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☆ RFK Jr.’s to-do list to make America ‘healthy’ — vaccines, fluoride and food — has health experts worried
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Meg Tirrell | Katherine Dillinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“Donald Trump’s bungling of public health policy during the Covid pandemic cost hundreds of thousands of lives. “FDA’s war on public health is about to end,” he said in a social media post. Pack your bags.”That warning followed comments Kennedy has made about ending National Institutes of Health research into infectious diseases, putting doctors in the field on edge. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Kennedy’s messaging on food policy has resonated with some health experts in that field.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Dr, Ashish Jha, “, Carlos del Rio, Trump, ” Trump, “ Robert F, Kennedy, Jr, ” Robert Weissman, “ Donald Trump’s bungling, Michael Osterholm, ”, Osterholm, he’d, Ronald Reagan’s, he’s, ” Kennedy, Paul Offit, Jesse Watters, I’ve, Jason Schwartz, Edward Chen, it’s, I’m, Ashley Malin, ” Malin, Food Kennedy, Sanjay Gupta, Marion Nestle, Sen, Ron Johnson, Nestle, ” Nestle, CNN’s Carma Hassan, Nadia Kounang, Daniel Dale, Aaron Pellish Organizations: CNN, US Department of Health, Human, Brown University School of Public Health, Emory School of Medicine & Grady Health, Public Health, Health, HHS, Department of Health, Human Services, Public Citizen, Infectious Disease, University of Minnesota, US Centers for Disease Control, US Food and Drug, FDA, Pharma, of Health, Vaccine Education Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, CDC, Vaccines, Health Defense, Fox News, Yale School of Public Health, Trump White, U.S, American Dental Association, Environmental Protection Agency, MSNBC, Epidemiology, University of Florida’s College of Public Health, CNN Health Locations: Wisconsin

☆ Trump's Pentagon pick criticized US involvement in Ukraine, said Putin probably wouldn't go 'much further' if he wins
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump has chosen Pete Hegseth as his defense secretary at a key point in the war in Ukraine. The military veteran and Fox News commentator has mostly aligned with Trump on Ukraine. The choice of Hegseth raised questions about the US approach to the war in Ukraine under a second Trump administration. In an episode of the "Shawn Ryan Show" podcast last week, recorded before Trump's announcement, Hegseth contemplated a scenario where Putin wins in Ukraine. Vance has previously criticized US support for Ukraine, and said: "I don't really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another."

Persons: Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, Trump, Shawn Ryan, Hegseth, Putin, Joe Biden's, Lloyd Austin, Ukraine Hegseth, Jesse Watters, Joe Biden, NATO Hegseth, Michael Waltz, JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Vance, Alexander Libman, Libman, Anton Barbashin Organizations: Fox, Trump, Fox News, Putin, NATO, Kyiv, Reuters, State, Ukraine, Free University of Berlin, Riddle Russia Locations: Ukraine, Europe, Poland, Afghanistan, Iraq, Hegseth, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Luhansk, Soviet Union, Eastern Europe

A political video reminded women that they can vote for Vice President Kamala Harris without telling their husbands, enraging prominent conservatives and reigniting a fiery discourse that highlights the central role of gender in this year’s election. “Did you make the right choice?” one of the husbands asks. “Sure did, honey,” his wife responds with a smile, sharing a knowing glance with the woman beside her. Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign has embraced an image of traditional masculinity, actively courting influencers and comedians who are popular among young men. In the wake of the discourse, Atwood shared a political cartoon of women entering a voting booth dressed in handmaids’ attire and shedding their red uniforms upon exiting.

