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Tues 28 May 2024 🧵 to Begin in

faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection w/a payment made to a porn star to influence the 2016 election. The case could be in the jury’s hands as early as Wed.


https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/28/nyregion/trump-trial-closing-arguments?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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, draws on a 2018 recording in which 's lawyer at the time said that his client had “settler’s remorse” for having agreed not to tell her story. Blanche claims that Daniels changed not because she decided to tell the , but because she wanted to make .

Blanche introduces what he calls a “separate conspiracy” between Daniels, , her manager at the time, & , who was the editor of The .

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Trump called fallen service members "losers" and "suckers" — according to his chief of staff — he publicly accused soldiers with PTSD of not being "strong," demeaned POWs, and insulted Gold Star parents & a widow. When he pretends to honor service members today, don't believe it.

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Finally #somebody to tell the real #truth

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The reason I like is it keeps me from saying stuff with no basis in reality.

Like, more than once.

Multiple times it has prevented me from shooting off my mouth without citations or evidence, when I thought something was true.

YMMV

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A Student's Guide to Right, Left and Truth by Alan E. Singer, 2020

This book is an augmented adaptation of the author's 2018 book Understanding Left and Right (Nova). It further reinforces the message that sustained truth-seeking leads people toward the political center. Each chapter offers divide-bridging discussions of issues such as regulation, taxation, corporate-strategy and personal identity, along with the very ideas of knowledge, truth and goodness.

@bookstodon

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“The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it which we practice.”

Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Adventures in Error, 1936

From:
Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t by Tom Phillips, 2019


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Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t by Tom Phillips, 2019

As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day. Here, he tells the hilarious story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other - and ourselves - and asks an important question: how can humanity move towards a truthier future?

@bookstodon



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    Judge to Consider Holding in for Verbal

    Prosecutors in Trump’s trial say he has violated a barring him from attacking , & others close to the case. Testimony is set to resume later Tuesday morning.


    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/23/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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    DA prosecutor Christopher , responded briefly.

    will not give a decision right away.

    The hearing about violations of a , ended up being sort of a challenge to the entire Trump belief system.

    Merchan clarified that everything that Trump does is not “” per se & insisted on hearing arguments, & the .

    Then there was a break.

    #CatchAndKill

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    Israel has broad powers to rescue any hostage according to international law.

    "The Convention thus accords a discretion to States in choosing how to respond to #hostage-taking, conceivably extending from negotiation at one end of the spectrum to forcible measures of rescue at the other."

    #history
    #histodons
    #war
    #genevaconventions
    #genevaconvention
    #gaza
    #palestine
    #Israel
    #truth
    #law
    #legal
    @palestine
    @israel https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/icath/icath.html

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    After Jan 6, GOP megadonor Nelson Peltz called it a “disgrace” and apologized for backing Trump.

    But after breakfast with Trump this month, Peltz now says he'll "probably" vote for him.

    Never underestimate how quickly billionaires will sell out our democracy for tax cuts.

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    In 2022, prescription drug prices in the US were 278% more expensive than they were in similar countries.

    Medicare being able to negotiate certain drug prices will lead to significant cost reductions for millions.

    Don’t forget that every single Republican voted against this.

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    @rbreich 👍👍

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    ! They even made a Kit Kat commercial about it a few years back...🤬 😬 🙄

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    Die begehen heute den Internationalen Tag für das Recht auf über schwere und für die Würde der Opfer.

    Dazu lohnt ein Blick in unser Heft 26/2000 "Wahrheit", u.a. mit einem Artikel von Gesine Krüger zur Arbeit der and Commission in :

    https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/wahrheit/wahrheit](https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/wahrheit)

    @histodons @historikerinnen


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    FYI

    "[T]he #Hamas #terrorists killed by Israel in the ensuing war, and #civilian non-combatants killed in the Gaza Strip while being used as human shields by Hamas. They are all considered "#Martyrs" whose families are eligible to receive stipends of 1,400-12,000 shekels [$375-$3200] per month for life." — Itamar Marcus; Founder, Palestinian Media Watch, palwatch.org, January 10, 2024.
    #islam
    #jihad
    #money
    #investing
    #war
    #civilwar
    #truth
    @palestine
    @israel
    https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20495/hamas-strategy-atrocity-gaza-war

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    Why Can’t the Just Say the About ? He Wants to Be a .

    The keeps the GOP’s as it recurs to wan and dispassionate rhetoric.

    https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-fascist-media-political-press/

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    I've become Calvins dad

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    👀Via Timothy Snyder:

    #Trump's allies are selling out #Ukraine in exchange for #Russia backing in the election.

    A Trump victory in November would finish off US democracy.

    And a Russian victory in Ukraine would doom freedom generally.

    If this minority coalition of international fascists wins in 2024, life will be rotten for everyone else indefinitely.

    If you want a chance to live in a decent world, you've got half a year to act.

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