Judge lifts parts of Trump gag order ahead of sentencing in New York criminal case

Judge lifts parts of Trump gag order ahead of sentencing in New York criminal case

The ruling by Judge Juan Merchan will allow the former president to attack jurors and witness, including his former lawyer Michael Cohen and porn star Stormy Daniels.

Trump better not violate the gag order, or else the judge may seriously consider maybe making him face consequences. - The Daily Show

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Putin Complains that No One Will Help Russia in War on Ukraine
• International court seeks arrest of Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian power plants
• Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza City, health officials say
• Activists protest outside CNN anchor Jake Tapper's home, hit his coverage of Israel-Hamas war
• Assange to Be Freed From Prison After Reaching Plea Deal With U.S.

Julian Assange is headed to the Northern Mariana Islands for a court appearance Wednesday where he will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act and disseminating classified national defense information. Why can't we send Trump to the same place for the same plea deal? - Victoria Brownworth

Stolen Valor by a Congressman Verified. Of Course He's A Republican.

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) proudly wears an Army badge on his suit lapel. It’s a decoration reserved for soldiers who came under fire while engaged in combat. Problem is, the only fire he’s faced lately is from veterans accusing him of stolen valor.

Those complaints took on added heft Friday, when the Army confirmed to the publication NOTUS that Nehls was never deployed as a combat infantryman during his 20 years with the armed services.

Carlson: “Do you think we're moving towards civil war?”

Trump: “You know, Jan. 6 was a very interesting day because they don't report it properly...People in that crowd said it was the most beautiful day they've ever experienced.” (Aug. 2023)

Sidebar: Judge Cannon knows every single nuclear secret in those boxes. She knows he’s committed espionage. - Sandi Bachom

Republican Shenanigans

• Approval of first publicly funded religious charter school in US ruled unconstitutional
• Trump-Appointed Judge Scolds Prosecutor At Trump Docs Hearing: 'I Don’t Appreciate Your Tone'
• Former Trump Attorney Accuses Judge Cannon of Favoring Ex-President in Documents Case: 'Playing Right Into the Defense's Hands'
• Strippers, Lewd Comments, Sexual Memes: The Wild HR Complaint Against Ed Henry
• House GOP unveils DOJ funding bill after promising crackdown on ‘weaponization’
• Charlie Kirk Worries Trump’s Still Fretting Over 2020 Election: ‘Does Not Do Us Any Good’
• Supreme Court opinions: Clarence Thomas dissent pushes tax mayhem.
• 'Took the gloves off': Experts warn conservative judge rift could transform Supreme Court

I never thought that Julian Assange would be more popular in the GOP than Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney. - Windsor Mann

Be Careful What You Wish For, Trump.

Former President Donald Trump is calling on President Joe Biden to take a drug test ahead of their debate.

The two presumptive nominees will debate for the first time this election cycle on Thursday in what is so far the first of two scheduled debates. Trump and his allies have long portrayed Biden as old and feeble, if not outright senile. However, the former president’s campaign is reportedly aware that such a depiction has “lowered the expectations” for Biden in such a way that any halfway competent performance in the debate could receive rave reviews.

Fun Fact: every single state that voted for Donald Trump received more $$ from the federal government than its taxpayers contributed. That’s right. Every red state is a federal “welfare” state requiring the generosity and largesse of blue state taxpayers. - Jeff Timmer

Stormy Daniels Predicts Trump Will Give Unexciting Performance. - Andy Borowitz

Trump makes Bush look smart, Clinton look chaste, and Nixon look honest. - Michael Ensley  

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Rock The Voter News

• Surgeon general's gun violence declaration draws praise from Democrats, rage from GOP
• Bowman enters primary day with little support from Democratic leadership
• Biden student debt relief halted by court challenges

Trump Backs Out of Debate Claiming It Might Be Wife’s Birthday. - Andy Borowitz

Apparently, Biden Has Given Up On Winning Florida. 😕
Florida Democrats have been fighting the perception that the Sunshine State is invincibly red this election cycle, but were just dealt a blow by a blunt comment by President Joe Biden’s campaign chair...