Persons: Kamala Harris, enraging, Harris, “, Julia Roberts, Donald Trump, Harris ’, Trump, influencers, Doug Pagitt, ”, Pagitt, Julia Roberts ”, ” Trump, you’re, Jesse Watters, Emma, that’s, ” Watters, Charlie Kirk, Newt Gingrich, Margaret Atwood’s, Atwood, ” Pagitt, We’re Organizations: “, Trump, Fox News, ” Fox News, Conservative, Republican, NBC News Locations: America, Trump, ”

☆ Who will be the next president? News outlets are running out of ways to communicate the uncertainty
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —“Jump ball.” “Coin flip.” “Toss up.” “Dead heat.” “Deadlocked.” On TV and online, political analysts are running out of ways to say the presidential race is effectively tied. As CNN’s Dana Bash said on “Inside Politics” Tuesday, “this race could not be closer.”In this final week of the campaign, the most important thing for the news media to communicate is uncertainty. On the right, former President Donald Trump and many of his right-wing media allies are expressing unbridled confidence that the Republican is going to win next week. “I spend more hours figuring out ways to say this race is close than New Yorkers spend in traffic,” Enten quipped. Even after all the polls are closed, there may still be uncertainty about the outcome since different states tabulate votes in different ways.

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☆ Single Women Love to Vote. They Back Kamala Harris in the Election.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Daniel Cox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Part of the shift is demographic: Over the past few decades, the number of single women in America has skyrocketed. In 2023, there were 43 million single women living in the US, a 55% increase since 2000. Single women are older, more educated, and more financially independent than they were a generation earlier. In 2000, 48% of single women reported voting. And her support is growing: A recent Ipsos survey found Harris leading among single women voters by nearly 40 points.

Persons: Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift, Kamala Harris, Lady, Swift, Benjamin Button, Meghan McCain, John McCain, he's, Joe Biden, Harris, Jesse Watters, Roe, Wade, Dobbs, Trump, —, MeToo, Biden, Tim Walz, Jake Paul Organizations: Pew Research Center, Pew, Democratic, Fox News, Survey Center, Gallup, Social Survey, Biden, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Trump Locations: Ohio, America

☆ Fact check: Harris campaign social media account has repeatedly deceived with misleading edits and captions
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Washington CNN —A social media account run by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has been repeatedly deceptive. But the account, which the Harris campaign calls its “official rapid response page,” has itself made inaccurate comments on multiple occasions. The Harris campaign declined to comment on this @KamalaHQ post. The Harris campaign defended this @KamalaHQ post by arguing that “Trump’s entire platform is about embracing ‘tough’ policy of the past” on various subjects. The very next day, the Harris campaign used the @KamalaHQ account to tout her own popularity among chief executives.

Persons: Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, ”, “ Trump, “ Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “, —, Charlottesville counterprotester Heather Heyer, David Muir, Muir, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Jesse, Watters, Greg Gutfeld —, Vance, Sen, JD Vance, Trump’s, Barack Obama, it’s, doesn’t, you’ll, “ Vance, William Martin, Martin, Vance “, JD Vance ”, Sally Smith, “ Smith, ’, Jack Posobiec, Posobiec Organizations: Washington CNN, Trump, ABC News, Fox News, ”, Department of Veterans Affairs, Marine Corps, of Veterans Affairs, Heritage Foundation, Republican, Social Security, of New, International Association of Fire Fighters, “ Trump, Trump loyalists Locations: Wilkes, Barre , Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, ‘ Pennsylvania, Arizona, Tucson, Charlottesville, California, Your, of New York, America, ”

☆ Trump suggests he won’t debate Harris again, attacks ABC over moderators’ fact-checking
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The Harris campaign, exuding confidence after Harris baited Trump on stage Tuesday night, immediately said she would agree to a second debate with the ex-president. “When you win the debate, I don’t, I don’t know that I want to do another debate,” Trump said in a phone interview Wednesday morning on Fox News. Speaking with the hosts of “Fox & Friends,” Trump insulted Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, the two anchors that Fox has pitched as potential debate moderators in October. The Harris campaign, however, wants the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance to happen next. Trump on Wednesday also assailed ABC after the debate moderators fact-checked the former president in real-time during the prime time Philadelphia matchup.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Harris, ” Trump, Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, “, Bret, Martha, ”, Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters, Laura Ingraham, Jason Miller, ” Miller, Tim Walz, JD Vance, Brian Fallon, – Organizations: New, New York CNN, Fox News, “ Fox & Friends, Fox, don’t, Trump, CNN, NBC, CBS, ” NBC, ABC, “ CNN, Disney, FCC Locations: New York, Philadelphia

