Convicted felon Donald J. Trump thread XXX: President Elect

Way too much discussion about stakeholder: a simple, easy to understand word.

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People are focused on the ā€œstakeā€ part and neglecting the ā€œholdā€ part, which is equally offensive. You may not realize this, but hold is derived from HODL, which is a term used by investors in cryptocurrency and meme stocks. This type of language unfairly erases people who donā€™t have the funds to invest.

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this is always my first thought when it comes to the sycophants showing up at court

Merchan is an appointed judge. You know who else is appointed? Cannon.

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1790119666200797628

Anyway, from what Iā€™ve seen, there werenā€™t any big revelations today. Mostly stuff that was known. Ok, we got some added details but we could have filled them in ourselves.

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76% guilty

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Mike Johnson is currently breaking the gag order at Trumpā€™s direction, attacking the Judgeā€™s daughter and Michael Cohen. Heā€™s using Trumpā€™s phrasing to make it extra clear.

https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1790375288381005897?t=n9n04u1CPlZzKonI_NVR1g&s=19

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lol, now this is getting entertaining

https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1790393993135804458

Meanwhile

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https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1790401750014554420?t=RWItlUR4HyQAAVNZfyYtiQ&s=19

Thank you, yes, that is what i am doing

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Reddit ama with person who has been going to the trial.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/s/bVcw07OhLL

Iā€™ve been reading the commentary of mostly NBC, ABC and NYT as theyā€™ve seem to be the least biased. Iā€™ve since dropped reading NBC, as they seemed the most sensationalist of the group, and were reporting the furthest from my experiences.

After my trip, I have been keeping almost entirely to NYT, as they were getting the general feel that I felt as witness to the trial. Overall, I feel like a lot of the media reported that Stormy Daniels was overly nervous, but I didnā€™t read it that way. She was told multiple times by the prosecution, the judge, and the defense to slow down when speaking as the stenographer couldnā€™t keep up. The media reported this as nerves, but I always felt that when she was speaking quickly, it was because she was getting in her zone, and being herself. I believe she just speaks very quickly.

The media also didnā€™t report well that she was far more intelligent than the defense was implying.

But, yes. The media, especially FOX and CNN are playing up parts for viewer share. FOXā€™s reporting, as youā€™d guess, is based in fiction. CNN is trying to ā€œboth sidesā€ a lot of it. MSNBC has been surprisingly fair, but obviously their base hates Trump, so theyā€™re leaning a bit. I would recommend the NYT live update blog over anything, since they have a panel and are willing to disagree with each other to provide further insight.

(And plug for ground.news, btw. Itā€™s an aggregate that shows stories being reported from all sides, and how often. Itā€™s been very helpful for me to eliminate biases in my news reading. I am not an employee, nor is anyone I know)

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https://twitter.com/GaryGrumbach/status/1790431852903198763?t=k82R9NKkMfqEXiKC250FaQ&s=19

Doesnā€™t seem like the defense should have many witnesses. This thing could be over pretty quick.

Really oping that there is a line of former Celebrity Apprentice contestants to serve as character references.

Maggie Haberman is right there ready to go!

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Commodus gifs all over.

And just lol Maggie Haberman forever and ever.

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A lot of the what the prosecution went over today seemed kind of obscure to me. Probably going to have to read the transcript to understand its significance. Donā€™t know if Iā€™m up to it. At least the cross examination is off to a more interesting start.

https://x.com/chrislhayes/status/1790447068512743871

https://x.com/eorden/status/1790449229858517366

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https://x.com/KatiePhang/status/1790451420707119515

no lies detected.

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