Interference’ Claims Are Election Interference
Democrats Are Wrong, Violent Crime Is Not Declining
‘Even The Mafia Doesn’t Do That’: Bill Maher Takes Aim At Liberals Going After RFK Jr.’s Wife
Outside Hillel at Baruch College, demonstrators chant, “Baruch Hillel, go to hell.” (X)
Judge in Trump Non-Disclosure and Records Case Sued for Hiding His Disclosures and Records
Let us consider Judge Merchan’s patterns.
- He’s a Democrat
- He gave money to the Democrats’ “Stop Donald Trump and his Right Wing Legacy” fund
- His grown daughter is the president of a Democrat political operation that helps Trump’s legislative enemies such as impeacher and Russian Collusion hoaxer, Adam Schiff
- His daughter’s political operation used Daddy’s Trump trial to fundraise for her political customers
- Kamala Harris hired daddy’s daughter’s political shop to help with her presidential campaign
- He was selected by insiders at the DA’s office, not a random selection, to preside over the trial because he’d overseen, others say mishandled, Trump cases before
- “He actually should be the last person selected, given the potential conflict,” said Christopher Brennan, a former Manhattan assistant district attorney about Merchan’s selection
- He ignored how the DA stacked charges against Trump, an ethics breach
- He ignored how the alleged illegal misdemeanor acts were dead issues because the statute of limitations had run
- He waved away concerns that the alleged ersatz felony charge bootstrapped to these misdemeanors and reanimated them into a live issue was neither spelled out to the jury nor the defendant, in violation of his rights
- He gagged the defendant in a complete reversal of courtroom protocol. Gag orders are to protect defendants not hurt them
- Several ethics complaints have been filed against Merchan
- On undercover video, DOJ’s SDNY spokesman called this Trump case, “a perversion of justice,” “a travesty of justice,” “a mockery of justice,” and “nonsense.” He can’t be the only one who thinks this.
WORLD
Durov announces disabling personal geolocation on Telegram
X complies with EU data laws, stops AI chatbot data collection
North Korea launches hundreds of trash balloons for second straight day
WEF: “COVID-19 was the test of social responsibility”
Why the Ruling Class Fears Democracy
HEMISPHERE
One week later: X’s future in Brazil on the line as Supreme Court reviews ban
Bolsonaro Leads Massive Free Speech Protest In Brazil After Supreme Court Bans X
Nicaragua flies out 135 political prisoners to Guatemala (Mainstream)
HEALTH
MACRO
Food Profit Margins Shrink, But Harris Blames Them for Rising Grocery Bills
Europe’s Lost Decade (YT)
MICRO
Most popular social networks worldwide as of April 2024, by number of monthly active users
Here’s the Most Popular Car Brand Among Baby Boomers in Each State
WORTH ANOTHER LOOK
World: Che: A Myth Embalmed in a Matrix of Ignorance (Mainstream)
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