#Politics #ClimateChange

It's official ... #DeSantis abolishes the words "climate change" from #Florida state law.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/05/15/desantis-erases-climate-change-from-fl-laws-strikes-blow-at-windmills/73591696007/

#Politics From #CNN ... What part of "Do not pass Go, do not collect $200" does Peter Navarro not understand?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics/judge-reject-peter-navarro-request-prison-sentence/index.html

#Politics From #CNN: #Biden and #Trump agree to debate on CNN Thursday June 27.

(My prediction ... Trump bails.)

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/15/politics/joe-biden-debate/index.html

#Politics Ha! House Speaker Mike Johnson showed up today to sit in the courtroom where #Trump is on trial. I don't know whether to laugh at these craven politicians or cry from how pathetic they are.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/14/politics/trump-allies-courthouse-appearances/index.html

#Politics Michael Cohen is pretty much destroying #Trump defense on the witness stand. He's testifying that the 34 payments were remibursement for the hush money payments, not legal fees, not a retainer, like #FoxNews has falsely reported.

Trump outside the courtoom today claimed they were legal expenses, but he won't take the stand to testify to that under oath. So he spews lies outside the courthouse for the rubes watching MAGA TV.

#Politics More about crime in #Florida ... #FBI says the state ranks second in senior fraud.

https://cbs12.com/news/local/florida-seniors-lose-300m-in-scams-state-ranks-2nd-highest-in-us-for-elderly-fraud

#Politics The next time #DeSantis lectures us about crime in "woke" states ...

"#Florida remains the state with the most mass shootings across the country."

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/state/2024/05/12/tallahassee-apalachee-parkway-florida-top-mass-shootings/73662540007/

#Politics From #NYTimes: #Trump may owe #IRS $100 million for illegal tax breaks on a Chicago skyscraper, audit finds.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/us/trump-taxes-audit-chicago.html

#Politics #CNN

Nah nah, hey hey, goodbye ... Federal appeals court upholds Steve Bannon's conviction for contempt of Congress.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/politics/steve-bannon-appeal-denied/index.html

#Politics #Trump

Ha! Trump's attorney asked for the gag order to be modified so Trump can respond via the press and Truth Social to Stormy Daniels' testimony -- but he can do that by taking the stand in front of the jury.

Which, of course, he won't do. Coward.

The judge said no.

#Politics #Trump Also from #CNN:

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Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass confirms Karen McDougal — the model and actress who has said she was also paid to keep quiet about an affair with Trump — will not be called to take the stand.

#Politics More from #CNN:

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Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass says there were "very salacious details" that were purposely omitted from Stormy Daniels' account, saying he's willing to make a sealed filing with those details if necessary.

Steinglass says the prosecution specifically chose not to ask questions in a way that would elicit some of those details, so as not to embarrass #Trump.

#Politics From #CNN:

#Trump just exited the court and attacked Judge Merchan again. The same nonsense about "totally corrupt" and "conflicted." He keeps repeating himself, nothing new, nothing true.

#Politics #Trump From #CNN:

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"The more specificity Ms. Daniels can provide about the encounter, the more the jury can weigh whether the encounter did occur and if so whether they choose to credit Ms. Daniels’ story," Merchan says.

There were "many times Ms. Necheles could have objected but didn't," the judge says.

#Politics From #CNN: Judge Merchan denies another mistrial request by #Trump legal team, says they failed to object to testimony that they now want to cite as reason for mistrial.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-05-09-24/index.html

#Politics From #WaPo: #Trump tells oil executives that, if they give $1 billion to his election campaign, he'll wipe out environmental regulations.

https://wapo.st/3UBf4Fy

#Politics From #CNN: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) moves to vacate the House chair but the motion was tabled by a bipartisan vote of 359-43.

"163 Democrats voted to table and 32 Democrats voted against."

11 Republicans voted against the table motion.

#Politics From #CNN: #Georgia appeals court will consider disqualifying Fulton County DA Fani Willis from #Trump election interference case.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/politics/georgia-trump-fani-willis-appeal/index.html

#Politics From #CNN: No surprise, Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed the #Trump classified documents trial.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/07/politics/judge-postpones-trump-classified-documents-trial/index.html

#Politics #Trump

From #CNN:

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Daniels says: "I was a much braver person in 2016 than I was in 2011."

Necheles retorts that her story was worth a lot more in 2016 than 2011.

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I still maintain that's irrelevant. Let's say Daniels made it up to extort Trump for money. The fact remains that he orchestrated a scheme to pay Daniels bribes to keep it quiet until after the election.

I'm waiting to see if the prosecution makes that point on redirect, or in summation later in the trial.