☆ Right-wing media figures call Kamala Harris a ‘DEI’ candidate as race-based attacks ramp up
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The right-wing media machine is throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Kamala Harris. In most of corporate America, even calling someone a “DEI” candidate would be grounds for stiff disciplinary action, if not outright dismissal. Which narrative Trump’s media allies settle on remains to be seen. That’s how right-wing media confronted Obama in 2008. What, are they just going to say if you’re not a white male, it’s a DEI candidate?” moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, ”, Willie Brown, Brown, she’s, Jesse Watters, “, Biden, Bernie, Sanders, Donald Trump’s, Vance, Trump’s, Barack Obama, Obama, Trump, Joe Biden, you’re, Republican Sen, Lisa Murkowski, “ I’m Organizations: New, New York CNN, Democratic, Fox News, San Francisco, DEI, Media, Democratic Party, Republican Locations: New York, California, Baltimore, America

☆ Right-wing media figures are desperately pushing conspiracy theories about Biden ahead of the debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s allies in right-wing media have a problem ahead of CNN’s presidential debate: They’ve set the bar too low for President Joe Biden. That might sound like an exaggeration to those who don’t tune in to Fox News or listen to talk radio, but it has been a real and constant theme in the right-wing media universe. That’s a worry for right-wing media figures, which risk seeing their bogus narrative about Biden being ripped up in real time. One such claim boosted by Trump’s media allies is the conspiracy theory — which lacks any evidence — that the president will be on performance-enhancing supplements or drugs during the debate. While it is an absurd accusation, it is one MAGA Media is gleefully pushing, even attempting to do so on CNN’s own air.

Persons: CNN — Donald Trump’s, They’ve, Joe Biden, MAGA, Biden, That’s, Megyn Kelly, ” Kelly, Barack Obama’s, Trump, “, ” Trump, Jesse Watters, ”, Biden “, Sean Hannity, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Tapper, Kasie Hunt, Karoline Leavitt, Leavitt, Hunt, ” Hunt Organizations: CNN, MAGA Media, Fox News, Trump, Democratic Locations: Washington

☆ How the vodka soda became 'gay water'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

The combination of soda water and vodka has long been a fixture of boozy LGBTQ+ life, particularly among gay men. One of those came from Houston-based lawyer Jeff Watters, who called the vodka soda the "gay water" of the nighttime in a post on X. Retail is also central to the business for Gay Water, a startup offering canned cocktail variations of vodka soda. The former's vodka soda citrus is 100 calories per can, while Gay Water contains 80. The Gay Bar Shop, a specialty retailer, sells an 11-ounce, $49 candle that smells like a vodka soda with a lime garnish.

Persons: Emily Rabbideau, Justin Ruka, Orlando, Ruka, seltzer, Lucas Hilderbrand, Justin, Jeff Watters, Coke, Watters, Hilderbrand, Mary Holt, Holt, Eric Einstein, Einstein, Brendan Oudekerk, bartenders, Rose Kennedy, Tom Campbell, Campbell, James Delos Reyes, that's, Spencer Hoddeson, Hoddeson, Bud Light, Kylie Jenner's, Boston Beer, Victor Tran, Tran Organizations: Love, Alaska Airlines, CNBC, University of California, San Francisco, Gay, New York City, Washington , D.C, New, Boston Beer, Boston, Gay Water Locations: San Francisco, Irvine, Houston, bartenders, Lawrence , Kansas, New York, Washington ,, West Hollywood, influencers, New York City, Gopuff, Virginia

