Well I can see his point a little bit given how upbeat and positive Trump's speeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . are.
What a lovely speech! I confess Biden was my third choice in the 2020 primaries, but I was happy to vote for him in the general. It's really nice to have these moments when I'm genuinely proud that Biden is there.
the business lady and her bicycle story, delivered with a beautiful resting bitchface ready to strike at any given moment, was awesome, and the lady on BBC said out loud what probably most women, and a good portion of men, have been thinking about this war on bodily autonomy for the longest.
I still don’t understand how more Republican women aren’t outraged by Buttcheek. He stood on the stage at a college graduation and told the women there “yeah, go grab a husband and get in the kitchen, you Jezebels.”
When I graduated college, our commencement speaker was a state legislator here in Louisiana—so Republican—and his speech was not memorable at all, but it also didn’t attract the scorn of intelligent people. Or nuns.
And the Benedectine nuns? They are apparently Catholic-pissed.
"Judge Merchan admonishes Costello: 'Are you staring me down?'
Judge Juan Merchan told the jury to step out of the courtroom.
“I want to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom,” Merchan said, addressing the witness Robert Costello.
So when they’re a witness on the stand and you don’t like my ruling, you don’t say ‘jeez,’ and you don’t say ‘strike it.’ Because I’m the only one who can strike ... You don’t roll your eyes, do you understand that? Do you understand that? Are you staring me down right now?
I know his pain, the little woman woke me up from a very nice nap to attend an interpretive dance recital I promised to take her to. She was less than respectful.
By my count, in addition to pissing off the judge something awful and causing the jury to be excused twice in under an hour, he’s set himself up for at least two counts of perjury.
Yes, but did he draw in crowds of hundreds of thousands? Millions? I hear Trump's latest rally had over 17 kajillion fans, all of whom stayed until the final song.
The courtroom was cleared after Justice Juan Merchan became angry at the witness for rolling his eyes and giving him a side-eye glance.
Merchan sent the jury out, then turned to the witness, lawyer Robert Costello and said: “I’d like to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. When there’s a witness on the stand, if you don’t like my ruling, you don’t say, ‘Geez,’ and then you don’t say strike it, because I’m the only one who does that. If you don’t like my ruling, you don’t give me side-eye. You understand that?”
Costello said yes.
Then the judge said, “Are you staring me down? Clear the courtroom.”
“You want me to answer the question?” Costello replied.
So apparently some low-rent scum lawyer is serving as a witness for Donny, and he’s being particularly obnoxious and contemptuous from the witness stand. Shocker!
He's trying (too hard) to convey their disrespect for the whole proceedings. It would come as a colossal shock if, after a guilty verdict, the Bailiff were to handcuff TFG and escort him from the court along with his Secret Service agents. Flight Risk? With his own plane? I think so.
The judge is postponing my bond revocation hearing after I've sat here for 2 hours waiting for it to begin. Now I get to have life-altering anxiety for even more days, and I don't know for how long. I put on MAKEUP for this thing!!!!! I hate wearing makeup!
I just get SO FUCKING PISSED at how they are treating you like shit! Do they have no laws there regarding swift trials, etc.? And is the reason for the makeup because the male-dominated charlatans practicaally require it?. I keep thinking of a film where all of th erst of us here could tarvel to where uyou are and break you out (we would bring a moving van, oto be sure. And so they wqould nopt be able to track you down we would keep transferring you feom house to houe when things get hoty.
The reason for the makeup is because I'm old now and have age spots on my face, whereas I used to have a lovely, smooth complexion and never needed much makeup. I used to look 10 years younger than my age, but now I look my age, and it annoys me, so whenever I have to go to any kind of formal or professional event, I use foundation to even out my skin tone.
I am fucking pissed off too. Really angry. Yes, they have laws for "swift trials" but like most things in the criminal justice system, nobody pays any attention to them. One guy I read about was in jail for 7 years awaiting trial, and was then acquitted. I think he's suing. I certainly hope so.
Yes, we could have our own version of the Underground Railroad! What a great idea! Except I've got this cat, and she has to go with me. She wouldn't like that ... she's never once left my house in 15 years except to go to the vet, and she's a real scaredy-cat.
