Law, Power, and Justice

TUESDAY 7 MAY 2024

Trump Trial (CNN and MSNBC)

·       (Note:
Commentators seem to think that jurors are going to be put off by the fact that
Daniels had sex with Trump and without a condom.  I wouldn’t exactly call this “salacious” bit
of information, and I’m older than most of them.)

·       The
defense is trying to portray Stormy Daniels as a gold digger who made up most
if not all of this story.

·       (Note:
One commentator made the statement that the defense was using the fact that
Daniels planned to get something out of her relationship with Trump.  I think Trump damn well thought he was going
to get something out of his relationship with her.)

·       (Note:
CNN and MSNBC need to have some sociologists and intelligence experts on and
not just lawyers.  We are being
repeatedly dragged through every legal issue raised in the case, but none of
the wider implications.  I, for one,
would like to hear a conversation about the scuzzy, low-life world of grifters
and money grubbers Trump wallowed around in. 
I would like to hear a conversation about capitalism and the types of
personalities it creates.)

·       (Note:
Finally Nicolle Wallace is at work. 
These folks like Anna Cabrerer and Chris Jansing just don’t have much
interesting to say.  They are hard to
listen to and they ask four paragraph questions.)

·       “How
did I misread this so badly to get here?” 
Stormy Daniels

·       She
thought the interaction would be good for her career.

·       Daniels
was asked if she hated Trump.  She said
yes.”  (Note: Good for her.)

·       Daniels
made some jokes in the beginning of her testimony.  The jokes were in “bad taste” at the very
least, but she is a nervous, chatty talker and evidently felt uncomfortable in
the beginning.

·       (Note:
The Cross will last into Thursday).

·       (Note:
Last night on CNN, Erin Burnett informed us that there was one day between
Tuesday and Thursday.  She also once
after the San Bernardina terrorist shooting that the woman who took part must
have been suffering from post-partum depression????)

·       Trump
introduced Daniels to McDougal as some event 
We don’t know whether this was before, during or after his “affair” with
her.

·       (Note:
What the hell is going on with Ted Blanche?)

·       “This
is a problem from the left.”  Trump is
referring to the demonstrators for Palestine. 
The right loves this. 

ISRAEL: Haaretz

·       Citizens
in Israel are in the streets protesting in support of prioritizing the release
of the hostages.

·       There
is a Hamas delegation in Cairo for hostage talks.

·       Gallant:
The Rafah operation will not stop until Hamas is defeated or the first hostage
is released.

·       Israel
grants control of crossing between Gaza and Egypt to a private US firm.

·       Opinion
by Amira Hass: attacks of Palestinians by Jewish settlers has increased.

·        

ART

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Bazille’s Studio by Frederic Bazille