charges are falsifying business records to hide #HushMoney payments in lead up to 2016 election to #influence electorate
just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.
#StormyDaniels's lawyer, #KeithDavidson, to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.
Gawker was sued out of existence by Hogan, in a lawsuit financed by the billionaire #PeterThiel.
#Bove insinuated that an article #NationalEnquirer editor #DylanHoward co-wrote about the Hulk Hogan sex tapes in 2015 was a product of Davidson’s providing that info.
Davidson denied that he gave Howard the tapes.
Bove then revealed that the #FBI had set up a sting related to Davidson’s discussion w/Hogan’s reps.
The man doused himself w/a liquid around 1:35PM ET in Collect Pond Park, across the street from the courthouse. Onlookers screamed as bright orange flames engulfed the man. It was unclear what motivated his action.
In an interview that day, he said his critical views of the American govt were shaped by his research into #PeterThiel, the techn billionaire & political provocateur who is a major #Trump campaign donor.
#MaxAzzarello said he had planned to protest at Washington Square Park near NYU but thought that w/the cold weather, more people would be outside the courthouse.
Picture 1: Republican Senator J. D. Vance tells CNN, the US cannot help Ukraine, because the US is “stretched too thin” and Ukraine is demanding “thousands” of Patriot systems per year.
Picture 2: In reality, Zelenskyy has said, just 25 Patriot systems would be enough to keep Ukraine safe — some of which they already have.
In this week’s Disconnect Roundup, I briefly talk about how Peter Thiel thinks we need a new frontier to bring down housing prices. Plus, recommended reads, labor updates, and other news you might have missed!
"When I see [Peter] Thiel, who has a history of engaging in dark operations to subvert democracy, I don’t see his fantastic white teeth — I see fangs."
~ Heidi Siegmund Cuda in her stellar American Monster series at Bette Dangerous