☆ Hunter Biden trial shows America’s justice system isn’t so rigged after all
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The same media outlets and figures who have told their audiences that there is a “two-tiered justice system” in America, are now prominently covering a trial in which Biden’s own Justice Department prosecutes his son. If Biden is rigging the justice system, he is doing a lousy job. However, while Trump’s trial was treated as an illegitimate “sham” by the MAGA Media machine, the Hunter Biden trial is being portrayed in a markedly different light. Regardless of what happens in the Hunter Biden trial, however, Trump’s media allies will still undoubtedly claim that the justice system is rigged. But, even if Hunter Biden is found guilty, audiences will be told that he got off easy and should have been hit with more severe charges.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Hunter Biden, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, —, Joe Biden’s, Department prosecutes, Biden, “, Biden’s, don’t, It’s Organizations: New York CNN, Fox, Department, Fox News, MAGA, Democratic Party, Republican Party, GOP, MAGA Media Locations: New York, America

☆ Right-wing media figures vow revenge after Trump‘s conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Donald Trump’s media allies are demanding retribution in the wake of his conviction. Following weeks of attacks targeting the historic hush money case against the former president, prominent right-wing media figures immediately flooded the public discourse Thursday with extreme and disturbing rhetoric after Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts. The toxic commentary is also enflaming desires of retribution held by Trump supporters, with popular right-wing media figures openly declaring their hope that the GOP candidate to nakedly seek revenge against his critics, should he emerge victorious in November and return to the Oval Office. Some of the right’s most popular talking heads are openly calling for the weaponization of government to seek retribution against Trump’s political opponents. But as the legal walls actually begin to close in on Trump, the commentary in right-wing media is getting angrier, more menacing, and taking a markedly darker tone.

Persons: CNN — Donald Trump’s, Trump, Juan Merchan, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Joe Biden, Matt Walsh, Sean Davis, ’ Jesse Watters, “ We’re, Robert Mueller, Tucker Carlson, he’s, Laura Ingraham, ” Sean Hannity, Biden Organizations: CNN, Fox News, Trump, Manhattan, Attorney, GOP, MAGA Media, Daily, YouTube, Federalist, Fox, United, He’ll Locations: United States, Russia, Trump, China, Cuba, North Korea

☆ Fox News and right-wing media have already decided the Trump trial verdict
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —The jury might still be deliberating, but Donald Trump’s media allies have already delivered a verdict to their audiencesThroughout the duration of the Manhattan hush-money trial, Fox News and the rest of MAGA Media have set the stage to absolve Trump in the historic case. Inside this alternate media universe, the actual facts of the case never penetrate the bubble that shields its audiences from detrimental developments for Trump. In the Republican Party, voters absorb their information from outlets like Fox News, which has dishonestly run defense for Trump over the course of the trial. And the study only accounted for Fox News, not the host of other entities that make up the right-wing media universe. It can be tempting to ignore the torrent of attacks Trump’s media allies are launching in their unrelenting efforts to undermine the case.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Steve Bannon, Joe Biden, nefariously, ”, Biden, Trump’s, it’s, Michael Cohen, David Pecker, “, Judge Juan Merchan, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jesse Watters, Merchan, — Organizations: New York CNN, Fox News, MAGA Media, Trump, GOP, National Enquirer, Republican Party, Fox, Manhattan, Attorney, Media Matters Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ Trump just debuted a new trial spin as the jury deliberates, claiming 'nobody knows what the crime is'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

On its own, the crime of "falsifying business records" in New York is considered a misdemeanor crime. AdvertisementNew York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan explained it clearly in his hourlong instructions to the jury on Wednesday morning. "What you're asking me to do is change the law, and I'm not going to do that," Merchan told Trump's legal team. On Truth Social, Trump posted quotes from Fox News host Jesse Watters, falsely claiming "the jury can pick whatever crime they want." "The other thing, the confusion is, nobody knows what the crime is, because there is no crime," Trump told reporters in the hallway outside the courtroom before he left.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Stormy Daniels, Trump, Joshua Steinglass, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Justice Juan Merchan, Jane Rosenberg, Emil Bove, I'm, Trump's, Sen, Marco Rubio, Trump —, Jason Miller, Jesse Watters Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, New, Election, Republican, REUTERS, Fox News Locations: New York, Marco Rubio of Florida, Trump

