Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Cannabis is OFFICIALLY headed to Schedule III.

The DEA has made the move, the White House will most certainly approve.

#Cannabis #weed #prohibition

https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-biden-dea-criminal-justice-pot-f833a8dae6ceb31a8658a5d65832a3b8

#OtD 30 Apr 1923 radical Jewish actor, Al Lewis, was born in NYC. Best known for the role of Grandpa Munster in The Munsters, his mother took him to May Day protests and he became a socialist. He later helped rehouse evicted people during the depression https://t.co/EZpxW83apr https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10257/al-lewis-born?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

If the #hostages are in #rafah, does #Israel have the right to use any methods of rescue?
#genevaconventions
@palestine
@israel

Via Kyle Cheney:

👉🏼House Dems make it official: If [Marj Q Greene] tries to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, they will help block it >>>>

23/ Emptywheel (re Klasfeld’s posts):

Not sure if journos present could answer this: But prosecutors OFTEN introduce such records via stipulation.

But by having a banker present all these records, you accord credibility to Michael Cohen when he tells the same story.

22/ Klasfeld:

Farro authenticates this request for a home equity line of credit in the names of Michael Cohen and his wife.

Next exhibit:

In an email assigned a "High" importance, the bank's staffer requests expedited processing on a $131,000 advance.

Ohio's *School Vouchers for All*: Expanded, Expensive, but Not Audited - A clear case of removing funding from public schools to finance private mostly religious schools. https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/ohios-school-vouchers-for-all-expanded-expensive-but-not-audited/ #privatization

Man we live in crazy times…

Republican Bill Barr tells CNN, that when he was Attorney General, Trump would frequently inform him, he wanted specific US citizens killed, but according to Barr, it is not a problem, because the government did not carry out the order.

Imagine that: A president angrily suggesting to use the power of the state to assassinate people he does not like, and it all comes down to, whether the person he is talking to tries to calm him down… or not.

https://youtu.be/KqyjudAkFNQ?si=4mXvd9lR5qGN58tj

Justice #Merchan wrote that he was “keenly aware of, and protective of, Defendant’s First Amendment rights.” But nonetheless, he wrote that he would not tolerate continued violations of his orders and that if necessary & appropriate, he would “impose an incarceratory sentence.” In plain language, he is warning #Trump that he will send him to #jail if necessary.

#TrumpTrial #criminal #law

Already, prosecutors have alerted to the judge to 4 new potential violations. Those were not covered by Justice #Merchan’s order & will be discussed at another hearing, which will be held on Thurs morning.

In addition to fining #Trump after finding him in #contempt, Justice Merchan ordered him to remove the offending Truth Social posts today.

#TrumpTrial #criminal #law

12/ Klasfeld adds:

Trump must pay $1,000 per violation, 👉🏼and he faces a hearing later this week on the last four.

Theists:
1. Do you believe you can fly if you flap your arms?

2. Do you believe a #god exists?

Apply to the second question the same kind of critical thinking you used on the first.

_____________________
#atheism #faith #god

Judge #Merchan says #Trump can have May 17 to attend the high school graduation of his youngest son, Barron. Trump had complained about not immediately being given permission. “I don’t think the May 17 date is a problem,” the judge says.

#TrumpTrial #criminal #law

7/ Klasfeld:

A few quick words on this:

Critics of Bragg's case have long ques whether alleged 2016 election-related conspiracy was a crime.

1st week of trial revealed Trump's accused co-conspirators feared criminal prosecution, as it happened.

As it became clear Trump would win, then-Enquirer editor in chief Dylan Howard sent a close relative a message saying the soon-to-be POTUS-elect may pardon him for "electoral fraud."

(Since Howard wasn't in court, jury couldn't see the message.)

Judge #Merchan begins immediately by saying that he has reached a ruling on whether #Trump violated the #GagOrder. We don’t know what it is yet.

#TrumpTrial #criminal #law

@JuliusGoat I've been involved in many protests and is completely normal to talk about who's not welcome at the protest and what to do to get rid of them. It can be done and was done many times.

If there's not even an attempt to do so, that is a *choice* by the protest.

The idea that protests cannot realistically get rid of antisemites is nothing but a lame excuse. The reality is much more likely that they can't get rid of them because there is a consensus that these people *are* welcome there

@JuliusGoat Protests don't have to be flawless, but they need to make clear that the worst people are not welcome at their protest. And they don't. At all. Nowhere. That's a choice that reflects on the entire protest.

Texas governor says state will ignore ‘illegal’ Biden Title IX revisions

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4629807-texas-governor-says-state-will-ignore-illegal-biden-title-ix-revisions/

Here's what we're reading today:

An attack on #Odesa last night killed five and injured over 30. Russian troops set on fire the Palace of Students at the National University Odesa Law Academy, nicknamed "Harry Potter's Castle" due to its unique shape.

They used an Iskander missile with cluster munitions, scattering debris over a 1.5km radius. Prosecutors suspect a deliberate choice to maximize casualties.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/apr/30/ukraine-drone-footage-shows-odesa-law-academy-in-flames-after-russian-strike-video