The debate will be worth watching just to see Trump muted. - Andy Borowitz

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Business/Tech News

• Oil Dips After Touching Eight-Week High as Dollar Strengthens
• Gaetz unveils bill allowing bitcoin tax payments
• Spain eliminates sales tax on olive oil to help consumers cope with skyrocketing prices
• Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Highlights Trump's Lack of CEO Support

Is Merrick Garland alive? - Brandon Unger

It's About Damn Time That The USA Modernizes Its Rail Systems
A sensor on the railroad tracks running through the town of East Palestine, Ohio, failed to catch an overheated rail bearing that led to the 2023 derailment of a train carrying hazardous materials, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said at a public hearing Tuesday morning.

During its heyday, MTV News would be covering Kendrick vs. Drake, Israel/Palestine and the election

The kids don’t realize how important it was. - Sowmya

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Odd News

• Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with the world's first samples from the far side of the moon
• NASA Says Astronauts Not 'Stranded' At ISS
• Painted lady butterfly takes one of longest insect journeys ever recorded
• Shiny Monolith Removed From Mountains Outside Las Vegas
• Umbrella impales woman's leg at Florida beach

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The Oyster Bar in Grand Central Terminal, NYC.  It was built in 1913 and still operates today. I love the subway tile and oysters.


Peace.

Trump Claims He Told UFC President Dana White to Set Up a League Where Migrants Fight Each Other: 'They Are Nasty Mean'

Trump Claims He Told UFC President Dana White to Set Up a League Where Migrants Fight Each Other: 'They Are Nasty Mean'
MSNBC’s Ana Cabrera held a panel discussion on Monday about former President Donald Trump’s speech over the weekend in which he claimed that he suggested to UFC President Dana White that he should start a league where migrants fight each other.

I am glad media is covering on front page that Donald Trump called for a “migrant fight league” for UFC fighters to take on migrants. Oh wait, they aren’t covering it all? How about he told the Hannibal Lecter and shark stories again? No? Or he said he has a beautiful body? No? - Ben Meiselas 

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Biden Condemns Pro-Palestinian Protest Outside LA Synagogue As 'Unconscionable, Antisemitic, and Un-American'
• Biden warns ‘we’re up against extremism’ in video marking Dobbs anniversary
• Netanyahu says intense phase of Hamas war about to end
• Ukraine war: Russia blames US and vows response for Crimea deaths
• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Number killed and others feared trapped in fire at Russian former research centre
• CNN's Jim Acosta and Scott Jennings Go At It Over Migrant Crime: 'More or Less Dehumanizing Than Murdering and Raping?'

Hey Republicans.

Do you remember when those Russian "Commies" were our enemies, from 1946 to to approximately 2016 (when Trump colluded with them)?

What changed for you? - Brandon Unger

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
From his home office in small-town Kentucky, a seasoned political operative is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Republican Donald Trump, a highly unusual and potentially chilling effort that dovetails with broader conservative preparations for a new White House.

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this is your fault. - John Collins

Republican Shenanigans

• Donald Trump grew the national debt twice as much as Joe Biden, study says
• Trump campaign fundraising email says he was ‘tortured’ in jail
• Liz Cheney teases Trump by showing Swift’s ‘sold out crowd’ 
• Sanders suggests she’ll keep Arkansas job over role in Trump’s second term
• ‘That Is an Absurd Assertion!’ MSNBC Host Shuts Down Guest Who Claimed Democrats Want Abortions ‘Three Days After the Person’s Born’
• CNN Anchor Dumps Trump Flack For Attacking Jake Tapper and Dana Bash In Stunning Trainwreck
• 'The Math Is the Math': CNN's John Berman Calls Out Byron Donalds On Debt Numbers Under Biden and Trump
• Gaetz rejects outsider status: ‘I’m trying to reshape the House in my image’
• Shock Video Shows Arizona GOP Official Threatening to ‘Lynch’ Election Officer Who Said 2020 Election Wasn’t Stolen
• Rep. Ronny Jackson says Biden should submit to drug tests before and after debate

The only reason ronny jackson thinks people in the White House is giving Biden performance enhancing drugs is because ronny jackson used to give people in the White House performance enhancing drugs. - Covie

Louisiana Classrooms to Replace History Books with “Art of the Deal” - Andy Borowitz

Is anyone really surprised that convicted rapist Trump is trying to force himself on America after she said no? - Andrea Junker

Jack Smith Wants To Muzzle Trump. Good Luck With That.
Special Counsel Jack Smith detailed specific threats he blames on former President Donald Trump in a blistering new filing seeking new conditions on Trump’s release pending trial...On Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon — a Trump appointee — will hold a hearing on  Smith’s motion demanding Trump be gagged from making statements like his false claims President Joe Biden tried to assassinate him with the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago.