☆ Hunter Biden demands that Fox News remove ‘intimate’ images from its platforms
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | Dana Bash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Hunter Biden’s legal team has undertaken an aggressive legal and public relations strategy for several months. His lawyers have fired off letters demanding investigations into Hunter Biden’s opponents and filed a series of lawsuits against his detractors. Hunter Biden’s lawyers say they “anticipate” suing Fox but have not yet done so. This stepped-up strategy by Hunter Biden to defend himself against the onslaught of attacks initially stoked anxiety among some of President Biden’s political advisers. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to those criminal charges.

Persons: CNN — Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s, Hunter Biden, “, Biden, Hunter Biden’s, Hunter, ”, Biden’s, Fox, ” Hunter, Alexander Smirnov, Fox News “, Sean Hannity, Maria Bartiromo, Jesse Watters “, don’t Organizations: CNN, Fox, Fox News, FOX Corp, FOX, FBI, Republican Locations: Delaware, California

☆ Trump's jurors hardly look at him. Trial experts say that's a good sign for everyone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. But the 12 jurors and six alternates hardly look at Trump as they file back and forth past the defense table. Trump is the most famous person on the planet, and the jurors hardly look at him, even from the jury box. Business Insider described this strange-seeming, mutual coyness to veteran Manhattan trial attorneys. "It's very important that the jury see the defendant and the lawyers laughing and smiling together throughout the trial," Lichtman said.

Persons: Trump's, That's, —, Donald Trump's, Trump, Donald Trump, Diana Florence, Florence, Jeremy Saland, Saland, Jesse Watters, Gotti Jr, El Chapo Jeffrey Lichtman, John Gotti Jr, El, Lichtman, El Chapo, it's, Yuki Iwamura, Todd Blanche, Gotti, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Service, Trump, Business, Prosecutors Locations: York, Manhattan, Florence

☆ For Fox News, Student Protests Are a Familiar Target
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Santul Nerkar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Well, House Speaker Mike Johnson crashed Hamas’s spring break at Columbia today.”That quip came from the Fox News host Jesse Watters, who was interviewing Mr. Johnson on his prime-time show Wednesday. In response to a standoff between student protesters and the university’s president, Mr. Johnson had visited Columbia University’s campus, where students had set up encampments in solidarity with Palestinians. “So many of them, Jesse, don’t know what the heck they’re talking about,” Mr. Johnson said. Mr. Johnson’s appearance on “Jesse Watters Primetime” embodied the chiding and often adversarial tone of conservative media toward the latest wave of protests on college campuses over Israel’s campaign in Gaza. “There’s a difference between educated people and smart people,” Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and Fox News host, said on the network Tuesday.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Jesse Watters, Johnson, Jesse, don’t, ” Mr, “ Jesse Watters, ”, “, ” Mike Huckabee Organizations: Fox News, Columbia University’s, Ivy League Locations: Columbia, Gaza, Arkansas

☆ Trump may be held in contempt Tuesday after hush-money DA cites at least 10 gag-order violations
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The judge will not order Trump jailed even if he does find he repeatedly violated the gag, Richman predicted. Trump's gag order bans Trump from making public statements about jurors and witnesses that could interfere with the trial. "The defendant has demonstrated his willingness to flout the order," Conroy told the judge last week. He has attacked Grand Jurors and jurors," Conroy said. The judge added, with some sarcasm, "I don't recall inserting that anywhere in either gag order."