Also, I depend on Social Security and a U of Missouri pension, and all they have to do is freeze my bank account and I'm toast, with nothing to live on.
I can understand that. i'm just a shlub - I'm overweight and for the most part I don't shave, at least unitl the white hairs show up! I was in NYC yesterday to see a friend of mine perform, and initally though I'd shave, but then I figured ''why scar my face - he won't care!''. Plus I always wear a mask when I'm out in public.
Fortuantely I have never been in trouble, but altely I have considered putting up a yard sign againt the Republican candidate for state assembly, who actully HAS a criminal past.
The only thing stopping me is that the city police and the local sherriff's association are both supporting him. As it is, a couple of months ago, a shooting occurred across the street where someone shot from a car and missed.
I had to read in the news about spent cartridges landing on MY LAWN! So I don't think I can trust the local police at all.
I like your idea of an Underground Railroad. We actually have an AME Zion church in town that was part of that and MLK Jr. actually visited it. Guess we could stassh you there...
I also am on SS and also have a state peneions, and ther way they are set up, I get money on the 4TH Wednesday and the last business day of the moth. This month that makes it th 22nd and 31st!
Screws up my paying bills royally!
In any case I am nowhere near as bad off, but I will say one thing, if Trump somehow wins, I think we will have to start Operation Save The Queen at Wonkette!
Sorry for late reply - my internet went dead just as I finished
Whoever came up with the idea of changing Social Security payments from the 2nd of each month to the Wednesday after the week in which you have your birthday was a fucking idiot. My date varies from the 8th to the 14th. All of my bills come due on the 1st, because that's how I set them up when I moved into this house 15 years ago, so this variable timing really sucks. It was a TERRIBLE IDEA!!
I was just thinking about how the election is in November and my trial is in December, so if Trump wins I will already be in a horrible terrible no-good mood, and then have to sit through a week of trial. I'm going to need a lot of Valium.
The judge reset the bond revocation hearing for May 28. She obviously figured out that it wasn't urgent because it was complete nonsense, otherwise she would have set it sooner. I don't know if I will go to the hearing or not. If I don't have to, I won't, because it's a 6-hour round trip.
Of course the AG could simply withdraw her motion, but they never do that, not ever. They never admit they made a mistake.
I like this, btw. I sometimes find myself unable to express that I’m thinking about someone and wishing and hoping for the best for them. Beams of strength is a keeper. Ta Birb!
I bet it was because the prosecution who made the mistake also couldn't get their act together in time for the hearing. Basically they couldn't come up with an argument that made a lick of sense and begged the judge to give them more time.
>“What’s happening in Gaza…is heartbreaking,” he said, with “[i]nnocent Palestinians caught in the middle” of a fight between Hamas and Israel. He reminded them that he has called “for an immediate ceasefire…to stop the fighting [and] bring the hostages home.” His administration has been working for a deal, as well as to get more aid into Gaza and to rebuild it. Crucially, he added, there is more at stake than “just one ceasefire.” He wants “to build a lasting, durable peace. Because the question is…: What after? What after Hamas? What happens then? What happens in Gaza? What rights do the Palestinian people have?” To applause, he said, “I’m working to make sure we finally get a two-state solution—the only solution—for two people to live in peace, security, and dignity.”
But, Genocide Joe. Surely Trump will make it all better.
I think Biden's biggest weakness in this election is the difficulty of getting his message through the media filter. You look at his speeches, they're rational and reasonable and should be convincing to a majority, but who is hearing it? What are most people hearing instead?
MSM “Rational and reasonable? Borrrrrrrrrring! Hey did that one girl turn her back or just have to use the bathroom. Forget it. Just say she left in protest. Print it!!”
We're the solution. We have to share the videos. It's clear as day that mass media ownership wants the Republican tax cuts. Since Murc's and McCain's Laws are their lodestar, we have to be the one to educate. Each one teach one and bring them to the polls. Share things like Brian Tyler Cohen videos.
