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A New York appeals court has again upheld a gag order that bars Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel in his civil fraud trial, ruling Thursday that the former president’s lawyers used the wrong legal mechanism to fight the restriction. A four-judge panel in the state’s mid-level appellate court ruled Thursday that Trump’s lawyers erred by suing trial Judge Arthur Engoron, who imposed the gag order in October after Trump disparaged his law clerk. Instead, the appellate judges wrote, Trump’s lawyers should’ve followed the normal appeals process by asking Engoron to reverse the gag order and then, if denied,...

Remember when dozens of former intelligence officials signed a letter just before the 2020 election proclaiming the Hunter Biden laptop to be "Russian disinformation"? Well, some of the signers of that letter are back, and they've got a new and infuriating demand. That news comes via deep-state stenographer Jennifer Griffin, who will apparently report anything the intelligence community puts out without the slightest hint of context. In fact, you wouldn't even know some of the signers of this new letter also signed the now-debunked Hunter Biden laptop letter if it weren't for conservatives digging into it. ... if I .....

Former President Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Sunday, that he no longer plans to testify at his civil fraud trial on Monday. Trump had been scheduled to testify Monday as one of the final defense witnesses in a trial that has lasted two months and is entering its final week of testimony. Court officials also confirmed to Fox News that Trump has notified the court that he is not testifying.

Congress has a plate more full than Thanksgiving dinner when they return to Washington, with deadlines on funding and other policies fast approaching and the Biden impeachment inquiry reaching a pivotal moment. Lawmakers jetted home to spend the holiday week in their districts after narrowly avoiding a shutdown with a stopgap spending bill that bought them until the new year to work out a long-term government funding plan - wrapping up a marathon 10 weeks of session in the House. But after the week's respite, here's what to look out for on Capitol Hill: Biden Impeachment Top Republicans leading the...

Former President Trump demanded a jury Monday after his unprecedented time on the stand, calling the civil trial against him and his businesses a "disgrace" and saying New York Attorney General Letitia James has "no case." Trump described his forced testimony as "election interference" while maintaining that his net worth is "far greater" than financial statements during testimony Monday. The former president and 2024 Republican presidential front-runner took the stand Monday morning in the non-jury civil trial stemming from James’ lawsuit against him, his family and his businesses. James alleged Trump defrauded banks and inflated the value of his assets....

Welcome to the United States of Woke. Where insane genre ideology must not only be tolerated but celebrated. Every day. Think that is an exaggeration? Think again. On Oct. 19, Twitchy favorite James Woods posted a full calendar of all of the gender cult celebrations that happen throughout the year and it is mind-boggling. Be sure to update your calendar. pic.twitter.com/ZiMc0qISY6 — James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 19, 2023 Wow. We all know this is happening, but to see it all listed like that in a full calendar is pretty scary nonetheless. If you expand on the complete image, the celebrations...

Donald Trump is on trial in a civil case for allegedly fraudulently inflating the value of his assets. It's is a victimless crime. Trump took out the loans and paid them back. There were no complaints from bankers. The election denier James put Donald Trump in her sights as part of her campaign for Attorney General of New York in 2018, making several unsubstantiated claims in her boastful post. James' goal is to cripple the Trumps' ability to conduct business in New York and suck him out of $250 million. In 2018, Letitia James vowed to use the law as...

Kangaroo Court Day 3, Live Thread. President Trump, Judge Engoron, and Attorney General James. Yesterday the judge apparently disputed that 80% of the charges were cleared, no update or clarity.. Yet, they are still judging Trump based on evidence and not-made charges that are past the statute of limitation? And still to be answered, will Trump get new attorneys? Lastly, Trump got his hand slapped and received a gag order for personally attacking a female member of the court. Haven't heard Schumer agree or deny the Trump's charge, but the judge quickly said enough. Trump even pulled down the Truth...

