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Pookie's Toons / Re: Today's Toons 5/13/24
« Last post by Cyber Liberty on Today at 04:14:12 pm »My reason to survive Mondays! Thanks for the Toons and Argus Extras, Pookie!! They were delicious!
3 minutes ago
Trump smirks, shakes head when Cohen explains why he taped hush money conversation
By Ben Kochman and Kyle Schnitzer
Trump cracked a smirk and shook his head after Cohen claimed he recorded their Sept. 6, 2016 phone conversation -- in which they discussed a $150,000 hush money payment to Karen McDougal -- in order to reassure David Pecker that he'd be paid back for fronting McDougal the payout.
"It was so I could show it to David Pecker and that way he would hear the conversation, that he would know that we’re going to be paid, Mr. Trump is going to be paying him back," Cohen testified.
Trump in general seems more animated so far after returning after the mid-morning break.
2 minutes ago
Michael Cohen resumes testifying
By Kyle Schnitzer
Cohen is taking questions from prosecutors about phone records. Cohen testified that he never altered the recording and the recording was cut off because he received an incoming call.
Trump's team has suggested that the call was doctored.
Meanwhile, Trump has spent time reading through a stack of pages as Cohen continues testifying.
a few seconds ago
Jury shown text of possible LLC names for hush money payments
A text message showing possible LLC names for hush money payments between Daniel Rotstein and Michael Cohen are being shown to the jury.
In the September 7, 2016 text, Rotstein texted Cohen: “Please find possible names. I am working ont he assignment agreement.”
The text, which included a picture of a list of names, reads:
Media Holdings, INc
Media Investments, Inc
Integrated Investments, INc
World Investments, Inc.
Gotham Investments, Inc.
a minute ago
Ohio Sen. J. D. Vance blasts Cohen as 'convicted felon' outside court
By Tamar Lapin
Ohio Sen. J. D. Vance and other political allies of Trump's are holding a press conference outside Manhattan court.
"Does any reasonable person believe anything Michael Cohen has said?" Vance asked about Cohen, noting that Trump's former attorney and "fixer" is a "convicted felon."
Other Republicans who showed up to back Trump in court today include New York Rep. Nicolle Malliotakis and Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
That's becauseDid the economy tank after operation wetback? I really find the argument that we need uncontrolled illegal immigration allowing unvetted people who don't want the American dream, just the destruction of America. What we need is a slammed shut border and a corrected system that deals with immigration in a timely manner allowing us to vet and choose those who will actually add to America rather than leach on America. Slam the border shut, and immediately start going after the illegals already in country(there will be disagreement here but I don't believe there will be mass deportations) vet them and if they don't pass the vetting boot their asses out...period.
a) there are government backstops for the lazy;
b) unethical businessmen would rather exploit migrants than pay a market wage to the natural born population
Deport several million illegals, reintroduce self-preservation, and the labor market would adjust. We simply have not tried it. Our present course is the path to oblivion. You cannot flood a western democracy with hordes of low IQ immigrants and expect it to remain prosperous or stable.
He is a DA, a supposed 'civil servant', but he is mysteriously worth around 45 million dollars.
There is certainly something going on which is not what it appears to be.