Countdown to Steve Bannon reporting to federal prison: 6 days. - Alex Cole

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Rock The Voter News

• Senate Democrats unveil Roe reversal anniversary ad blitz
• Kamala Harris Harris Roasts Trump for Denying He's Racist Because He Has 'Many Black Friends': 'It's Insulting'
• VP Harris’s Husband Tells CBS: ‘Literally, Our Country and Our World Depends on Us Winning This Election’

I hope Joe Biden answers every debate question with, “Unlike the convicted felon to my right…” - JoJoFromJerz

How Many Times Does Frank Luntz Have To Be Wrong Before No One Asks For His Opinion?

Pollster Frank Luntz believes Thursday night’s debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump could contribute to the undoing of American democracy.

Speaking with Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week, Luntz said the debate could “add to our discontent and division” rather than “heal it.” And Luntz suggested that if the debate furthers discontent and division, American Democracy could come “undone.”

Why on Earth is my former employer @ThisWeekABC putting Frank Luntz on air???  he is a shyster of the first order and i told everyone at ABC that when i worked there. - Matthew Dowd tweet

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Business/Tech News

• Biden administration unveils new steps to increase affordable housing
• Trump Doesn't Have the Support of a Single Fortune 500 CEO, Top Business School Prof Claims On CNBC
• Hot Mic Catches Jon Rahm TORCHING LIV Golf's Sky Cams Live on Air: 'These F*cking Drones Every Time!'
• Police Detain Climate Change Protesters As They Storm Golf Championship During Final Hole: 'No Golf On A Dead Planet'

There are 8 states that have made school meals free to all students regardless of income: CA, CO, ME, MA, MI, MN, NM & VT. That is what I call PRO LIFE. - Eugene

The Real Hunger Games

A group of Republican senators raised “grave concerns” to President Biden about his recent move to allow certain undocumented spouses and children of U.S. citizens to stay in the country and work legally.

In a letter to Biden dated June 21, the GOP lawmakers wrote that Biden’s latest immigration relief “directly contravenes the laws Congress has passed” and “will throw fuel on the fire of the ongoing border crisis.”

First thing Biden says to Trump on the debate stage.

"Does your probation officer know you're here?" - Alex Cole

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Odd News

• NASA waves off spacewalk after astronaut suit springs a leak
• NASA sued after space junk from ISS crashes into Florida family's home
• Princess Anne injured in 'incident': Buckingham Palace
• Video Shows Villagers Running as Huge Chinese Rocket Parts Fall From the Sky
• Florida Woman Chases Down Her Dad's Stolen Semi-Truck

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My garden is filled with papayas and mangos

My life is a mixture of reggaes and tangos

Taste for the good life, I can't live it no other way. - Jimmy Buffett, Lone Palm

Graphic composite by me.

Peace.

Ty Cobb: Judge Cannon is a ‘petty, partisan prima donna’

Ty Cobb: Judge Cannon is a ‘petty, partisan prima donna’

Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb said Thursday that Judge Aileen Cannon is a “partisan, petty prima donna.”

When talking about a Friday hearing on former President Trump challenging special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, Cobb said on CNN’s “OutFront” with anchor Erin Burnett that “the law requires that” Cannon “validate” Smith’s “appointment and not disqualify him.”

At this point Judge Cannon is a threat to national security. - Liam Nissan

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia wherever it is coming under attack, Pentagon says
• Germany arrests 3 men for spying on Ukrainian target
• Putin says Russia is ramping up its nuclear arsenal — and is open to security talks with NATO states
• Israeli bombardment kills dozens across Gaza, amid fierce fighting
• Netanyahu says US providing ‘trickle’ of ammunition, weapons

I blame Fox News for how many f*cking morons that are in America today. - AES

Wait, What? I Thought Ted Cruz's Dad Shot JFK!
Former President Donald Trump casually declared on Thursday that the CIA “was probably behind” former President John F. Kennedy’s assassination after revealing he was asked not to release files related to JFK during his first term as president.

