The Senate has killed the first article of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He still faces one other article in the Senate. https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/politics/senate-mayorkas-impeachment-articles/index.html
Per Katie Phang:
MERCHAN: You have the right to be present during the trial and to assist your attorneys….do you understand?
TRUMP: “Yes."
MERCHAN: If you disrupt the proceedings, you can be excluded from the courtroom and committed to jail based on your conduct and the trial will continue on in your absence…do you understand?
TRUMP: “I do.”
MERCHAN: If you do not show up there will be an arrest...do you understand?
TRUMP: "I do."
Florida GOP operative admits role in ‘ghost’ candidate scheme that defeated utility-targeted Democrat
https://web.archive.org/web/20240413155342/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/13/florida-gop-operative-admits-role-in-ghost-candidate-scheme-that-defeated-utility-targeted-democrat/
Google has announced that some of its AI-powered editing tools will soon be free to all Google Photos users. Previously, to use some of these tools, you would either need to be a Google Pixel user or have a paid Google One subscription.
The new features available to all Google Photos includes:
Magic Editor
Magic Eraser
Unblur
Portrait light
Portrait blur
HDR effect for photos and videos
Color pop
Biden just now:
"At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the U.S. military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course of the past week. Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles....... Tomorrow, I will convene my fellow G7 leaders to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack...." etc
healthcare is a calling, we must cease trying to run it like a business. Hospitals are not factories, and ‘CEOs’ who look on the ‘workers’ of healthcare as detached ‘human resources’ instead of devoted human beings are a menace to our health.
https://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/early/2024/02/26/leader-2023-000912
Putin is an evil dictator.
Khamenei is an evil dictator.
Xi is an evil dictator.
These three despotic leaders cause more problems in the world than any other.
Yet, Trump wants to be better friends with Xi. He already is with Putin. Literally, the only one he thinks is a threat on this list is a threat, but it is the lowest level out of three.
Donald Trump unlocks potential $3bn windfall after social media Spac deal
Company behind Truth Social site will list on Nasdaq with the ticker symbol DJT next week
https://www.ft.com/content/b7063e91-c94d-4dee-ba68-e1b60892588e
Shareholders of his Truth Social platform have voted to take the company public
research firm Similarweb estimates that Truth Social had roughly 5 million active users in February of this year — including mobile users as well as website visitors.
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