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  • The NRA's Unanimous Supreme Court Victory Is Good for Free Speech—No Matter How You Feel About Guns

    05/31/2024 4:18:20 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 1 replies
    Reason ^ | 5.30.2024 | Billy Binion
    The ACLU, another polarizing organization, was willing to defend the NRA in court. That should tell you that some things aren't partisan.What do the National Rifle Association (NRA), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and nine U.S. Supreme Court justices from five presidential administrations all have in common? That list is likely relatively small. But at least one area of overlap was made evident Thursday when the Court published a unanimous ruling that a New York government official allegedly violated the First Amendment by pressuring insurers and banks to sever business ties with the NRA, which the ACLU is representing....
  • The Prosecution's Story About Trump Featured Several Logically Impossible Claims

    05/31/2024 4:14:02 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    Reason ^ | 5.31.2024 | Jacob Sullum
    Whatever Trump did after the 2016 presidential election, it seems safe to say that it did not retroactively promote his victory.Last January, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg summed up his case against Donald Trump this way: "We allege falsification of business records to the end of keeping information away from the electorate. It's an election interference case." That gloss made no sense, because the records at the center of the case—11 invoices, 11 checks, and 12 ledger entries that allegedly were aimed at disguising a hush-money reimbursement as payment for legal services—were produced after the 2016 presidential election. At that...
  • Haley mum on Trump guilty verdict as fans urge her to restart White House bid

    05/31/2024 3:08:06 PM PDT · by SecondAmendment · 53 replies
    The Washington Times ^ | 31-May-2024 | Mabinty Quarshie
    Nikki Haley, who campaigned on ending the “chaos” that follows Donald Trump, found herself in a strange position as the former president’s legal troubles exploded on Thursday. Haley offered her long-sought backing of Trump just eight days before a 12-member New York jury found him guilty of 34 criminal counts of falsifying business records that could potentially carry up to four years in prison. While other Trump 2024 rivals and vice presidential contenders have rushed to back the former president, Haley has yet to say a word as of Friday afternoon. Since she dropped out of the race for the...
  • The MAGA/America 1st Memorandum ~~ June 2024 Edition

    05/31/2024 2:44:36 PM PDT · by Jane Long · 56 replies
    Free Republic ^ | 5/31/2024 | Deplorables and MAGAdonians
    MAGA Continues to November, Stronger Than Ever
  • ‘Intentional Misfeasance’ Makes Show Trial Conviction Ripe For Reversal, Legal Experts Say

    05/31/2024 2:38:34 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 27 replies
    The Federalist ^ | May 31, 2024 | M.D. Kittle
    Leftist District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s show trial delivered the Democrat Party’s dream: A felony conviction against their most hated political enemy. The prosecution and the trial also were also littered with legal landmines and “reversible error” that should make former President Donald Trump’s looming appeal a slam dunk, legal experts say. Historical and stunning but not surprising to many who have closely followed left-wing lawfare in recent years, the 12 angry Manhattan jurors after two days of deliberations found Trump guilty on all 34 trumped-up felony counts against him. Judge Juan Merchan has scheduled sentencing for July 11, just four...
  • Fauci says no evidence for pandemic guidance on masking or social distancing

    05/31/2024 2:35:17 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 23 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | May 31, 2024 2:59 pm | Gabrielle M. Etzel
    Dr. Anthony Fauci said in congressional testimony that he reviewed no scientific evidence behind the specific recommendations for masking children or maintaining 6-foot social distancing before advocating these policies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The revelations come from the full transcript, released Friday, of Fauci’s closed-door transcribed interview session in January before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic. The publication comes days before the former director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is slated to testify in his first public hearing since his retirement in December 2022.When asked about social distancing recommendations that were...
  • Netanyahu Refuses to Confirm or Deny Biden Ceasefire Proposal; Deal Would Keep Hamas in Power

    05/31/2024 2:12:18 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/31/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
    Israeli Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu declined Friday to confirm or deny U.S. President Joe Biden’s claim that Israel had proposed a deal for a ceasefire and hostage release that would keep Hamas armed and in power in Gaza. On Friday, as Breitbart News reported, Biden proposed a three-part deal similar to proposals that Hamas had rejected in the past. The proposal never mentioned disarming Hamas and would effectively leave Hamas in power. Israel has now offered a roadmap to an enduring ceasefire – and the release of all the hostages. Yesterday, this proposal was transmitted by Qatar to Hamas. Today,...
  • J.D. Vance: What Happened in New York Trump Trial the ‘Definition of Fascism’