I wish I had a simple one. I think part of it is paid media, a lot of it is grass roots communications and outreach, though these are slow and cumbersome and very hard to drive. Some of it too is manipulating the media the way Republicans have learned to (play the refs, force a message through even where the media wants to go in another direction in an interview, leverage "access" for what they must report) and also using alternative media (like Biden interviewing with Stern).
In the long run, we really need a liberal version of Fox News.
Frankly I'd love if the media showed all the good Joe is doing... quick search on the main page of several news sites shows all the Trump trial coverage and Republicans kissing his ring.
It is legitimizing these craven assholes. Trump's CRIMINAL ACTIVITY is more important that what the current POTUS is doing.
What a beautiful speech.
Ta, Evan. 'Twas a fine speech.
Well I can see his point a little bit given how upbeat and positive Trump's speeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . are.
Did they love Trump's inaugural address point of view?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38688507
What a lovely speech! I confess Biden was my third choice in the 2020 primaries, but I was happy to vote for him in the general. It's really nice to have these moments when I'm genuinely proud that Biden is there.
I voted for him in the primary in South Carolina, where he finally started winning the primaries. You're welcome, America.
meanwhile, conservatives have Ricketts and Taylor Swift's boyfriend's teammate.
I have a clapback to that NFL clown for you
https://youtu.be/pR9b7G-cLZ0?si=a0yciloE29FruyN3
and one more
https://youtu.be/uec9e-fN018?si=RW48E7rrVaI-10Vp
the business lady and her bicycle story, delivered with a beautiful resting bitchface ready to strike at any given moment, was awesome, and the lady on BBC said out loud what probably most women, and a good portion of men, have been thinking about this war on bodily autonomy for the longest.
I have ask - why did they choose him?
I still don’t understand how more Republican women aren’t outraged by Buttcheek. He stood on the stage at a college graduation and told the women there “yeah, go grab a husband and get in the kitchen, you Jezebels.”
When I graduated college, our commencement speaker was a state legislator here in Louisiana—so Republican—and his speech was not memorable at all, but it also didn’t attract the scorn of intelligent people. Or nuns.
And the Benedectine nuns? They are apparently Catholic-pissed.
"I still don't understand how more Republican women aren't outraged by Buttcheek"
They are more committed to white supremacy than they are to equal women's rights. Even for themselves.
I'll keep saying it.
https://youtu.be/GWEBwHAH1HU?si=oDrkJWRa1Zyv7Qpq
https://youtu.be/929G-T0bOh4?si=E_QOy8yYH88suMY4
commencement speeches are supposed to be not memorable unless you know what you're doing.
attracting attention like that is just completely stupid, but also not super surprising at one of those weird ass Christian schools of any flavor.
OMG shit got real
"Judge Merchan admonishes Costello: 'Are you staring me down?'
Judge Juan Merchan told the jury to step out of the courtroom.
“I want to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom,” Merchan said, addressing the witness Robert Costello.
So when they’re a witness on the stand and you don’t like my ruling, you don’t say ‘jeez,’ and you don’t say ‘strike it.’ Because I’m the only one who can strike ... You don’t roll your eyes, do you understand that? Do you understand that? Are you staring me down right now?
“Clear the courtroom please,” Merchan said."
I read a comment from a Trumper calling the judge unhinged, because of course a Trumper would say that.
Drumpfenfuehrer's "defense" table; the intimidation station.
These arrogant fuckwits are their own worst enemies.
Corruption Junction!
Courtroom equivalent of a tactical nuke, yes? I'd love to be the proverbial fly on the wall.
Yeah I guess.
Apologies for duplicative post, y'all been flowing this pretty well down the thread.
LOL
𝗥𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 ‘𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗹𝘆’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/20/rudy-giuliani-served-indictment
PAY THE WOMEN WHO SUED YOU AND WON, THE WOMEN WHOSE LIVES YOU RUINED YOU RACIST GRIFTING HUMAN STAIN
There is nothing, not a single Fucking thing, stylish about Roodles.
What's that mean? The process server popping out of the cake should have been a blond?
