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When used here, in IE6, it streaches out the page layout inappropriatelyCurrent SID: 2024/5/2/21216/19036 Target SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366Thursday :: May 02, 2024 Open Thread for College Campus Protests By Jeralyn , Section Blog Related Posted on Thu May 02, 2024 at 08:02:16 PM EST Tags: ( all tags ) Share This: Digg! Tweet I am not writing about the Israel-Hamas war, or as of yet, the protests on college campuses. But I know everyone has strong feelings about the protests. And many readers do want to discuss them. So here’s an open thread for those of you who do want to discuss these topics. Keep in mind TalkLeft is not the government and what you consider free speech may differ from my interpretation of acceptable speech. And since this is my site, my interpretation prevails. [More...] (44 comments, 975 words in story) There’s More :: Permalink :: Comments Current SID: 2024/5/2/183548/0720 Target SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366Transcripts and More in Trump’s Hush Money Trial By Jeralyn , Section Defendant Trump Posted on Thu May 02, 2024 at 05:35:48 PM EST Tags: Trump , Stormy Daniels ( all tags ) Share This: Digg! Tweet When covering a trial, there is nothing better to read for accuracy than the court transcripts. In almost all federal trials, transcripts are guarded like hawks, because that’s how court reporters make their money. By the page. In major trials, the major media companies form a consortium and pitch in together to share the cost. But they rarely share, due to the court reporter’s right to charge for each copy. The Trump hush-money trial is not in federal court, and some state courts are better attuned to transparency with their citizens. So let’s give thanks to the New York State Court system, which has made the Trump Hush Money trial transcripts available now, for free. And thanks to the New York Times for publishing them all. So you all don’t hit another pay wall, since I am a Times subscriber, I have ten free links to share a month. Here is my free and shareable link to the transcripts . Should the link not work, with a little bit of help from Google, I’m sure you can find the New York State Unified Court System website which should have the link, or another media outlet that’s decided to post them. By reading the transcripts, we all avoid fake news. [More...] (41 comments, 362 words in story) There’s More :: Permalink :: Comments Current SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366 Target SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366Thursday :: March 07, 2024 State of the Union: Will Biden Resonate? By Jeralyn , Section Elections 2024 Posted on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 07:11:31 PM EST Tags: SOTU ( all tags ) Share This: Digg! Tweet Americans have been dealt a hand with two candidates, neither of whom they particularly think should be President. Nonetheless, barring Trump being criminally tried, convicted and imprisoned before November, which has become more and more unlikely the past few months, Americans will have to choose between them. So there’s a lot riding on Joe Biden’s speech tonight. I have not seen the draft, but I suspect like almost everything he does, he will land in the center, disappointing those with firm convictions at either extreme. He’s not going to come out against the death penalty, in favor of removing border walls or cutting back on prisons or cessation of jailing non-violent offenders, or even for federal legalization of marijuana. If he supports lowering pot from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule 3 substance, he is still missing the point. Marijuana should be removed from the controlled substance list entirely. Now that would be progress. [More....] (199 comments, 569 words in story) There’s More :: Permalink :: Comments Current SID: 2024/2/15/122454/176 Target SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366Thursday :: February 15, 2024 Trump Plays the Nepo Card Again By Jeralyn , Section Elections 2024 Posted on Thu Feb 15, 2024 at 11:24:54 AM EST Tags: Lara Trump ( all tags ) Share This: Digg! Tweet I’ve joked a few times I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump were to make Ivanka his running mateor appoint Don Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle to be Attorney General if he gets re-elected (because she would dismiss the federal indictments against him, relieving him of the need to spend years in court debating whether he has the power to pardon himself). But I missed the real mark: It’s Eric’s wife Lara Trump who Donald Trump is promoting for Co-Chair of the Republican Party. Can no one in this family get where they want to go on their own credentials and experience? Apparently not. Except for Jared Kushner, who finally got it through his thick skull that he is rich enough not to have to step in the dog doo that follows his father-in-law everywhere he goes. In a recent interview, Jared says he won’t be involved in a second Trump administration, should there be one. (73 comments) Permalink :: Comments Current SID: 2024/2/15/121058/542 Target SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366Trump’s NY Trial to Begin in March, 2024 By Jeralyn , Section Defendant Trump Posted on Thu Feb 15, 2024 at 11:10:58 AM EST Tags: ( all tags ) Share This: Digg! Tweet A New York Judge has rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay his trial in the "Hush Money" - Stormy Daniels case. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. He denies the charges. Prosecutors intend to prove that Trump resorted to business fraud as a means of concealing the true nature of the payments so as not to hurt his chances of winning the presidency in 2016. What a difference a year makes. When this Indictment was announced, it was a big deal. Now, it seems so hum-hum. Trump indicted? What else is new? (109 comments) Permalink :: Comments Current SID: 2024/1/28/42129/0737 Target SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366Sunday :: January 28, 2024 Donald Trump Gets Whooped by Jean Carroll Jury By Jeralyn , Section Defendant Trump Posted on Sun Jan 28, 2024 at 03:21:29 AM EST Tags: ( all tags ) Share This: Digg! Tweet Forget the $5 million the first Jean Carroll jury ordered Donald Trump to pay for defaming her. That’s bupkis compared to Friday’s verdict by jury # two which decided, after only 3 hours of deliberation, that Trump should pay Carroll a total of $83 million in damages: $18.3 mil in compensatory damages and $68 million in punitive damages. Now here’s the important thing for Trump: He can shed as many tears of a clown as he wants, but if he intends to appeal this verdict (and he appealed the first verdict), I would imagine he’s going to put up a much heftier appeal bond in this caase then case #1/ Permalink :: Comments Current SID: 2024/1/24/205530/566 Target SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366Wednesday :: January 24, 2024 Light a Candle for Melanie and Open Thread By Jeralyn , Section Colorado News Posted on Wed Jan 24, 2024 at 07:55:30 PM EST Tags: Melanie ( all tags ) Share This: Digg! Tweet Sad news. Singer and 60’s icon Melanie (Safka) has passed away at age 76 . She was one of a kind. Her voice was so rich, so unique and powerful. I loved listening to her albums, especially the ones with "Brand New Key" and Beautiful People. Her children posted the news on Facebook. They ask: ... that tonight (Jan. 24), at 10 p.m. CT, each of you lights a candle in honor of Melanie. Raise, raise them high, high up again. Illuminate the darkness, and let us all be connected in remembrance of the extraordinary woman who was wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to so very many people.” R.I.P. Melanie. This is an open thread, all topics welcome. (203 comments) Permalink :: Comments Current SID: 2024/1/19/172511/671 Target SID: 2024/3/7/201131/2366Friday :: January 19, 2024 Friday Open Thread By Jeralyn , Section Colorado News Posted on Fri Jan 19, 2024 at 04:25:11 PM EST Tags: ( all tags ) Share This: Digg! Tweet Your turn, all topics welcome. I’ll be back later or over the weekend. (77 comments) Permalink :: Comments Current SID: 2024/1/16/22155/6464 Target SID:...