Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

I heard a rumour, the US will finally close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

Any future terrorists caught by the US will instead be placed in a jail cell next to Donald Trump.

Experts say, three days of having to listen to Trump talking about "the great witch-hunt" while flapping his arms like a seal will crack anyone.

State made the case for #Trump’s sons’ involvement

During closing arguments, attys for the state homed in on the idea that Donald Trump Jr. & Eric Trump were directly involved w/the inflation of assets.

The 2 defendants had previously argued that while they may have attended meetings where valuations were discussed, they had no recollection of the meetings or having played an outsize role in preparing them. (IOW, either ineptitude or idiocy)

#law #legal #TrumpTrial

#Atheism

@JosephMenn
"Hackers have found a way to gain unauthorized access to Google accounts, bypassing any multi-factor authentication (MFA) the user may have set up. To do this they steal authentication cookies and then extend their lifespan. It doesn’t even help if the owner of the account changes their password...

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Chris Christie, in dropping out of the GOP Presidential race, just gave one of the best speeches a Republican could make. Eight years too late. That's great that people like him, Bill Kristol, the Lincoln Project, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney, and others sacrificed their careers when they saw Trump for what he was. Now, we have to unite the whole world against the clear and present danger of Donald Trump to this country. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/11/2216723/-Christie-Gives-the-Speech-of-his-life-Four-Years-Late?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

#atheism

‘Trump Has Taken Presidential Immunity to Its Illogical Extreme’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/01/11/trump-presidential-immunity-extreme

@nazokiyoubinbou @VisualStuart Via Emptywheel:

Dear the Press: The REASON Trump launches these tirades, is bc he knows you're all INCAPABLE of reporting on the evidence that came before it. Simply absolute incapable of reporting on anything but his tirade, allowing him to drown out facts

It's amazing that Trump can confess to bribery on live television and Stone can be discovered to be plotting the assassination of members of Congress and neither is arrested and hauled away.

The special, preferential, and deferential privileges we give MAGAs are insane. They should be treated no differently than they treat poor people of color.

#politics #USpolitics #USpol

https://mastodon.social/@flexghost/111737725207975043

54/ Pagliery:

Judge ends trial with little fanfare.

"I will do my best… to issue a final decision in this case by January 31st. Not a promise, not a guarantee, but I'm reasonably confident I’ll be able to do that. You’ll all know about it," he says smiling.

Kise, Habba, Robert swiftly exit.

38/ Klasfeld:

Summations return to AG's counsel Kevin Wallace one more time to describe the relief the state is requesting, e.g. the ~$370M disgorgement, lifetime NY real estate industry ban, and other injunctions.

Apply the law to Trump as it would be applied to anyone else. That’s all. #trump

48/ Rubin:

“There is at least a hope,” by contrast, that a five-year bar would be enough for Eric and Don Jr., who are “grown men in their 40s,” have made millions from their roles and are “fully responsible for their actions.”

Jr., in particular, as trustee, signed certifications and representation letters attesting to the truth of his dad’s financial conditions. Even if he didn’t know, that kind of recklessness “has no business being an officer or director in a New York corporation.”

45/ Rubin:

Wallace moves on to point out that despite the preliminary injunction, the Trump Org. made a $40 million transfer without notice to the court or the monitor. The AG argues the monitorship should be extended.

Republicans are loathe to admit to themselves and/or to the rest of the world that the best “conservative” political entity they can come up with is an incompetent imbecile with zero redeeming personal qualities and only a nazi-leaning proto-fascist lust for a dictatorial kleptocracy to offer.

Trump Admits He Was “Doing Services” for Foreign Governments Who Paid Him | The New Republic:
https://newrepublic.com/post/178023/trump-shocking-confession-bought-foreign-governments

35/ Pagliery:

It's 4:30, which normally marks the end of court session. But Wallace is about to discuss how much money the AG wants from Trump.