I think Roodles likes women, not men...
blond - male
blonde - feamale
The Guardian chose the perfect photo to illustrate Roodles whining about a lack of stylishness.
I know his pain, the little woman woke me up from a very nice nap to attend an interpretive dance recital I promised to take her to. She was less than respectful.
After he taunted them for not being able to find him. FAFO, Rudy - that's how it works.
Huh? The server sang happy birthday, then served him. That's style in spades.
Was the fringe on the purple velvet serving pillow described well enough? Must be 4 inches long tassels, one at each corner, all gold?
Or it doesn't count, right?
A stylishly delivered indictment is right there in the Bill of Rights!
pananche, in having crashed the party, and in having sung along to "happy birthday" before service, was absolutely in evidence, however
Aplomb and elan were also manifest.
verily
They should have served the indictment on a 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, obvs.
Hair Dye McFart demands elegance when you formally inform him that he’s been criminally indicted.
How does one stylishly serve an indictment to someone who has been trying to hide from being served?
Hmmmmm Rudy?
In a clown suit of course.
Chram it, Roodles.
True, the marshals weren't wearing ballgowns...
Things went downhill when white tie/evening dress disappeared.
Bwahahaha!
(the lamp which indicates 'you may now smoke' aboard ship is...lit!)
"The captain has turned off the Fasten Seat Belt sign. Please feel free to fire up your bongs."
I woulda popped a few thc gummies tonight, but im concerned about the interaction with hydrocodone.
Thankfully, the hydrocodone itself is making me feel delightful.
you are free to float about the cabin
LOL, Costello is really "trumping" things up in court!
By my count, in addition to pissing off the judge something awful and causing the jury to be excused twice in under an hour, he’s set himself up for at least two counts of perjury.
Let's hope it makes the jurors more inclined to bring in a Guilty On All Counts verdict.
Oh, make it so!
Yes, but did he draw in crowds of hundreds of thousands? Millions? I hear Trump's latest rally had over 17 kajillion fans, all of whom stayed until the final song.
If you happened to be on a New Jersey beach anywhere that weekend, congratulations! You attended the TFG "rally"!
"DOZENS!"
They came from yards around.
Yard, the ones more than 3ft away were in line for the Sno Cone place.
Anytime Biden does a good the media always says “but it won’t move the needle”. “It won’t change any minds.
But Trump sleeps and farts while on trial, praises Hannibal Lecter, and almost falls off stage….
Media: Ermagod! He’s so winning!
And so Presidential!!!
And Pinch Sulzberger wonders why OHJB won't return his calls.
And why the NYT has become a national laughingstock.
Oooh. Costello is getting salty with the judge. Clearing the room.
"HEEEEEEEEEEEEY, ABBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTT!!1!"
The courtroom was cleared after Justice Juan Merchan became angry at the witness for rolling his eyes and giving him a side-eye glance.
Merchan sent the jury out, then turned to the witness, lawyer Robert Costello and said: “I’d like to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom. When there’s a witness on the stand, if you don’t like my ruling, you don’t say, ‘Geez,’ and then you don’t say strike it, because I’m the only one who does that. If you don’t like my ruling, you don’t give me side-eye. You understand that?”
Costello said yes.
Then the judge said, “Are you staring me down? Clear the courtroom.”
“You want me to answer the question?” Costello replied.
Merchan said, “Remain quiet.”
Then the video feed stopped.
Costello's being a dick, because that's what Trumpers do.
A lawyer should know better. And it can't give a good impression on the jury.
"BAILIFF!"
Bring your tongs!
So apparently some low-rent scum lawyer is serving as a witness for Donny, and he’s being particularly obnoxious and contemptuous from the witness stand. Shocker!
He's trying (too hard) to convey their disrespect for the whole proceedings. It would come as a colossal shock if, after a guilty verdict, the Bailiff were to handcuff TFG and escort him from the court along with his Secret Service agents. Flight Risk? With his own plane? I think so.
Low-rent scum gonna low-rent scum. Whaddy ya do?
Probably hasn't been paid.
Currently 92 but "feels" 105... FML and it's not even actual *SUMMER*
Merrimack Valley Massachusetts will get to the upper 80s (probably 90s) tomorrow through Friday.
FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The judge is postponing my bond revocation hearing after I've sat here for 2 hours waiting for it to begin. Now I get to have life-altering anxiety for even more days, and I don't know for how long. I put on MAKEUP for this thing!!!!! I hate wearing makeup!
https://substack.com/@queenmeabh/note/c-21829872
I just get SO FUCKING PISSED at how they are treating you like shit! Do they have no laws there regarding swift trials, etc.? And is the reason for the makeup because the male-dominated charlatans practicaally require it?. I keep thinking of a film where all of th erst of us here could tarvel to where uyou are and break you out (we would bring a moving van, oto be sure. And so they wqould nopt be able to track you down we would keep transferring you feom house to houe when things get hoty.
One can dream...
One can proofread, too.
The reason for the makeup is because I'm old now and have age spots on my face, whereas I used to have a lovely, smooth complexion and never needed much makeup. I used to look 10 years younger than my age, but now I look my age, and it annoys me, so whenever I have to go to any kind of formal or professional event, I use foundation to even out my skin tone.
I am fucking pissed off too. Really angry. Yes, they have laws for "swift trials" but like most things in the criminal justice system, nobody pays any attention to them. One guy I read about was in jail for 7 years awaiting trial, and was then acquitted. I think he's suing. I certainly hope so.
Yes, we could have our own version of the Underground Railroad! What a great idea! Except I've got this cat, and she has to go with me. She wouldn't like that ... she's never once left my house in 15 years except to go to the vet, and she's a real scaredy-cat.
Also, I depend on Social Security and a U of Missouri pension, and all they have to do is freeze my bank account and I'm toast, with nothing to live on.
I can understand that. i'm just a shlub - I'm overweight and for the most part I don't shave, at least unitl the white hairs show up! I was in NYC yesterday to see a friend of mine perform, and initally though I'd shave, but then I figured ''why scar my face - he won't care!''. Plus I always wear a mask when I'm out in public.
Fortuantely I have never been in trouble, but altely I have considered putting up a yard sign againt the Republican candidate for state assembly, who actully HAS a criminal past.
The only thing stopping me is that the city police and the local sherriff's association are both supporting him. As it is, a couple of months ago, a shooting occurred across the street where someone shot from a car and missed.
I had to read in the news about spent cartridges landing on MY LAWN! So I don't think I can trust the local police at all.
I like your idea of an Underground Railroad. We actually have an AME Zion church in town that was part of that and MLK Jr. actually visited it. Guess we could stassh you there...
I also am on SS and also have a state peneions, and ther way they are set up, I get money on the 4TH Wednesday and the last business day of the moth. This month that makes it th 22nd and 31st!
Screws up my paying bills royally!
In any case I am nowhere near as bad off, but I will say one thing, if Trump somehow wins, I think we will have to start Operation Save The Queen at Wonkette!
Sorry for late reply - my internet went dead just as I finished
Whoever came up with the idea of changing Social Security payments from the 2nd of each month to the Wednesday after the week in which you have your birthday was a fucking idiot. My date varies from the 8th to the 14th. All of my bills come due on the 1st, because that's how I set them up when I moved into this house 15 years ago, so this variable timing really sucks. It was a TERRIBLE IDEA!!
I was just thinking about how the election is in November and my trial is in December, so if Trump wins I will already be in a horrible terrible no-good mood, and then have to sit through a week of trial. I'm going to need a lot of Valium.
The judge reset the bond revocation hearing for May 28. She obviously figured out that it wasn't urgent because it was complete nonsense, otherwise she would have set it sooner. I don't know if I will go to the hearing or not. If I don't have to, I won't, because it's a 6-hour round trip.
Of course the AG could simply withdraw her motion, but they never do that, not ever. They never admit they made a mistake.
I hope your lawyer is better than theirs
My lawyer is 1000X better than theirs. Theirs is an idiot, mine is the best criminal lawyer in St. Louis, who regularly kicks ass.