Persons: —, Donald Trump, Prosecutors, Trump, Stormy Daniels, Michael Cohen, Murray Richman, he's, Richman, Juan Merchan, Christopher Conroy, Cohen, Conroy, Daniels, Jesse Watters, Merchan, Todd Blanche, Trump's, Blanche Organizations: Service, Business, New, Trump, Fox News, Liberal Locations: New York, Manhattan

☆ Trump trial: Hearing on gag order violations; David Pecker to resume testimony
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The New York hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to resume Tuesday with testimony from its first witness, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. Most either referenced, or linked to articles referencing, Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen, a key witness in the Manhattan Supreme Court trial. The posts "unquestionably relate to known witnesses and prospective jurors in this criminal trial" in violation of Trump's gag order, a state prosecutor wrote in a court filing Thursday. Defense lawyer Todd Blanche fired back, "I have a spoiler alert: There's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg accuses Trump of carrying out the hush money scheme in order to influence the 2016 election, which he would go on to win.

Persons: Donald Trump, Stormy Daniels, David Pecker, Pecker, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Jesse Watters, Juan Merchan, Trump, Matthew Colangelo, Todd Blanche, It's, Cohen, Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg Organizations: National Enquirer, Manhattan Supreme, Fox News, Liberal, Trump, Manhattan, Attorney Locations: Manhattan, New York City, U.S, York

☆ Hearing over gag order comes amid Trump-Michael Cohen feud
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Jeremy Herb | Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Judge Juan Merchan will consider whether to fine Donald Trump for repeatedly violating the gag order barring the former president from publicly discussing witnesses or jurors in the criminal hush money case. Trump nevertheless went after Cohen in remarks on camera after leaving court on Monday. Trump’s lawyers have argued that his social media posts do not actually violate the gag order. The jury will not hear the argument on the gag order violations. Merchan said if arguments over the gag order were not finished by 11 a.m., they would pick up the hearing later.

Persons: Juan Merchan, Donald Trump, Trump, Michael Cohen, ”, Chris Conroy, Michael Cohen Trump, Cohen, he’s, ” Trump, Hey Von ShitzInPantz, ” Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Emil Bove, Todd Blanche, Trump’s, ” Blanche, “, ’ Jesse Watters, ” Merchan, Merchan Organizations: CNN, Prosecutors, Trump, Twitter, Truth, New, Liberal Locations: Manhattan, Trump, New York

☆ Hush-money judge repeatedly bench-slaps Donald Trump's lawyer over gag violations: 'You're losing all credibility!'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"You're losing all credibility," the judge railed when Blanche insisted Trump was "careful" online. "You're losing all credibility," New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan angrily told the lawyer, Todd Blanche. It was at this point that the judge accused Blanche of "losing all credibility." Blanche's arguments at Tuesday's hearing, in defense of Trump's posts, fell roughly into three categories. Blanche's third argument was that reposting attacks on trial witnesses that were originally made by others was somehow exempt.

Persons: Todd Blanche, Blanche, Trump, —, Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Christopher Conroy, Timothy A, Clary, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, I've, Atilgan, Daniels, Cohen, Conroy, Jesse Watters, David Pecker, Pecker, Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Alvin Bragg's, reimbursing Cohen, Karen McDougal, McDougal Organizations: Service, GOP, Prosecutors, Reuters, Trump, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Fox, Merchan, National Enquirer, Mar, Manhattan, Trump Organization Locations: Manhattan, Florida, Washington, DC

☆ Prosecutors want Trump held in contempt for 'disturbing' Truth Social post attacking prospective jurors
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewManhattan prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal hush-money case asked the judge presiding over the case to sanction him for attacking prospective jurors in the trial, arguing the former president had repeatedly violated his gag order. Related storiesMerchan issued a gag order in the case forbidding Trump from making statements about trial jurors, witnesses, staff prosecutors, and family members of Merchan and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Prosecutors accused Trump of violating it on Monday with attacks on Daniels and Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer. On Thursday, Conroy said Trump violated the gag order seven more times, with attacks on Cohen on social media and on his campaign website. Merchan previously scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday to determine whether Trump violated his gag order.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Christopher Conroy, Jesse Watters, Trump, Watters, Conroy, Juan Merchan, Merchan, Stormy Daniels, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Daniels, Michael Cohen, Trump's, Cohen, Emil Bove, Bove Organizations: Service, Trump, Fox News, Business, Liberal, New, Prosecutors, Manhattan, Attorney Locations: Manhattan, Merchan

