Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

there were bigly tears...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcmG2knXCKQ

The man threw multicolored pamphlets in the air before lighting himself on fire. It is unclear what motivated his action.

"I mean, I guess we could have read one of the pamphlets before filing this story, now that you mention it..."

Trump's lawyers find a potential alternates old social media posts, including one assailing Trump's "sociopathic incompetence."

Judge: Does that describe your feelings at that time?

"I wouldn’t say that’s far off-base," he says.

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) April 19, 2024

Another one of his old posts said of Trump:

"I do actually believe that he’s the devil."

He says, "At that time, yeah, I may have thought that."

He's excused for cause.

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) April 19, 2024

The man threw multicolored pamphlets in the air before lighting himself on fire. It is unclear what motivated his action.

did anyone read the pamphlet? might be a clue in there.

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Also the rest of today is a Sandoval hearing, which translates as the prosecutors going "Oh, he says he wants to testify? Sure thing your honor, we'd like to ask him about all his other convictions on the record." (Among other things.) Judge has to sign off on it, thus the hearing.

Meiselas: What I’m hearing from credible sources is that Donald Trump is actually farting in the courtroom… I’m hearing it from actual credible people that as he’s kind of falling asleep, he’s actually passing gas and that his lawyers are really struggling with the smell. pic.twitter.com/wa6F3iRDgX

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 19, 2024

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idontwanttobreathe

I have a hectic morning at work and all THIS happens and I miss it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou7c8Sg9YVg

#onethread

taking the FART act a little too literally

One Trump
One Fart
Let's get together and
reek all night

It might have been even more tragic had Trump farted too close to the person that self-immolated. (Too soon?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywCH3HN2S7E

maybe better to wait a bit to discover the self-immolator's mental state

The guy who self-immolated has an online manifesto that is a bit hard to nail down ideologically. It's a theory about Peter Thiel and a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, but then goes on to talk about how Bill Clinton was mean to Dukakis and maybe had Epstein set-up Rob Lowe because he was a Dukakis supporter.

sounds... unsound

His sign said, "Trump is with Biden and They're About to Fascist Coup Us."

manifesto also has a long digression about the Simpsons monorail episode.

not joking

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The fArt of the Deal

Just out of curiosity does anyone know if Aaron Rodgers is at the Jets voluntary minicamp today?

That guy would rather set himself on fire then report to any sort of camp voluntarily. Freedom!!

Apparently, the guy who set himself on fire was not concerned about Trump at all, pro or con. He had a long online manifesto about cryptocurrency and some grievances he had against NYU, but he knew where the reporters were gonna be.

And to think, Trump probably slept through the whole thing, poor little guy.

“He knew where the reporters were gonna be” for May thread title

self-immolator also had a laura dern podcast called dern after reading

Guilty lolz

Went and read it. Was not pro trump like I expected. Kind of a despairing anticapitalism run through a conspiracy blender and WTF close readings of classic simpsons episodes. Made me sad more than anything.

kinda seemed like the QAnon Shaman guy

Letitia James has asked Judge Engoron to reject Trump's $175 million bond, on the grounds that the company he used is not financially sound. Link here.

Got to give her credit, she is not fucking around.

Manifesto guy bundled lots of his stuff together into a pamphlet called Dipshit Secrets of our Rotten World, which is applause worthy.

I would have read it

its not fair that Trump's the one on trial and yet it's everyone else who's getting the gas chamber

And how to end your Friday per the NYT:

Jesse McKinley
April 19, 2024, 4:30 p.m. ET20 minutes ago

“Sir, can you please have a seat?” the judge says to Trump, as he rises before court is adjourned.

Maggie Haberman
April 19, 2024, 4:30 p.m. ET19 minutes ago

Justice Merchan has left the bench. Trump is standing and looking around the room.

Jonah Bromwich
April 19, 2024, 4:31 p.m. ET19 minutes ago

Trump walks out of the courtroom, patting the bench behind the defense table like an old friend as he goes.

After Trump lawyer Susan Necheles asked again for the name of at least the first witness, Steinglass said he would tell Trump’s counsel the name on Sunday, but if the identity is tweeted before Monday, “that will be the last time.”

Clearly a post-fart shot:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/Z7CYYILLD4MLHBCOVIG36LTAYU.jpg&w=916

Does he know which trial he’s in? (I mean, sometimes I get all the legal proceedings mixed up, too, so…)

trump sharted u kno he did

for thread title

Sir, you were farting bigly.

really funny that the "Trump farted in court" story is taking off, you know it's gonna bother the shit outta him but the more he talks about it the more everyone's gonna think he farted in court

Quite embarrassing to fart at your porn star hush money trial

bring on the fart truthers. they'll try to argue that he who smelt it dealt it but we all know it is in fact he who denied it

If I Dealt It by Donald Trump

bring on the fart truthers. they'll try to argue that he who smelt it dealt it but we all know it is in fact he who denied it

― frogbs

He who denied it supplied it.

David Pecker is such a classic victimised supply teacher, or porn star name. Apologies, I'm easily amused.

He who made the rhyme committed the crime(s)