    05/31/2024 1:38:52 PM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 10 replies
    Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) said Friday on CNN’s “Inside Politics” that what happened in former President Donald Trump’s New York City business record trial was the “definition of fascism.”Guest host Wolf Blitzer said, “Are you interested in being the running mate of a convicted felon.”Vance said, “Well, will the entire purpose of this trial was to allow the media and the Democrats to say exactly that. This is never about justice, this is about plastering convicted felon all over the airwaves when in reality the only thing that Donald Trump is guilty of as being in the courtroom of a...
  • The Countdown To What Democrats Will Do Next In Their War Against Democracy Starts Now

    05/31/2024 1:59:11 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 22 replies
    The Federalist ^ | May 31, 2024 | Eddie Scarry
    One show trial down, three more to go. You have every reason to spend the next five months anticipating anything and everything to keep voters from installing Donald Trump back in the White House through a process formerly known in America as a “free and fair election.”Up to and including assassinating the candidate whom every indicator has winning in November.For the first time in our country’s history a former president, who is running for reelection, was just convicted of a crime in what prosecutor Alvin Bragg’s hometown newspaper admitted is a “novel and untested” application of an obscure state law....
  • Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict

    05/31/2024 1:51:12 PM PDT · by cuz1961 · 127 replies
    Roto-Rooters ^ | May 31, 20241:13 | By Joseph Tanfani, Ned Parker and Peter Eisler
    May 31 - Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution. After Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime, his supporters responded with dozens of violent online posts, according to a Reuters review of comments on three Trump-aligned websites: the former president's own Truth Social platform, Patriots.Win and the Gateway Pundit. Some called for attacks on jurors, the execution of the judge, Justice Juan Merchan, or outright civil war and armed insurrection. “Someone...
  • Ron DeSantis hopes to raise at least $10M to boost Trump

    05/31/2024 1:39:56 PM PDT · by conservative98 · 19 replies
    NBC News ^ | May 30, 2024, 11:30 AM EDT | May 30, 2024, 11:30 AM EDT
    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hopes to raise at least $10 million as part of a multistate fundraising swing for former President Donald Trump, a man he fought in a bitter primary race but with whom he has now found a cautious truce. “I think we believe Biden needs to be beat, and the governor is willing to put the sword down,” a top DeSantis adviser said. “They have had several good conversations as recently as last week.” The fundraising events will begin as soon as July and likely run through September, the DeSantis adviser said, with multiple...
  • Vermont Becomes First State to Force Oil Companies to Pay for ‘Climate Change’

    05/31/2024 12:51:45 PM PDT · by Tell It Right · 64 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 5/31/2024 | Olivia Rondeau
    Vermont’s Republican governor has allowed the state to become the first to require oil companies to pay for “costs associated with climate change” without his signature, pushing the law through despite his hesitation about the policy. S.259, passed by Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Thursday, will establish a method to assess the responsibility for greenhouse gas-related costs of any entity that was engaged in extracting fossil fuel or refining crude oil between December 31, 2019, and January 1, 2000.
  • Jordan demands prosecutors in hush money trial testify over ‘political prosecution’ of Trump

    05/31/2024 12:29:26 PM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 21 replies
    Washington Times ^ | 5/30/24 | Alex Miller
    House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday called on Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and prosecutor Matthew Colangelo to testify for the “political prosecution” of former President Donald Trump. Mr. Jordan, Ohio Republican, teed up a hearing where both men will testify in front of the Weaponization of Federal Government Subcommittee on June 13. “This hearing will examine actions by state and local prosecutors to engage politically motivated prosecutions of federal officials,” Mr. Jordan wrote. “In particular the recent political prosecution of President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.”
  • Biden Flashes Smug, Toothy Grin When Asked About Trump Being a ‘Political Prisoner’