So sorry they are jerking you around like this. The only advice I have is to recite the following mantra: "May they get everything they deserve"
Sad to hear about this. I hope that the positive impression you made will be helpful to you, soon.
I am SO sorry...this is HORRIBLE for you!
Birb send u beams of strength.
I like this, btw. I sometimes find myself unable to express that I’m thinking about someone and wishing and hoping for the best for them. Beams of strength is a keeper. Ta Birb!
I bet it was because the prosecution who made the mistake also couldn't get their act together in time for the hearing. Basically they couldn't come up with an argument that made a lick of sense and begged the judge to give them more time.
I am sorry. Our justice system is stupid,
You should be sorry for that egregious example of understatement.
What the hell. You are living in a Kafka novel, apparently.
As are we all.
"Justice" my wild Irish ass.
That is just ALL fuckered up, gracious Queen.
Jesuit fucking crisco! I'm sorry to hear that.
So sorry. Must be a maga judge.
She's a Rethuglican, I know that. She's also a real bitch.
FUUUUUCKKKK!
>“What’s happening in Gaza…is heartbreaking,” he said, with “[i]nnocent Palestinians caught in the middle” of a fight between Hamas and Israel. He reminded them that he has called “for an immediate ceasefire…to stop the fighting [and] bring the hostages home.” His administration has been working for a deal, as well as to get more aid into Gaza and to rebuild it. Crucially, he added, there is more at stake than “just one ceasefire.” He wants “to build a lasting, durable peace. Because the question is…: What after? What after Hamas? What happens then? What happens in Gaza? What rights do the Palestinian people have?” To applause, he said, “I’m working to make sure we finally get a two-state solution—the only solution—for two people to live in peace, security, and dignity.”
But, Genocide Joe. Surely Trump will make it all better.
I despair of humanity most days.
BBC, May 15: << The White House has told Congress it plans to send more than $1 billion in new weapons to Israel >>
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-69013279
Keep on personifying the point, edgelord who mocked people with epilepsy
The Tik-Tok kids are pissed off that Genocide Joe isn’t insisting that Israel surrender unconditionally.
Bibi and Hamas leadership- "YOOOOOOOO! A rando college valedictorian demanded a ceasefire, I guess we better get our shit together"
Ya’ll really have a lack of respect for people who don’t want a continuing genocide. Super puzzling.
And I'm sure, as per my comment, that neither side will care about.
And we all know if Biden told Netanyahu to stand down, he totally would because Biden is the CinC of IDF.
Biden also forced Russia to invade Ukraine. /s
I think Biden's biggest weakness in this election is the difficulty of getting his message through the media filter. You look at his speeches, they're rational and reasonable and should be convincing to a majority, but who is hearing it? What are most people hearing instead?
Solving that problem is the key to this election.
The media thrives on chaos. Biden is a bore to them
MSM “Rational and reasonable? Borrrrrrrrrring! Hey did that one girl turn her back or just have to use the bathroom. Forget it. Just say she left in protest. Print it!!”
Media is the worst. But we need some other way to reach people. And paid ads aren't enough.
That's what Tiktok is for.
The media is fighting for the PAB. The billionaire parasites know they're running out of time.
What's the solution?
We're the solution. We have to share the videos. It's clear as day that mass media ownership wants the Republican tax cuts. Since Murc's and McCain's Laws are their lodestar, we have to be the one to educate. Each one teach one and bring them to the polls. Share things like Brian Tyler Cohen videos.
I wish I had a simple one. I think part of it is paid media, a lot of it is grass roots communications and outreach, though these are slow and cumbersome and very hard to drive. Some of it too is manipulating the media the way Republicans have learned to (play the refs, force a message through even where the media wants to go in another direction in an interview, leverage "access" for what they must report) and also using alternative media (like Biden interviewing with Stern).
In the long run, we really need a liberal version of Fox News.
Frankly I'd love if the media showed all the good Joe is doing... quick search on the main page of several news sites shows all the Trump trial coverage and Republicans kissing his ring.
It is legitimizing these craven assholes. Trump's CRIMINAL ACTIVITY is more important that what the current POTUS is doing.
Most?
Some days I choose not to think about it.