☆ Why is the Trump trial jury anonymous? What to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

RELATED: Full 12-person jury set for Trump trial after Thursday proceedings. Even the lawyers in that case weren’t permitted to know the identities of the jurors, a step further than the precautions in place for the Trump trial in New York. In this hyperconnected social media age, anonymity is hard to achieve. Meanwhile, a special hearing on whether Trump has violated a gag order for his continued social media attacks is set for next week. When anonymous juries go wrongMaybe Trump remembers one of the most infamous, anonymous jury incidents, featuring another famous New Yorker, the mob boss John Gotti.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Leroy “ Nicky ” Barnes, Barnes, Jimmy Carter, Juan Merchan’s, Merchan, Jean Carroll, Barnes –, CNN’s Jeremy Herb, “, ” Merchan, ”, Jesse Watters, John Gotti, Gotti, Salvatore “ Sammy, Bull ” Gravano, George Pape, Pape, acquit Gotti, Alan Tuerkheimer, CNN’s Omar Jimenez, Max Organizations: CNN, Trump, The New York Times, Justice Department, Fox News, Liberal, Yorker, New York Times, Prosecutors Locations: New York, Puerto Rican

☆ Trump trial: Full jury chosen for New York hush money case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Jeenah Moon | ReutersA full jury of 12 people was seated Thursday at the New York criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump. "The whole world is watching this New York scam," Trump said. Trump has denounced the trial as a political "witch hunt" and complained that it keeps him off the campaign trail. Former President Donald Trump visits a bodega in the Harlem neighborhood of upper Manhattan where a worker killed a man who had assaulted him in 2022, on April 16, 2024 in New York City.

Persons: Donald Trump, Juan Merchan, Trump, Alvin Bragg's, Joe Biden, Stormy Daniels, Brendan McDermid, Merchan, Chris Conroy, Conroy, Jesse Watters, Elizabeth Williams, Reuters Conroy, Watters, Silvio Berlusconi, Berlusconi, Judge Juan Merchan, Spencer Platt Organizations: Reuters, New, Former U.S, Prosecutors, Fox News, Liberal, Manhattan Criminal, Trump, Via Reuters Trump, Getty Locations: Manhattan, New York, York, New York City, U.S, Italy, Italian, bodega, Harlem

☆ NPR suspends editor who accused outlet of liberal bias
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Jon Passantino | Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

It described the notice as a “final warning,” saying Berliner would be fired if he violated NPR’s policy again, Folkenflik reported. An NPR spokeswoman told CNN the outlet “does not comment on individual personnel matters, including discipline.” Berliner did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment. Other NPR staffers publicly rejected Berliner’s assessment in social media posts. “Many things wrong w/terrible Berliner column on NPR, including not observing basic fairness,” NPR TV critic and media analyst Eric Deggans wrote. On his Truth Social media platform, Trump called NPR a “LIBERAL DISINFORMATION MACHINE,” that “NOT ONE DOLLAR” of government funds should be sent to in the future.

Persons: NPR’s David Folkenflik, Uri Berliner’s, Berliner, Folkenflik, ” Berliner, Donald Trump colluded, York Post’s Hunter Biden, Edith Chapin, Eric Deggans, “ Didn’t, Trump, “, ”, Jesse Watters, Katherine Maher, Isabel Lara, Christopher Rufo, Maher “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, NPR, CNN, Free Press, York, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Social, Trump, Fox News, Berliner Locations: New York, Russia, LIBERAL

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