    05/31/2024 12:44:34 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 52 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/31/2024 | HANNAH KNUDSEN
    President Joe Biden flashed a smug, toothy grin after a reporter asked him about former President Donald Trump considering himself a political prisoner at the hands of Biden and his cronies. “Can you tell us, sir — Donald Trump refers himself as a political prisoner and blames you directly. What’s your response to that, sir?” a reporter asked Biden after the 81-year-old concluded his remarks on Friday in which he defended the conviction of Trump. The reporter asked the question as Biden began to walk away after concluding his address. But after the question was posed, Biden stopped in his...
  • Smug Hillary Clinton touts ‘She was right’ merch after ex-rival Trump’s guilty verdict

    05/31/2024 12:12:40 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/31/2024 | Emily Crane
    A smug Hillary Clinton touted new merch with the slogan “Turns out she was right about everything” — just hours after former rival Donald Trump became the first ex-president ever to be convicted of felony criminal charges. The former secretary of state took to Instagram Thursday to promote a $22 mug — complete with a painted image of herself sipping tea — in the wake of a Manhattan jury finding Trump, 77, guilty at his historic hush money trial. “We recently had some new merch made based on a phrase I hear a lot. The design happened to be finalized...
  • Biden Defends Sham Trial: ‘Reckless’ for Trump to Call It ‘Rigged

    05/31/2024 11:59:13 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 29 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/31/2024 | WENDELL HUSEBØ
    President Joe Biden on Friday defended the conviction of former President Donald Trump and claimed it was “reckless” for his gagged political opponent to call it “rigged.” Trump called the trial a “scam” and vowed to appeal the guilty verdict. About two hours after Trump spoke, Biden directly mentioned Trump by name in a carefully crafted press conference. “The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed,” Biden claimed. “Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself.” Biden pointed out that Trump’s lawyers chose the jury in Manhattan — a location from which Trump tried to...
  • Chris Wallace Stunned as Bill Maher Says Trump will Likely Win Election

    05/31/2024 11:42:33 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/31/2024 | WARNER TODD HUSTON
    CNN anchor Chris Wallace was stunned when comedian Bill Maher asserted that Donald Trump will probably win the 2024 election for president during Wallace’s little watched Max podcast Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace. During this week’s podcast, Maher insisted that Trump is running a tighter and more serious campaign than he did in 2016. Maher first indulged a conspiracy theory that was already proven false once, that if Donald Trump were to become president, he “won’t leave” office and will somehow declare himself a permanent president. Wallace pointed out that Maher said this in 2016 when Trump ran the first...
  • West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin registers as an independent

    05/31/2024 11:41:56 AM PDT · by Erik Latranyi · 23 replies
    CNN ^ | 31 May 24 | By Clare Foran and Matt Holt
    Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a longtime moderate Democrat, announced on Friday that he is registering as an independent. Manchin announced last year that he would not run for reelection in the deep red state, creating an opportunity for Republicans to flip the Senate seat. The news that Manchin has registered as an independent raises fresh questions, however, over his political future and aspirations. “Our national politics are broken and neither party is willing to compromise to find common ground,” Manchin, who has long been a pivotal swing vote in the Senate, said in a statement. “To stay true...
  • Hamas Projection: Genocide and Rape

    05/31/2024 11:27:26 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 1 replies
    Front Page Magazine ^ | May 31, 2024 | Kenneth Levin
    It’s called “projection”: ascribing to others behavior or beliefs that are one’s own. Of the two major weapons in Hamas’s arsenal, projectiles and projection, the latter has been markedly the most successful.Hamas projectiles – rockets, missiles, mortars – have over the years, including over the five Hamas-initiated wars between 2008 and 2023, forced tens of thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters. And the group’s targeting of civilians is a war crime. But the actual toll of the projectile assaults by the terror group, in terms of lives lost and property damaged, has (unlike Hamas’s gun, knife and grenade invasion of...
  • The View's Joy Behar says she wet herself in Costco when Trump verdict was announced as overexcited hosts delight in conviction

    05/31/2024 11:16:08 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 42 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | May 31 2024 | GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO
    The View hosts have reacted to the criminal conviction of former president Donald Trump - which excited Joy Behar so much that she wet herself. While the ladies of The View don't usually film the show live on Fridays, they all gathered today to react to the Republican's guilty verdict in his Manhattan hush money trial. 'I was at Costco buying 10 boxes of Keurig coffee,' Joy shared with viewers.