Louisiana Governor Furious After Misprinted Posters of Ten Commandments Instead Show Only First Amendment. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• WATCH: Girl Faints Right Behind Louisiana Governor As He Signs Ten Commandments Law
• Laura Ingraham Mocks 'Liberal Freakout' Over Louisiana Ten Commandments Law: 'Let's Just Push Pot and Transgenderism'
• Appeals Court Dismisses Steve Bannon’s Bid To Delay Prison Sentence
• Steve Bannon Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Last Ditch Effort to Avoid Prison
• Ex-Trump White House Lawyer Excoriates Judge Cannon as 'Petty, Partisan Prima Donna' Who Entertains Trump's 'Flimsiest Arguments'
• Trump Claims Joan Rivers 'Voted for Me' – After She Died in 2014
• Winklevoss twins say they each donated $1M in bitcoin to Trump
• RFK Jr.’s Campaign Floats ‘Serious Jail Time’ for CNN’s Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, and Others After Failing to Make Debate Stage
• A single $50 million donation erased Biden's cash advantage over Trump

NEW: Joan Rivers is under investigation for voter fraud according to unreliable sources. - Not Hoodlum

Apparently, Kyle Rittenhouse's Family Ties Aren't There
Kyle Rittenhouse's sister Faith is seeking $3,000 on a crowdfunding website in a bid to prevent the eviction of herself and her mother Wendy from their home, citing her "brother's unwillingness to provide or contribute to our family."

Amy Coney Barrett has proven to women and girls across America that they can be anything they want to be, unless she gets there first. - Middle Age Riot

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Rock The Voter News

• Americans want civility and end to gridlock, says survey
• Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions
• Democrats spend big hoping to snag two of Arizona's congressional seats
• Democrats put a spotlight on more than 1 million pensions saved under a 2021 law

Donald Trump personifies eachs of the seven deadly sins:

pride, 

envy, 

gluttony, 

greed, 

lust, 

sloth, 

and wrath. - Liam Nissan

Trump Says He Loves The Commandments He Broke!

Count former President Trump among those who are backing Louisiana’s controversial and first-in-the-nation law that will mandate classrooms from elementary school through college prominently display the Ten Commandments.

“I LOVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND MANY OTHER PLACES, FOR THAT MATTER,” Trump wrote this week on his online platform Truth Social. “READ IT — HOW CAN WE, AS A NATION, GO WRONG??? THIS MAY BE, IN FACT, THE FIRST MAJOR STEP IN THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, IN OUR COUNTRY.”

The fact that we all have to wait with bated breath to see whether or not SCOTUS believes that the constitution allows for the president to be a king is a pretty good signifier at how much the ship of state is listing towards the sea. - Jay Black

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Business/Tech News

• Home prices hit record high in May as sales stall
• Top Editor at Washington Post Out Before Even Starting Amid Paper’s Turmoil
• Amtrak service disruptions stretch into second day
• Biden administration announces $850 million in grants to cut methane emissions
• Elon Musk had third child with Neuralink exec Shivon Zilis

It must be tough to survive in Joe Biden’s economy when you’re handing over half your paycheck to fight Donald Trump’s court cases. - Smite

Well, A Broken Clock Is Correct Twice a Day.

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal gun control law that is intended to protect victims of domestic violence.

In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners. The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.

Clarence Thomas was the only justice who wanted domestic abusers to own guns. Anita Hill tried warned us. If only she was taken seriously. - anyonewantchips

I hear that Louisiana requires that all Public Schools post the 10 Commandments. 

I think the REAL news here is that Louisiana has schools. - Brandon Unger

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Odd News

• US astronauts' return to Earth delayed as NASA and Boeing look into technical issues
• Mysterious objects found in North Carolina mountains were part of SpaceX spacecraft: NASA
• Family whose roof was damaged by space debris files claims against NASA
• Woman Steals Ambulance From Children's Hospital, Leads Police on Chase
• ‘I’ve waited a long time for this’: woman earns Stanford master’s degree at 105

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Factory Butte - Hanksville, Utah. It looks like a sandcastle.

Best wishes for a peaceful weekend, everyone.