New York Attorney General Letitia James leaves the courtroom without granting any interview after losing 80 percent of the case against Trump on day one because she could not figure out what the statute of limitations was.

Kangaroo Court Day 2, Live Thread. President Trump, Judge Engoron, and Attorney General James. So, 80% of the charges cleared yesterday because of the statute of limitations. Nice work by AG Letitia James. Yet, they still get airing according the judge? How is that fair if Trump is innocent until proven guilty and these earlier charges are no longer relevant or being prosecuted. How does Trump defend himself? And will Trump get new attorneys? Can't believe they were so incompetent to no check off the box for a Jury Trial. Seriously?! Okay, let the spectacle begin...

Here for today's kangaroo court in New York... Lots of links to live video, lots of news reports. Here is an offered live thread for anyone, like me, now watching...

Bronny James, the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, suffered a cardiac arrest Monday and is in stable condition. "Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest," a James family spokesperson said in a statement. "Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital. He is now in stable condition and no longer in ICU. We ask for respect and privacy for the James family and we will update media when there is more information.

New York Attorney General Letitia James is holding a “drag story hour” event which will be open to children. A promotional poster for the event states “Families with children are invited to join Attorney General James, drag storytellers, and city and state elected leaders.”

Distant Galaxy The image of the most distant galaxy, GHZ2/GLASS-z12. (NASA/ESA/CSA/T. Treu, UCLA/NAOJ/T. Bakx, Nagoya U) A galaxy whose light has traveled nearly 13.5 billion years to reach us has just been confirmed as the earliest galaxy found to date. By studying the oxygen content of the galaxy with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have precisely dated it to just 367 million years after the Big Bang, a time when the first lights in the Universe were still switching on and starting to propagate freely through space. The result confirms observations made by JWST, and offers new information...

Donald Trump has dropped his Florida lawsuit accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of waging a “war of intimidation and harassment” against him, court papers show. The former president filed papers Friday voluntarily dismissing his West Palm Beach federal suit from November. The move comes on the same day he was due to respond to the AG’s bid to have his case tossed out by a judge. Trump had argued James abused her position while carrying out an allegedly politically motivated probe into the Trump Organization’s business dealings ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. James has been investigating Trump...

Rep.-Elect John James (R-MI) nominated Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for the seventh speakership ballot on Thursday after six separate votes between Tuesday and Wednesday did not result in the election of a speaker of the 118th House of Representatives. James, a freshman and one of the first two black Republican West Point graduates ever elected to the House, along with fellow freshman Rep.-Elect Wesley Hunt (R-TX), told his colleagues, “The work we promised the American people we would do, we’re welching on that promise,” as speaker votes wane on.

John James wins Michigan's 10the congressional seat, beating Carl Marlinga

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) on Tuesday released a report detailing how a white supremacist gunman who opened fire at a Buffalo supermarket in May and killed 10 people in a racially motivated attack was radicalized by fringe websites like 4Chan. While Payton Gendron’s online posts and activity were previously known, the attorney general office’s 49-page report offers a deeper examination of what led up to the May 14 shooting, when he shot 13 people at a supermarket in a majority-Black neighborhood on the East Side of Buffalo, N.Y.

Republican Michael Henry slightly leads Democrat state Attorney General Letitia James in her reelection bid to continue serving as the state’s top law enforcement officer, a Trafalgar Group survey revealed this week. The most recent survey found that Henry, within the 2.9 percent margin of error, leads James in her reelection bid by one point.

Councilwoman Letitia James has filed a personal injury suit against an itinerant laborer after she allegedly injured herself walking into his legally parked truck. The Democratic lawmaker, who makes $122,500 a year as the people’s representative in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, is seeking an unspecified amount of damages for wounds she claims to have sustained on July 11 when she walked into a four-inch trailer hitch protruding from David Day’s parked car. James sustained “serious, severe and permanent [injuries] to her limbs and body” and “she will be caused to suffer … continuous pain and inconvenience,” according to court...