Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

xpost my high school one was certainly dull, but then the girl who got Senior Lunch revoked for returning from it drunk walked onto the stage and about 50 people shouted "drunk!" at her. (fucked up, but the first actual thing of note that happened during the entire ceremony, other than one of the kids smacking the male principal on his ass after he got his diploma)

I'll attend Thursday's but the only exciting bits are the processional and the receiving line.

a funny thing about the ones in my town is that we have a pretty heavy Hmong population which means a lot of people with last names that start between the letters V and Z. you think once you get past the Ts it's gonna start wrapping up but nah with my class it was barely half over

Time magazine — whatever version of that still exists in 2024 — interviewed Trump for a cover story and printed the full transcript, with fact-checking annotations.

Finally an opportunity to put his views across.

"ramble on" f. orange jeezus

one funny trial note is that apparently they called someone from C-SPAN as a witness, basically to testify that C-SPAN's footage is authentic, something which should not have to be done except for the fact that Trump's team is challenging everything. so it's kind of their own fault this is going to take so long.

Doesn't the delay work on their behalf?

for the lawyers who are charging by the hour for this yeah

the defense attorney for the trial I was on did this kind of shit constantly, meaning the federal prosecutors had to fly in all sorts of people from various states, all essentially to say stuff like "yes this security footage is from the hotel I worked at" and then detail everything they knew about how tapes were retained. its not like the defense was making an actual effort to claim the tapes weren't real, but it is within the bounds to challenge anything you want before it gets entered into evidence. I cannot imagine this attorney thought he had a chance at winning the case but obviously the longer he was in court the more he made, which is such a tremendous waste of resources, given how much taxpayer money it must cost to keep these trials going several days longer than they need to, not to mention flying these people in and giving them a place to stay

This is not just a defense counsel trying to get paid more. If the witness who needs to testify in order to introduce the document into evidence is not able to do so, because of some reason (illness, whatever), it could end up allowing the defense to preclude that evidence if there is not another witness in a timely manner.

Sometimes the parties will stipulate to certain documents, especially in civil trials, but you almost always need a witness to testify to what is in a document or video or whatever. You can't just introduce free floating evidence and expect counsel to explain what it is. Counsel can't testify to the document.

In other words, it is very common for a document custodian from a company to testify as to record keeping practices in order to introduce the records into evidence.

What a cuck, per NYT:

The Trump campaign has removed two posts from its campaign website that Justice Merchan determined were violations of a gag order preventing Trump from attacking potential witnesses. Both posts involved Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer. It appears that the seven social media posts that were also found to be violations of the gag order have been deleted as well. Justice Merchan ordered the posts' removal by this afternoon.

"here's why this is bad for Biden"

On 22 July, Keith Davidson reached out to former National Enquirer editor Dylan Howard once again, writing:

Don’t forget about Cohen. Time is of the essence. The girl is being cornered by the estrogen mafia.

“Who is Cohen in this email?” prosecutor Joshua Steinglass asked. Davidson said Michael Cohen.
“And what did you mean that time is of the essence?”

Davidson said:

I think at the time Karen (McDougal) was sort of teetering, she was about to enter into a deal with ABC.

“What did you mean by the girl is being cornered by the estrogen mafia?”

Davidson said:

It’s a very unfortunate, regrettable text I sent. That phrase is not one that I used or came up with. That term, I think, was by one of Karen’s associates at that first meeting and there was several women who were leaning on Karen to sign the deal with ABC.

Love it when some arrogant prick has his offensive private messages read out in court to go on the public record

“My bad”

Rather an oily bunch here:

After being admonished for taking long breaks, Trump has come back in early, with his son Eric, adviser Susie Wiles, and the Texas attorney general Ken Paxton in tow, among others. Also with Trump’s entourage is David McIntosh, head of the anti-tax Club for Growth.

"Yeah can you come with me for support while hearing about my shoddy affairs and general tawdriness? Great, thanks."

Stephen Miller is lurking in the shadows.

This is getting very

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHvLhviwK30

low energy, sad https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-trial-hush-money-case-live-updates-rcna149906#rcrd40353

Ol' Sleepy Don

Consistent with sleeping

From today's NYT trial updates:

Keith Davidson is now reading his texts with Dylan Howard aloud. One of them joked about hiring a Trump impersonator who had more money than Trump. Pressed on what that meant, Davidson, appearing deeply uncomfortable and choosing his words carefully, says he took it to mean that Trump was not as wealthy as he claimed.

This guy is a straight up genius. https://t.co/APq3OPgWFd

— Andrew Fleischman (@ASFleischman) April 30, 2024

looking good don

I have a lot of questions

who wouldnt be overjoyed to receive a painting that looks just like their wife and even looks like the same race as their wife

I must say, Gary Peterson, you’ve brought me a spot of joy today

Patriot. Bible Reader. Mall Santa. I like WOMEN! Bass player for our church band Shifty Nelson & The Dixieland Scooters, who puts America First.

America
God

Why is there a cat sitting at the top of the plane's stairs

trump's gonna hang a painting of Vanessa Williams on wall

“…I hope it brings him as much joy on his bedroom walls as it did ours!”

These are such strange times.

Yes, silly satire is something never known in human history previously

that man is my new hero...

not so sure about the painter dude

That picture is up there with the one of him posing with silver platters stacked with big macs

I know Peterson's a satirist, but: is it a real painting, or is the whole scene shopped up?

It reminds me of when Skot gave that painting he did to Parker Posey lol.

I think the whole thing is a shop. There's no way Trump would make that face in a photo with a "fan." He'd make the other guy hold the painting so he could do that stupid thumbs-up thing he does.

yeah it's too good to be real but its still incredibly funny

Apparently the Melania face is a drag queen called Sasha Colby which is pretty chefs kiss.

https://i.imgur.com/xoEjpgX.png

sir...you didn't let me guess

Where's FARTY JOE? He's FARTING, that's where!

every accusation is a confession

--@KidsWriteJokes

Where's Waldo? He's right there you dummy.

Exciting news, Alfred!

Inside The Move to Maneuver Marco Rubio Into the VP Slot

DONALD TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN STAFF has assembled a dozen dossiers on possible running mates, but they largely remain unopened by the presidential candidate, who’s conducting his own vetting process by asking friends, consultants, and insiders whom they think he should pick and why.

In these discussions, two names consistently rise to the top: Marco Rubio and J.D. Vance, who was this weekend the subject of a flattering story in the New York Times and has been pushed by Don Jr.

But Rubio has strong support in Trump’s circle of advisers, especially among those with Florida ties. There’s just one problem.

Trump and Rubio are both Florida Men.

The Twelfth Amendment says that if the president and vice president inhabit the same state when the states’ electors cast their ballots (that’s on December 17 this year), the ticket could lose its Electoral College votes from that state (Florida has 30, 11 percent of the total needed to win the White House).

It’s called the “favorite sons” prohibition.

“Marco has this residency problem,” is how Trump describes it to others.

Congratulations, JD Vance (you bastard)

Would JD Vance get Trump one extra vote?

He can reuse the old Trump-Pence signs with minimal change to the design.