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brooklynite's JournalWhat will happen when the prosecution rests in the Trump business fraud trial
First, the Defense will ask the Judge for a directed verdict of "not guilty". It's a standard procedure and it never works.
Then, the Defense will do one of two things: they'll either put Trump on the Stand (its ultimately his choice, not theirs) or they'll rest their case (effectively saying the Prosecution didn't present any evidence that needs to be refuted).
nb: the Defense has only laid out one possible witness: Karen McDougal. And she won't be offering anything useful.
This could be before the Jury by the end of next week.
Today is Primary Day in Maryland
MD-SEN-D
Angela Alsobrooks (D) - Prince George's County Executive & Ex-State's Attorney
David Trone (D) - Congressman & BusinessmanDavid Trone vs Angels Alsobrooks
MD-3-D
Mark Chang (D) - State Del. & Ex-Legislative Aide
Sarah Elfreth (D) - State Sen., College Instructor & Ex-Congressional Aide
Terri Hill (D) - State Del., Physician & '20 Candidate
Clarence Lam (D) - State Sen., Ex-State Del. & Physician
Mike Rogers (D) - State Del., Retired Army Colonel & Iraq/Afghan War Veteran
MD-6-D
April McClain Delaney (D) - Ex-US Commerce Official, Attorney & Wife of Ex-US Rep John Delaney
Ashwani Jain (D) - Nonprofit Executive, Ex-Obama White Houe Aide, '22 Gov Candidate & '18 Local Candidate
Lesley Lopez (D) - State Del. & Ex-Congressional Aide
Tekesha Martinez (D) - Hagerstown Mayor & Ex -City Councilwoman
Laurie-Anne Sayles (D) - Montgomery County Councilwoman & Ex-Public Health Consultant
Joe Vogel (D) - State Del. & Democratic Activist
Destiny Drake West (D) - Federal Agency Program Specialist & Ex-Legislative Analyst
BALTIMORE MAYOR-D
Brandon Scott (D) - Incumbent Mayor
Shila Dixon (D) - Former Mayor, convicted criminal
Columbia University graduate in zip ties rips diploma during ceremony amid Gaza protests
Video of the protest, which went viral Sunday night after the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine posted the clip on social media, showed the master’s program graduate cross the stage with their hands above their head, before tearing the degree in two and tossing it behind them.
The protester then held up their graduation cap, reportedly decorated with the name of a Palestinian prisoner, Mohammad Natsheh, during the Friday evening event. University officials twice this semester summoned the NYPD to arrest pro-Palestinian campus protesters, who were placed in the plastic handcuffs the graduate wore.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/13/columbia-university-graduate-in-zip-ties-rips-diploma-during-ceremony-amid-gaza-protests
Why do I think she's going to be complaining about her job prospects?
Wisconsin Supreme Court To Consider Reinstating Ballot Drop Boxes for 2024
Democracy DocketAt next week’s argument, the state Supreme Court’s majority-liberal bench will consider whether to overturn a July 2022 decision in Teigen v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, which resulted in a statewide prohibition on the use of drop boxes.
In Teigen, the court’s then-conservative majority held that drop boxes are unauthorized under Wisconsin law and concluded that voters may only return absentee ballots via mail or in person to a municipal clerk. “An inanimate object, such as a ballot drop box, cannot be the municipal clerk,” the opinion stated.
Monday’s argument stems from a lawsuit filed last summer by Priorities USA, the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans and an individual voter challenging the state’s ban on drop boxes, among other restrictions on absentee voting.
Return of the meme stock: GameStop shares jump 30% as trader 'Roaring Kitty' posts online for first time in years
NBC NewsThe post, a picture on X of a video gamer leaning forward on their chair as to indicate he’s taking the game seriously, marked Roaring Kitty’s first post on the platform — or on Reddit— since 2021.
Roaring Kitty, whose legal name is Keith Gill, was a former marketer for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance. Gill, who goes by DeepF------Value on Reddit, attracted an army of day traders who cheered each other on and piled into the brick-and-mortar video game stock and call options between 2020 and 2021.
Hedge fund Melvin Capital, which was heavily shorting GameStop, became a target of the army of amateur traders and suffered huge losses that prompted the hedge fund arm of Citadel, as well as Point72, to infuse close to $3 billion into Melvin to backstop its finances.
North Macedonia president-elect sparks row with Greece at swearing-in
PoliticoDuring the swearing-in ceremony in the country’s parliament, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, who is the young nation’s first female president, referred to her country as “Macedonia” rather than by its constitutional name, “North Macedonia.”
Greece’s ambassador to Skopje, Sophia Philippidou, immediately left the inauguration ceremony in protest.
In a statement, Greece’s Foreign Ministry said the new president’s words had violated the terms of the 2018 international Prespa Agreement between Athens and Skopje, and had endangered both bilateral relations and North Macedonia’s prospects of joining the European Union.
Perhaps Greece could rename their province "South Macedonia"?
Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98
Source: Variety
Legendary B-movie king Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of low-budget films and discovered such future industry stars as Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.
Corman died May 9 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., surrounded by family members, the family confirmed to Variety.
“His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that,'” the family said in a statement.
Corman’s empire, which existed in several incarnations, including New World Pictures, and Concorde/New Horizons, was as active as any major studio and, he boasted, always profitable. He specialized in fast-paced, low-budget genre movies — horror, action, science fiction, even some family fare — and his company became a work-in-training ground for a wide variety of major talents, from actors like Nicholson (“Little Shop of Horrors”) and De Niro (“Boxcar Bertha”) to directors like Francis Ford Coppola (“Dementia 13”) and Scorsese (“Boxcar Bertha”).
Read more: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591
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