To be sure, that crowd outside Trump tower are Trump employees.. They are paid to be there. That is not a crowd of supporters that is a crowd of 'hollywood extras'.
He is a menace. The man ranting on television right now is a menace to society. He is a threat to us all. It is reckless to broadcast these ramblings.
He had every chance to defend himself--under oath. He doesn't get a redo in the public arena.. Don't broadcast dangerous lies @Msnbc@nbc@CNN@cspan
[Slate]: A Benign 18th-Century Foam Finger
The defense of the Appeal to Heaven flag is familiar to anyone who’s been watching this court. By Dahlia Lithwick
[NYTimes]: Listening to this portion of testimony underscores something we’ve said here before, but it bears repeating: David Pecker was a very damaging witness for the defense. And the efforts to detract from his testimony during cross-examination only seemed to make him more defiant as a witness. By Maggie Haberman
[Gifted, no paywall]: The Alitos, the Neighborhood Clash and the Upside-Down Flag
Inside the escalating conflict on a bucolic suburban street that Justice Alito said prompted a “Stop the Steal” symbol at his home. By Jody Kantor
[NYTimes]: And now we hear that on Oct. 27, the money was sent, and on Oct. 28, just 11 days before the election, Stormy Daniels signed the non-disclosure agreement. By Jonah Bromwich
[NYTimes]: “This scheme, cooked up by these men, at this time, could very well be what got President Trump elected,” Joshua Steinglass says, concluding the portion of his closing that refers specifically to the Trump Tower meeting. .. By Jonah Bromwich
[NYTimes]: Joshua Steinglass keys in on something Michael Cohen has long said about Trump, telling the jurors: “These guys know each other well. They speak in coded language, and they speak fast.” By Maggie Haberman
[NYTimes]: Joshua Steinglass comments on Trump’s “chutzpah,” saying that Michael Cohen lied to help Trump, and now Trump’s lawyers are using those lies to try to undermine Cohen. Jonah Bromwich
[NYTimes] Todd Blanche just offered quite a quote — and take — on the nature of American politics, saying that it didn’t matter if there was “a conspriacy to win an election.” He adds: “Every campaign in this country is a conspiracy” to elect a candidate. By Jesse McKinley
An important article here. [Gifted, no paywall. NYTimes]: The Untold Story of the Network That Took Down Roe v. Wade
A conservative Christian coalition’s plan to end the federal right to abortion began just days after Trump’s 2016 election. By Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer
