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Scandal-plagued Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was nowhere to be seen Sunday during the first Democrat Party debate as she tries to win re-election. Willis has courted controversy while prosecuting the county's election interference case against Donald Trump as it was revealed she had a past relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Her conduct was examined during a series of sensational hearings, with Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee ultimately slamming her for a 'tremendous lapse in judgment' and for acting in an 'unprofessional manner.' She escaped with just a slap on the wrist, however, after McAfee dramatically ruled she...

A confused-looking President Biden paced back and forth behind King Abdullah II of Jordan Monday, apparently unsure of where to stand ahead of the royal’s remarks. “Your majesty, over to you,” Biden, 81, told the king after welcoming him to the White House. As Abdullah prepared to deliver his speech, the president shuffled around behind him and the podium, gazing down at the floor as if looking for a mark indicating the proper place for him to stand. Biden waffled between two different spots before settling on what was initially his first choice, to Abdullah’s left side and in front...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Scruggs will have his day in court, but no single case will restore the equilibrium razed by J6 prosecutors.By way of introduction, my name is Adam Johnson — but most people know me as “the Lectern Guy.” On Jan. 6, 2021, I kind of broke the internet after I was photographed smiling and waving as I was carrying then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s podium through the Capitol rotunda. Suffice it to say, the authorities did not look kindly on what I did, and I was later arrested.Eventually, I was transferred to a courtroom after four...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment from the White House podium Tuesday about Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the investigation into Trump-Russia collusion. Durham’s 300-page report found that the FBI and Department of Justice "failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law" regarding its investigation into possible Russia collusion with the Trump campaign in 2016. Though the report dropped on Monday, only RealClearNews reporter Philip Wegmann referred to Durham’s report and asked for a reaction at the White House press briefing. "What is the White House reaction to special counsel report on how...

Danny De Urbina also captured video of Dr. Jill Biden leading her husband down from the podium by the hand. It’s kind of sweet. Actually, it’s not kind of sweet — watching him shuffle off like that is kind of scary.

The Biden White House pushed back at media reports that there’s a Biden/Harris “relationship crisis” as the VP is trying to improve on an approval rating that’s around 28 percent. There was an obvious attempt to give the VP some additional face time during an event surrounding President Biden signing the infrastructure bill. However, as soon as Harris made her way to the podium to speak the announcer called somebody else’s name: https://twitter.com/charliespiering/status/1460351373728436225?s=20

Nancy Pelosi was an inspiration when she showed the tens of millions of Americans forced into unemployment by the lockdown how they can console themselves amid the wreckage of the lives by eating extravagantly expensive ice cream stored in an extravagantly expensive refrigerator. Now she further showcases her leadership skills by demonstrating how not to behave during the sort of pandemic that allegedly justifies the lockdown. Specifically, she illustrates that you should not smear snot on your fingers, then wipe it off on a podium that others will be using:

The Democratic National Committee's fourth sanctioned primary debate will air live at 8 p.m. ET from Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, a northeast suburb of the state capital, Columbus. CNN anchors Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper and New York Times national editor Marc Lacey will serve as the debate moderators.

In our "For what it's worth department", Hillary had on high heels covered by her pants and her podium was shorter. Both things were to try to help her not look so small next to Trump. I did NOT waste my time watching the debate, but maybe someone could comment on whether they showed a lot of head and shoulders shots of her to increase her presence and full-length views of him to diminish his presence.

I see that President-Stompy-Foot-in-Waiting got her special Mine-is-Bigger-Than-Yours podium for tonight’s battle of the tongues.Along with a soap box to stand on.“Lectern Power Supply” – makes you wonder what power is in this box that Hillary will be standing on.Although in reality the slight of hand to make Hilz appear to be on par with her opponent requires some reverse engineering: the Hilz podium is actually smaller in stature with a yuge litter lifter box for her to stand on in order to make her appear – scale wise – as large as The Donald.And do not think for one moment...

There was some discussion last week about how NBC would try to physically aid candidate Hillary Clinton’s optics with a custom designed debate platform intended to give the viewer the a false illusion of scale and scope. Well, it appears that NBC has done exactly that. A comparison of both debate podiums reflects that one is visibly larger, and taller, than the other; and a debate standing platform is evident as the stage is being set up.

Entire Title: "Hillary Clinton to use larger podium than Donald Trump at first debate to make up for height disadvantage: report" Hillary Clinton says that we’re “stronger together,” but even she can’t deny Donald Trump is taller. The Democratic nominee, who is 5-foot-4, has apparently enlisted the help of a raised podium for the first presidential debate against Donald Trump, who is 6-foot-3, Monday night, photos of the two podiums show. According to WABC’s Rita Cosby, one of the two podiums inside the debate hall at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, N.Y., is larger than the other. It is believed that...

Washington (CNN)—Hillary Clinton will be center stage on Tuesday night for the Democratic presidential candidates' first debate, according to the podium order released by CNN, which is hosting the event. The position of the five candidates on the stage at the CNN Facebook Democratic Debate in Las Vegas is based on polls since Aug. 1 and was announced on CNN's "State of the Union." On either side of Clinton, the highest-polling candidate, are Bernie Sanders (to Clinton's right) and Martin O'Malley (to her left). Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee, the fourth- and fifth-placing candidates, bookend the stage.

CBS News' Mark Knoller reports via Twitter that when the presidential seal fell off the lectern while Barack Obama addressed the 2010 Fortune Magazine Most Powerful Women Summit tonight, Obama told the audience, "That's all right. All of you know who I am."Obama followed by saying of the staffer responsible for the seal, he is "sweating bullets right now.”Knoller Tweeted that the White House Communications Agency handles the seal and lectern for presidential speeches.

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I need some help. I remember hearing there was a nickname for the blue lectern the President speaks from. Can anyone help me by reminding me what it is?

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Speakers at this week's Republican convention make their remarks at a wooden podium that some Jewish groups find offensive because its decorative panels appear to form the shape of a Christian cross. A cross is even more visible in a waist-high gavel stand adjacent to the podium, leading some to question whether the party is trying to send a subtle message to its base among conservative Christians. "It is the very height of insensitivity for the Republican Party to feature a cross at the center of the podium of this convention," Ira Forman, executive director of...